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• Hagen, Kai
  • Native plants better, cheaper than lawns
  • Common Cents
    • 2017
      • Night sky a treasure we can't take for granted
      • Species decline in Catoctin Mountains
      • What does "smart growth" mean to you?
      • Thoughts on new lanes on I-270
• Hagerty, Brooke
  • 2015
    • Holiday Treats!
    • One Pot Wonders
    • Squash
    • For the Love of Cucumbers!
    • For the Love of No Cook Cooking!
    • For the Love of Simple Summer Menu Ideas
    • For the Love of the Avocado!
    • What to plant and when
    • Breakfast delights
    • Food Gadgets
  • 2016
    • New Year, new you?
    • Mid winter nibbles
• Haley, Emma
  • The Coaches of the Emmitsburg & Fairfield Little Leagues
  • The Sponsors of the Emmitsburg & Fairfield Little Leagues
• Hammond, George
  • Bringing field and stream together
• Hamilton, Kip
  • A Tribute to Wildlife Conservation Officer David L. Grove
  • From the Track
    • Fairfield Fire & EMS: Now for the rest of the story…
    • The differences between a Republic and a Democracy
    • What we all have in common
    • Liberty. Our great nation was founded on this concept
    • Back in "The Day"…
    • We the people …
    • Enumerated Powers
    • My tax dollars at work…
    • Is it the job of the federal government to remove all risk?
    • The Market Ticker
    • Adams Co. Emergency Communications
    • To big to fail?
    • Transform - Dear Mr. President...
    • National EMS Week
    • When is Enough Enough?
    • What Happened to us?
    • Stop with the Lies!
• Hamlin, Jay "Mike"
  • Now That the Statute of Limitations is Up
  • Picking Cherries in Zora
  • Remembering the Zora One Room School House
• Hand, Maya - Simply Maya
  • New Year’s Traditions
  • My favorite subject in school is Science
  • Nothing can steal your joy
  • If you think you can, you can
  • Simply Maya - Something about my Dad
  • Dog Days
  • Summer's Over
  • How does it feel to be ten?
  • Halloween!
  • Simply Christmas
  • Djinn-Djinn
  • Just Me and My Mother
• Hannon, Father Jim - St. Anthonys Shrine & OLMC Parish
  • How does God speak to us 'from the pulpit?'
• Hans, Dolores - Four Years at the Mount
  • Senior Year
    • Signers of the Declaration of Independence
    • Dear Junior...
    • National Respect for Parents Day
    • Literacy to me
    • It takes a village
  • Junior Year
    • The best time of the year
    • Where have all the Good Samaritans gone?
    • My wish
    • No time like the present
    • Twenty-four hours
    • Ethics in Journalism
    • AI vs Human - You decide
    • Remembrance
• Hass, Pastor Ted
  • Peace On Earth
• Hasting, Thomas - Peace Voice
  • 2023
    • SOTU shows us reality and surreality
    • TrumPutin Horror Show
  • 2022
    • Saving Ukraine, saving lives, saving ourselves
    • Who am supposed to hate, again?
  • 2021
    • Look! Take an Afghander at that perennial FUBAR
    • Explain it to me like I'm a two-year old
    • Two parties, two countries
  • 2020
    • #Traitors4Trump
    • Coronavirus, thanks to Trump
    • Trump, power, and Darwin
    • A new Earth Day
    • Window breakers for Trump
    • Counter-coup
    • Hang together or hang separately
  • 2019
    • Racism vs public health
    • Cross-generational power to change
    • Impeachment (and removal): Good for public health
    • Anger and forgiveness in our polity
    • White nationalism and public health
• Harner, Paul
  • A Bit About Bo Cadle
  • His Father and the Emmitsburg Bowling Alley
• Harris, Drew
  • Analyzing William Blake's Poetry
  • I Dare ‘Ya - Time for change in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education?
• Harris, Rev. Raymond
  • Divine Instructions for Daily Living
  • Lenten Reflections
  • Open Wide The Doors to Christ
  • Struggling with Doubts in Our Faith
  • The Final Exam
  • Too Busy to Pray?
• Hatter, Edison
  • Why I am running for the Board of Education
  • How I would rework the county school budget
  • The life & times of Mike Fitzgerald
• Haught, James - Peace Voice
  • 2021
    • Nine Decades of Progress
    • Only religious war remains
    • Modern Liberalism Born
    • Free Speech and Press
    • Nine Decades of Secular Humanism
  • 2020
    • Baby Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
    • Problems with Bible classes
    • Conservatives lose – and lose – and lose
    • My Prayer
    • White Christian Bigotry
    • America’s Ugly Flaw
    • Babbling in ‘Tongues’
    • Trust Science
    • Where Will the Deplorables Go Now?
    • 'Nones’ Elected Biden-Harris
  • 2019
    • Prodding 'nones' to vote
    • Zealots in high office
    • Trump as Jim Jones?
• Hawkins, Phyllis
  • Stations on the Emmitsburg Railroad
• Hay, Pastor Ben
  • The Lamb of God
  • Hays, Samuel
    • Growing Up In Emmitsburg in the 1910's
    • Fraley's Foundry
    • Property Owners and Business in Emmitsburg
  • Haze, Pam
    • Buttonbush: A Great Native Shrub
    • Stop and See the Wildlife
    • New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus
    • Pollinators At Work
    • Culver’s Root: the perfect native plant for pollinators
    • Plumaria
    • Turtlehead - A Great Addition to a Moist Garden Bed
    • Witch hazel – A Bright Spot in the Winter Landscape
  • Heasley, Joyce
    • Rocks Rock!
    • The Right Plant plus the Right Light Equals Success
  • Hecker, John
    • Planting Spring Crops for Fall Harvesting
  • Helman, James
    • History of Emmitsburg-1906
    • The Smith Family Record
  • Hemler, Christy
    • Succulents love summer heat!
  • Henderson, Krinstin -  Peace Voice
    • Trump is not a wartime president
  • Henning, Mike, Reverend
    • Thankful
    • The mystery & victory of the resurrection
    • God’s wisdom leads to peace
    • Christ is risen … no foolin’
  • Henninger, Judy
    • "Eighth Wonder of the World" Heirloom Tomato
    • Saving Heirloom Tomato Seeds
  • Henry, Susan
    • Fiddle Leaf Fig
  • Heuerman, Phyllis
    • A quick primer on growing roses
    • Caring for Poinsettias and the holiday or Christmas cactus
    • Caring for your holiday plants
    • "Companion planting" & organic gardening
    • Getting perennial gardens ready for fall
    • Grow your own culinary herbs
    • Holiday Bulbs
    • How to care for Hydrangeas
    • How to compost leaves
    • How to control Japanese beetles
    • It's time to plan planting spring bulbs
    • Leaves are often referred to as "gardeners' gold."
    • Spring Yard Care
    • Tips on summer care of perennial gardens
    • Understanding Plant Heat Zone Designations
    • Water-wise Yard and Garden Care
    • What does a Gardener do in the Winter?
    • When and how to to prune tress and shrubs
    • Why Won't My Hydrangeas Bloom?
  • Hicks, William, Captain, USN, Ret.
    • The Silent Service is the Cold War
      • Collision in Rough Seas & building the Philadelphia
      • Early submarine training
      • Liberty in Hong Kong
      • My first nuclear submarine command
      • New construction pre-commissioning of USS Sunfish
      • Squadron Commander
      • Submarine Squadron Engineer, New London Connecticut
      • The not so boring life in the shipyard
      • What changed during my career
    • Inside the Cold War Nuclear Weapons Complex
      • The Early Years
  • Hicks, William
    • A Short History of the Emmitsburg Railroad
  • Hildebrand, April  
    • A Teen's View: Dealing with Failure
    • College application essays
    • Everyone has their own standards
    • Getting a Job
    • Reflecting on my Mentor/Internship Program
  • Hill, Susie
    • Adventure Awaits
    • Attitude Adjustment
    • Bees and wasps and why they sting
    • Confessions of a sidewalk weed whipper
    • Cool as a Cucumber
    • Deck the halls with Christmas greens
    • Don’t miss out
    • Don’t Rush the Harbingers of Spring
    • Favorite child
    • Gardening with children: an oxymoron
    • Good Day for a Cry
    • Good Intentions: A cautionary tale
    • Humming Birds and Spiders: Nature’s Peanut Butter and Jelly
    • I lost a caterpillar in my car
    • It's Time
    • Johnny Appleseed
    • Redbud festival, redbud feast
    • Sycamore - for those who are looking...
    • Thank the volunteers
    • The Art of Growing Weeds
    • The giving tree
    • The Pantry is Ready
    • The story yet to be told
    • There is a season
  • Hiller, Patrick - Peace Voce
    • Eight common-sense reason for not going to war with Iran
    • Peace Education, not Patriotic Education
    • There is no military solution - time to get real about it
  • Hillman, Audrey - The Master Gardener
  • A Primer on Plant Nomenclature
  • Ants, molasses, and compassion
  • Annual Vines
  • Gardening With Microclimates
  • How to Force Bulbs
  • How to Plant a Tree
  • Malcolm - A.K.A. Smoochie Baby
  • Native Plant Gardens
  • Ornamental Vines
  • Spring-Summer 2005 Native Plant Garden Information
  • The Science Behind the Colors of Fall
  • Hillman, Bill - The American Mind
    • 2015
      • Jon Stewart, good riddance
      • Trump, you have our attention
      • Learning to accept servitude
      • Keeping your kids off the evening news
    • 2016
      • A nation without boarders is not a nation
      • Immigration & Falling Wages
      • The Republican elite’s worst nightmare - Trump
      • It’s still the economy, stupid
      • Sanders, Trump and the politics of distraction
      • Tyranny of the minority
      • No one single cause
      • Eating Crow
      • The devaluation of labor
      • Is Clinton coming unraveled?
      • The election may be an ending, but the fight is just starting
      • He did It!!! He really did it
    • 2017
      • An omnipotent Executive
      • Echo Chamber politics
      • Face it, IPAs are horrible
      • The last 100 days in review
      • Single payers health care here we come
      • The politics of division
      • Buying enforcement (or not) of laws
      • The same side of the same coin
      • Back to school gender identification
      • Antifragile
      • Massive broad knowledge
    • 2018
      • The Second annual best books of 2017
      • Hollywood needs to look in the mirror
      • Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
      • Is the Republican Party dead?
      • Loving killers, rapists, and evil people
      • The Orthodoxy of the Left
      • The mainstream media
      • Traditional American conservatism
      • The American Dream vs No Hope
      • Kanye goes to Washington
      • Corporate welfare and the hunger games
    • 2019
      • Purposeless warmongering
      • Nationalism and self-preservation
      • Face Crimes
      • Power corrupts
      • Will we survive the Republican & Democrat Parties?
      • We are doomed
      • On your mark, get ready…
      • Killing America One City At A Time
      • A house divided cannot stand
      • Return of the Black Death
      • Re-writing the history books
      • The decline of the West
    • 2020
      • Timothy Leary and Cuddles for Hire
      • What could possibly go wrong?
      • Reflections on the rise of Socialism
      • Pray March goes out like a lamb
      • Nationalism on the rise
      • This is all about control
      • Kill the police
      • Back to school
      • Comparison is the thief of joy
  • Hillman, Michael- Windy Meadow Farm
    • Current Events
      • A Plea From Tom's Creek Bridge
      • Creative Destruction - On the price of oil
      • Reflections on the blizzard of 2010
      • The Rainy Spring of 1996
      • It's up to Joe Biden to ‘Make American Great Again’
      • The real ‘Perfect Storm’
    • History
      • A Short History of St. Joseph College for Women
      • Fall of the Banking House of Annan-Horner
      • History of Fort Henry
      • History of Stony Branch Valley
        • Part 1: Benjamin’s Good Luck
        • Part 2: The First Settlers
        • Part 3: Revolution!
        • Part 4: The Whitmore and Close Farms
        • Part 5: Long Field
        • Part 6: Single Delight, Black Flint, Groft's Content
      • History of Windy Meadow Farm
      • "My phone number is Hillcrest 7 ..."
      • Reflections on Christmas Traditions of Old
      • Reflections on Emmitsburg Winters of Old
      • Reminiscing with Polly Baumgardner Shank
      • Setting the Record Straight - The Real History of Emmitsburg's Founding
      • Street Lamps of Emmitsburg & the Men Who Lit Them
      • The Battle of Emmitsburg
      • The Continual Creation of Knowledge
      • The Great Fire of 1863
      • The Life and Times of Francis Matthews
      • The Origin & Fate of the Town Fountain of Emmitsburg
      • The Search for the History of Windy Meadow Farm
      • The Sixes Bridge Dam
      • The Wetzel-Munshour Murder
    • Horses and Riding
      • Coaching the Novice Level Rider
      • Dealing with the Head Tossing Horse
      • How to Get Help at an Event
      • How not to Drive a Gooseneck Trailer
      • Kit – the hard luck horse
      • Michael, Riker is colicing.
      • Overcoming Freezing Over Fences
      • Picking the Right Truck and Trailer
      • Putting Together a Training Schedule
      • Reflections of an Amateur Coach
      • Reflections of an Amateur Dressage Judge
      • Reflections of an Amateur Fence Judge 
      • Reflections of an Amateur Technical Delegate
      • Remember, Its Supposed to be Fun!
      • Remembering to Ride the Horse You Are On
      • Riding a Green Horse
      • Selecting the right coach
      • Schoolmasters: The horse money can't buy
      • Scotty – a.k.a. Market
      • Students
        • April: The Next Bestest
        • Bringing up Ashley
        • Ivy - fun comes in pint sizes
        • Teaching a Driven Student: Bethany
        • Teaching a Green Student: Jordan
        • Reforming the Pony Club Eventer: Cassie
        • The Student from Hell: Awanabe
        • Third Times a Charm-Becca
      • What Will Become of Race Track Rejects?
      • When Injury takes Your Only Horse (part 1)
      • When Injury takes Your Only Horse (part 2)
    • Humor
      • An Amateur’s Guide to Plant Nomenclature
      • A Spouse's Guide to Gardening Watering
      • Bringing Up Ashley
      • Captain. . . I Haven’t a Clue
      • Confessions of an Internet Junkie
      • Dealing with the Head Tossing Horse
      • Dear Diary: I Almost Electrocuted My Horse Today
      • Honey I don't want to cut the lawn anymore...
      • How Not to Dig a Pond (aka. the Search for the Perfect Strawberry Daiquiri)
      • How Not to Drive a Gooseneck Trailer
      • How Not to Paint a Tin Roof
      • If It Isn’t Broken . . .
      • Learning To Write
      • Left Handedness
      • PJ, My Trusty Jack Russell
      • Skunk: The Worst Case Scenario
      • The Farm Tractor from Hell
      • The Real History of the Strawberry Daiquiri
      • The Student from Hell: Awanabe
      • Why I Never Became a Plumber . . .
    • People
      • Audrey Hillman: The Evolution of a Master Gardener
      • Dave Bushman: Emmitsburg’s Doctor Doolittle
      • Ed Reaver: Emmitsburg's Master Cabinet Maker
      • John Woods: The Rebuilding of the Fiesta: The Body Work
      • Phil May: The Rebuilding of the Fiesta: The Engine
      • Polly Baumgardner Shank
      • Thanks Sister Dolorita, wherever you are
      • Zurgable Brothers: A Hardware Store Cut from the Past
    • Pets
      • The Last of the First Ones
        • Charmer
        • Emma
        • Willie
        • Tony
        • PJ - My Trusty Jack Russell
      • The Last of the Second Ones
        • Charlie Tuna and the Winter Storm of '93
        • Remembering Lt. Worf
        • Miles: The Evolution of a Cat Person
        • Squeak: The Evolution of a Cat Person
        • Jordie
        • Kira
        • Neilex, No Regrets
        • Gracie
      • The Third Ones
        • Malcolm - A.K.A. Smoochie Baby
        • Troy - I’ve finally found my forever home
        • The Kittens of Willow Rill
        • Barkley & Reggie
        • Oreo & Houdini
        • Millie
        • Sheldon
        • Whil Wheton
        • 'Q'
          • No stray turned away
          • 'Mandatory fun'
          • Journey to my forever home
          • How life has changed
          • Stupid dog, stupid birds…
        • Black Cat
          • I don’t want to be alone anymore
        • Leah
      • "Gray Little Tiger Kitten…"
      • Submarine pets
    • In The Country
      • Everything has its place, everything has its time
      • Finally the Summer is Over!
      • I Stepped Aside
      • In for a penny, in for a pound
      • Oh the lowly Woolly Bear
      • Spiders: The Original Web Masters
      • The "Hour of the Wolf" - Surviving Hurricane Sandy
      • The Monarch Hatchery
      • Who turned off the heat?
    • Misc.
      • A Spouse's Guide to the Perfect Water Barrel System
      • How to make the picture perfect Garden Fence
      • Reflections On The Rain
      • Summer Kitchens & Treasures of Antiquity
      • The Old Tenant House
        • Part 2 - Inspiration
        • Part 3 - A  Dog's View of Renovation
        • Part 4 - "You'll need to move your house back 45 feet..."
        • Part 5 - The addition's foundation
        • Part 6 - Framing the Addition
        • Part 7: Updating the heating & plumbing systems
        • Part 8: It was a cold and windy night....
        • Part 9: The Kitchen Cabinets
        • Part 10: Refinishing the floors
        • Part 11: Trimming out the house
      • The Rebuilding of the Fiesta: The Body Work
      • The Rebuilding of the Fiesta: The Engine
      • The Olympic Sport of Eventing
  • Hindman, Margaret
    • Pollinator gardens boost environmental health
  • Hinkle, Kay
    • A Gardener’s New Year’s Resolutions
    • Architectural Gardening - Adding a Room Outdoors
    • Care of Flowers from Summer to Autumn for Winter!
    • Caring for Holiday Plants
    • Christmas Cactus - Getting Them to Bloom
    • Eastern Grey Squirrels
    • Fall Crops in Your Vegetable Garden
    • Fall Foliage
    • Fall Foliage 2018
    • Feeding the Birds in the Winter
    • Feeding Birds through the Seasons
    • Garden Accents for the Outdoor Décor!
    • Garden Pests – the 4-legged Kind!
    • Gardening Facts for the New Year
    • Gardening in Changing Weather Patterns
    • Gardening in the New Year
    • Gardening in the New Year (2016)
    • Gardening with Succulents
    • Going native
    • Growing carnivorous plants
    • Hardscape in the Landscape
    • History Behind Christmas Plants
    • Holiday Recipes from the Garden
    • How to get your Amaryllis to bloom again
    • Integrated Pest Management
    • Invasives
    • Keeping a Garden Journal
    • Keeping a Garden Journal - Take Two!
    • Little Known Facts on the Common Earthworm
    • Luscious Leeks
    • Managing Plantings without Pesticides
    • Nesting Birds
    • Pizzazz with Herbs!
    • Plants that Require Patience, but are Worth the Wait!
    • Pondering a Pollinator Garden?
    • Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening
    • Some timely tips for caring for your roses
    • Spiders – The Natural Bug Magnets
    • Sowing Seeds on Good Soil
    • Summertime Habits of Favorite PA Birds
    • The Effect of Urban Sprawl on Wildlife and Home Gardening
    • The Petunia - Old Standby or New Favorite?
    • The Return of the Bald Eagle
    • The Wonderful World of Bats
    • What You Need to Know About Ticks
    • Where Have All the Bees Gone?
    • White House Gardens
    • Winter Gardening Wonderland
    • Winter Tips for Gardeners
    • Wintering Your Garden Tools
    • A walk in the woods – poison ivy and ticks
  • Hofheimer, John
    • Another Farm Tractor from Hell
  • Hoh, Matthew - Peace Voice
    • Killing General Soleimani: Hail Mars! Hail Pluto!
  • Holland, Connie
    • A Good Time to Garden
    • August Gardening Tips
    • Botanical Latin, the Language of Gardeners is Still Spoken
    • Botany for Gardeners
      • More Botany for Gardeners
    • Cactus and Succulents – Get Stuck on Them!
    • Cast Your Garden in Concrete
    • Cicadas - they’re coming!
    • Christmas Cactus – Getting Them to Bloom
    • Don't Pick Up This Hitchhiker!
    • Dreaded Plant Pests
    • Fireflies – the Bright Lights of Summer
    • First Steps - Planning for This Year’s South Mountain Fair
    • Gardening in the Dirt in Winter
    • Getting Christmas Cactus to Bloom
      • Getting Poinsettias & Christmas Cactus to Flower
      • Cactus and Succulents? Get Stuck on Them!
    • Great Plants for Fall Color
    • Growing Watermelon
    • How Plants Move
    • Lanternfly - Another New Nasty Pest Alert
    • Lichen - Friend or Foe?
    • My Favorite Evergreen, The Blue Ice Cypress
    • Nigella, a True Blue "Friend" in the Garden
    • One Last Reminder the South Mountain Fair is Almost Here!
    • Perennial Plant of the Year™ Program – Selecting for Success
    • Photosynthesis, the Key to Life
    • Poison Hemlock
    • Prepare Now
    • Prepare Now – The South Mountain Fair is Early This Year
    • Protect Pollinators - Certify Your Garden
    • Show Off Your Horticulture Skills at the 94th South Mountain Fair
    • Small insects with big effects
    • Spiders - my friend in the garden
    • Spider Silk- Nature’s Thread
    • The South Mountain Fair is Almost Here!
    • The Secret Lives of Plant Cells
    • Tomato Woes
    • Tomato Woes Part One
    • Tree Topping – Please Don’t!
    • What makes a flower fragrant?
    • Weeds Can Communicate
    • What Weeds Have to Say!
    • Who Knew Vanilla Extract Comes From An Orchid?
  • Hollabaugh, Kay - Cooking
    • 2020
      • Super Bowl Sunday treats
      • Treats for that special Valentine  (By Rheta Thola)
      • Putting on the ‘Green’  (By Rheta Thola)
      • Spring Treats  (By Rheta Thola)
      • It’s strawberry season! (By Rheta Thola)
    • 2019
      • Apple Pies!
      • Is a CSA right for me?
      • It’s Asparagus season!
      • School’s out! Strawberries are in!
      • Celebrate our independence with corn
      • What to do with all these Zucchini??!!??
      • Cooking with Tomatoes
      • Fall apple treats
      • Christmas Treats!
    • 2018
      • Baking Bread
      • Heading South?
      • Soup’s on!
      • Spring, Where Art Thou?
      • Rhubarb!
      • It's Blueberry Season
      • It’s Peach Season!
      • Just in Time for Thanksgiving!
      • Christmas favorites
  • Holt, Lynne
    • CHILLIN' In The Country
    • The Dog Days of Summer
  • Hoke, Mary
    • Mary Hoke Remembers Emmitsburg
  • Horner, John
    • Adams Countians In the American Revolution
    • A Soldier’s Return to Adams County
    • Camp Security
    • Remembering Dr. Freeman
    • The Elusive Major Horner
    • The History of the Horner Farm
    • The life and times of Harney's Dr. John C. Bush
  • Horner, Roy J.
    • Happy to be Priests: A Vocations Story
  • Horner, William
    • W. G. Horner & Co. Emmitsburg's Other Bank
  • Horsley, Pete
    • Why the Chesapeake Bay needs your help
  • Houck, Ed
    • Emmitsburg of My Youth
    • Houck's Store
    • Living on the Square
    • Of Mice and Kids
    • Remembering George Danner
    • Remembering My Term as Mayor of Emmitsburg
    • Remembering Some of Emmitsburg's Honored Veterans
    • Saint Euphemia's School
    • Summer in Emmitsburg in the Late 1930's
    • The Emmitsburg Gem Theater
    • The 'Roots' of Emmit Gardens
  • Houston, Chris - Peace Voice
    • Empowering Rohingya to Lead Their Own Future
    • Howard, Dawne
      • Green June Beetles
      • Grow Your Own Salad Greens
      • Five Flowers for a Festive Season
      • Plants that are interesting in the winter landscape
      • Using fireplace ashes in your garden
    • Hub, Robert
      • A brief history of Woodsboro
    • Huff, Henry T.
      • The Real Doughboys
    • Hunter, Katerina
      • Never Turn Down the Opportunity to Learn
    • Caroline Hurley - Peace Voice
      • Zoonoses & Climate Change: Is One Health Enough?
         

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