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By Allen Bush

Kentucky Legislature Tries to Shut Down the Sun

Allen Bush · Jan 24, 2018

State lawmakers are attacking a program that uses an inexhaustible supply of wireless energy to create electricity. During the same week, President Trump puts a tariff on solar-panel imports. Could the coal industry have anything to do with it?

Harlan Hamernik: Fighting Fires and Malaria

Allen Bush · Aug 17, 2012

A 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

‘Abominable Mysteries’ at Yahoo Falls

Allen Bush · Dec 16, 2011

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.

Agriculture

Heavy Beats Healthy at the State Fair

Allen Bush · Sep 3, 2010

Size 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

Allen Bush · Sep 6, 2009

This 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

Expert Plantsmen Live Pie to Pie

Allen Bush · Jul 6, 2009

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

Arts and Culture

Boppin’ the Quilt Box

Allen Bush · Dec 12, 2008

Far-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.