FROM the FARM: Reader looking for spearmint to freshen up garden

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FROM the FARM: Weekend fun includes both Corn and Mint cooking contests

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

FROM the FARM: Happy 90th Birthday Auntie Lottie

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

FROM the FARM: Corn planting slow for 2013 growing season

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FROM the FARM: Memorial Day a time for honoring family past and present

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FROM the FARM: Velvety chicken pate a taste of luxury

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

LaPorte County farm family honored for 115 years heritage

When Gerald Werner's great-grandfather settled in the rich farm country of Indiana from his native Germany, he planted the seeds of a heritage that continues to bear fruit.

FROM the FARM: Reader buys soap for her squirrels

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Mrs. Ganna Hine's Crannberry-Nut Bread

A moist combination of flavors, with cranberries and walnuts, are the key and colorful ingredients for an easy cranberry-nut bread.

FROM the FARM: Raccoon up to mischief in farm chicken coop

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FROM the FARM: Join me this month for my free 'Spring Cooking Show'

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It's All About Soil at Sunset Hill Farm

Mary Walker, middle, shares information with other gardeners, including Zona Tenorio, of Valparaiso, during the Learn Grow Eat: All About Soil class Wednesday morning at Sunset Hill Farm County Park. Horticulturalist Matt Brown talked about different soil types, testing and how to create a g…

It's All About Soil at Sunset Hill Farm

Horticulturalist Matt Brown (left) works with gardeners Mary Walker, Zona Tenorio, Leonie Myrick, and Bonnie Sponberg, all of Valparaiso, and Donna Persin, of Westville, as he leads the class Learn Grow Eat: All About Soil at Sunset Hill Farm County Park in Valparaiso on Wednesday. Brown gav…