Today's Features

* Happy New Year to all. The volunteer staff at the Cynthiana-Harrison County Museum, the Rohs Theatre on Walnut Street, welcomes you. Come see your community’s museum, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bring your family, holiday guests, the children, folks of all ages. You’ll be amazed at the displays. Many have worked for 20 years to preserve and share our local history.
* Unknown. “The new year lies before you like a spotless tract of snow. Be careful how you tread on it for every mark will show.”

We all have bad habits.  Some people chew their fingernails; others mow their grass too short in the summer.
You can guess which one bugs me the most.
The odd thing about many of the worst bad habits in the garden is that they have become so commonplace.  The worst offenses are repeated everywhere to the extent that gardeners think they are the rule.
Over-mulching, for example, has been an epidemic problem for many years despite the fact that research spells out trouble for our plants when we bury their roots under a foot of hardwood mulch.  

10 years ago . . .
Births announced this week are: Mackenzie Grace Glenn, Dec. 11, daughter of Wayne and Holly Ankeny Glenn; Avery Elizabeth Barnes, Dec. 13, daughter of Chris and Christy Barnes; James Frazier Dailey, Dec. 14, son of Richard and Julie Dailey; Daniel McCauley Elmore, Nov. 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Elmore.
The Rohs Opera House has been purchased by Pat Grenier who has plans for the Cynthiana landmark.
Corner Auto Mart will be moving to a new location to expand and better serve its customers. The new location is at 212 N. Main Street.

I don’t mind a gloomy day here or there, I actually find them somewhat restorative.  Too many in a row, though, can be sort of depressing.  So, when the winter sky moves in I search out the plants in the landscape that have color.
We all say we want winter interest, but sometimes we forget about it once spring rolls around and we get excited about a new season.  
Have you selected things that will capture your eye in January?  
Look out the window and tell yourself what you see and then take some notes.