In rural Shawano County, the bees are busy making honey at John and Lorraine Ballbach’s Hobby Honey Farm in Gresham.
However, their farm offers more than raw honey.
In addition to selling local raw and creamed honey, the Ballbachs also sell their own beeswax products which include tea lights, votive cups and candles as well as beeswax bars.
When Jon and I bought Otter Run in Townsend in 1993, it was advertised as 87 acres on the Townsend Flowage. As recorded on the survey map, the property is composed of three distinct parcels. Perfect. Ah, nothing’s perfect. Thirty acres of it is underwater so only 57 acres actually belong to us.
Keep homegrown vegetables and those purchased at the farmer’s market fresh and tasting their best. Selecting and harvesting vegetables at their peak and storing them properly will provide maximum flavor and nutritional value from every bite.
Check the garden regularly and harvest vegetables as recommended for the best flavor and nutritional value. Look for harvesting guidelines from reliable sources like your local extension service.
A condition affecting millions of women worldwide has a new name, and the shift could meaningfully improve how it is understood, diagnosed and treated.
Polycystic ovary syndrome, long known as PCOS, is now being referred to as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.
Many people would consider the term “less of a person” to be an insult, but for Ellen Huncosky, she’s perfectly fine being less than she was.
The Suring woman has lost more than 120 pounds in the last two years with the help of Taking Off Pounds Sensibly, along with strict adherence to Keto dieting guidelines and a lot of walking. Because of her weight loss, Huncosky was crowned a TOPS 2025 Wisconsin Queen.
