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All in Wisconsin Farming
Anyone into farming or gardening, is familiar with the term composting. Although, many may have their own approach to this practice of creating nutrition for their soil.
When people stop by our farm on their way to Wildcat Mountain State Park or the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, they are often in awe of the beauty.
“So, this is my boyfriend's family farm, and his family started it back in 1865,” said Emily Matzke.
A sixth-generation farm in Sauk City, Wisconsin, Emily shared, “this very land that we're sitting on, is the initial plot of land that my boyfriend Avery’s family the Elsings have farmed.”
Poised along the 400 Trail with the communities of Elroy, Union Center, Wonewoc, and Reedsburg, La Valle located in Sauk county Wisconsin, welcomed trail anniversary bicycle riders with open arms.
When thinking about history preservation, an archeologist may come to most people’s minds. But Jim Winter of Platteville, Wisconsin, and a journalist by trade, has taken the road less traveled when it comes to preserving history.
Life is full of lessons. Some easy and some hard. Some happy and some sad. One of the hardest is learning about the circle of life.
Meet Owen Louis, an ambitious and determined 9-year-old on a mission. Now I know the title is a bit off from the ordinary cliché of ‘It takes a village to raise a child’, but bear with me.
The two met in upstate New York in the Adirondacks through an internship with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in 2012. Both were right out of college with no real job prospects at the time.
Last Saturday, members of Viroqua, surrounding communities and communities beyond, gathered to celebrate the library receiving the “Wisconsin Library of the Year Award”.
An offshoot of Fermentation Fest and the Farm/Art Dtour in Sauk County, the Native American Arts Marketplace featured authentic Native art, crafts, storytelling, and food over the first two weekends of this month.
Tucked away just West of Hillsboro, Wisconsin in Vernon County, lies yet another of Wisconsin’s Driftless area’s treasures, the Blue Highway Lodge.
