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GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: The house I bought has a number of half whiskey barrels planted with sotols. The barrels have begun deteriorating and the metal bands have started to rust and fall apart.

GUEST COLUMNIST Don Zimmer had quite a baseball career.

GUEST COLUMNIST E arlier this month, Americans reflected on the 20 year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster that took the lives of all seven astronauts on board. On Feb.

As we look out our windows or venture outside, we see everywhere around us the signs of spring and new life beginning to burst forth. The sky is blue, there may be calves being born, green shoots are all over, and we hear the bird song with increasing frequency throughout the day.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: I can’t get rid of clover in my lawn. I’ve tried a 7% 2,4-D product, but it didn’t work.

In celebration of National Nutrition Month, I am sharing the 17 Health tips that I am presenting at the educational programs for the month of March. Dedicate yourself to a healthy lifestyle in 2023 with these food, nutrition, and physical activity tips.

GUEST COLUMNIST There are no small number of accusations lately that — shocking as it may be — some of our politicians are lying to us. Some Republicans shouted the “L” word during President Biden’s State of the Union Address, when he said Republicans wanted to end Social Security and Medicare.

GUEST COLUMNIST U.S. presidents’ love affair with baseball dates back to George Washington, who wrote in his journal that during Valley Forge he “sometimes throws and catches a ball for hours with his aide-de-camp.”

FAITH COLUMN 6. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: I recently was in California and saw beautiful foxtail agave plants. I have a home in Kerrville.