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By Allen Bush

Ag and Trade | Cool Places | Health | People to Know
Harlan Hamernik: Fighting Fires and Malaria
08/17/2012

hamernik horned toadA renowned plantsman from the Prairie -- who once declared, “If they’ll grow in Nebraska, they will grow anywhere!” -- now turns his skills to horticultural cures.

Cool Places | Environment | Travel/Recreation | Wildlife
'Abominable Mysteries' at Yahoo Falls
12/16/2011

silene It's hunting season. Two Kentucky plantsmen head unarmed into the territory of putty root and pink muhly, finding the highest waterfall in the state and othr wonders.

Ag and Trade | Cool Places | People to Know
Heavy Beats Healthy at the State Fair
09/03/2010

prize winning ppumpkinSize matters but poundage makes a winner at the Kentucky State Fair. Allen Bush reports on the state's hefty history with the grandest squash in the world.

People to Know
A Handshake from Paul McKinney
09/06/2009

McKinney and draft horsesThis Labor Day, Allen Bush pays tribute to a western North Carolina farmer who taught him about plants, machinery, hard work, and living up to your word.

Cool Places | Food | People to Know | Travel/Recreation
Expert Plantsmen Live Pie to Pie
07/06/2009

rasmussen pies bakingHorticulturist Allen Bush reaches rural Kansas and Nebraska just in time: Penstemon grandiflorus is in season, and so is strawberry-rhubarb pie.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places | People to Know
Boppin' the Quilt Box
12/12/2008
tin can buddha thumbFar-flung musicians, from rural Kentucky, Nashville and yon, converge on a winter's night in Louisville. Thanks to the Quilt Box, they've slouched a few more steps toward Nirvana.
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