Grow Fruit in Containers MELINDA MYERS CONTRIBUTOR Have fun and enjoy picking fresh fruit right outside your door thanks to compact varieties you can grow in containers. Just clear some space on your patio, deck, balcony, or front steps that receives at least six hours of sunlight and get busy planting. Consider starting with strawberries. They provide seasonal interest with their white

| RURAL WRITES | G.A. SCHEINOHA CONTRIBUTOR A friend, Tom Pyle once said, “Mothers are the closest thing we have (on Earth) to God.” While none can match the ultimate sacrifice He made by offering up His only Son, I’m still mindful of what tradeoffs Mom did. Often doing without in lieu of her young’uns. Such as not having a decent pair of boots to wear in winter so that my oldest

AN OUTDOORSMAN’S JOURNAL Turkey Hunt/Puppy Watch MARK WALTERS COLUMNIST I am currently in a simply crazy, busy, but positive section of my life. This week I hunted hard for turkey during the second season in Zone 1, and I did all of my hunting in a large, oak forest directly behind my house in northern Juneau County. Along with turkey hunting, my two-year-old golden retriever Red was