By Melinda Myers Boost your fall garden harvest with some midsummer plantings. Fill vacant spaces left in the vegetable garden after harvesting lettuce, spinach, and other early maturing crops. Expand your edible plantings to other vacant spots in flowerbeds, mixed borders, and containers. Sow seeds of beans, cucumbers, carrots, beets, and other vegetables that will…
During a recent visit with my grandma, she made an observation about the articles I write for River Hills Traveler. Apparently, I tend to mention food at some point. Well, as usual, she isn’t wrong. So, why not take this opportunity to share one of my favorite places to visit with River Hills Traveler readers?…
Thymus vulgaris, English Thyme By Melinda Myers Keep enjoying your homegrown herbs all year round. Harvest throughout the growing season and include them in garden-fresh meals. Then preserve a few for the winter ahead. Snip a few leaves or leaf-covered stems as needed. For the same intensity of flavor, you generally need two to three…
Chain restaurants do serve a purpose, but I prefer to experience one-of-a-kind establishments like Dutzow Deli. Located in Warren County off of Hwy. 94, this local eatery is easy to locate because it sits at the Dutzow trailhead on mile marker 74 of the Katy Trail. Popular with locals and tourists alike, Dutzow Deli…
I remember it like it was yesterday! I had all the requirements for the Boy Scout cooking merit badge accomplished — the menus, buying the food for the patrol, making the fire — all except for preparing a main dish that would be cooked over an open fire. My grandmother lived with us while we…
Tucked way down south in the bottom of the state is a jewel among jewels — the Current River. Specifically, the stretch of river between Van Buren and Doniphan. If you were to calculate the amount of water that emerges from all the springs that dump into this section of the river, one would need…
