By Cindy Hadish/for Radish Magazine Raw food proponents, who oftentimes must prepare their own meals, can find a growing number of choices outside of the home. New local catering and online options are being offered, as well as cafes that focus on whole, unrefined, uncooked foods. Raw foods are generally not heated above 115 degrees […]
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Month: August 2016
Photo gallery: Market After Dark and Bru...
By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan UPDATED Aug. 31, 2016, with new Market After Dark attendance estimates Crowds filled the streets of downtown Cedar Rapids on Aug. 27, for the second annual Market After Dark, while gardeners flocked to the Brucemore Garden & Art Show earlier in the day. Market After Dark, the nighttime version of the […]
Market After Dark and Brucemore Garden &
Two exceptional events are happening this weekend in Cedar Rapids, and fortunately, you won’t have to choose between them. The annual Brucemore Garden & Art Show returns from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, followed by Market After Dark, the nighttime version of the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market, from 6:30 […]
Lily Lake looking pretty as a picture
I’ve been hearing how beautiful Lily Lake is looking this year and had the chance to check it out today. Thousands of lotus lilies are in bloom on the 170-acre lake, between Amana and Middle Amana, which serves as year-round wildlife habitat and a stopover for migrating birds. Related: Restaurants continue local tradition in Amana […]
Saving the family farm at the Iowa State...
Keeping the family farm in the family is no easy task and keeping one in the same family for 150 years can take monumental effort. We’ve faced numerous challenges over the past several years with our family farm in Tama County, but spent a good part of Thursday with others who have done the same. […]
DNR: Iowans shot deer, left them to rot
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources this morning announced that two Iowa men were charged in connection with a deer poaching case. Members of the public reported the dead deer, which led to the investigation. Learn more from today’s DNR report: Multiple charges were filed against two southeast Iowa men following an Iowa Department of […]
Lanky milkweed in search of monarch butt...
Milkweed – the sole food source for monarch caterpillars – used to grow freely in my backyard until trees turned the once-sunny yard into a shade garden. What was easy to grow years ago became a challenge, but I persisted, hoping to do my small part to help monarch butterflies, whose populations have dropped considerably […]
Iowa couple trade corporate life for far...
By Cindy Hadish/for the Radish Magazine DEWITT – Switching from his corporate job to life on the farm has its challenges, but Anthony Troy has no regrets. “It’s the best decision of my life,” says Troy, 36, who left his sales career in 2014 to move to the family farm in rural DeWitt, along with […]
Photo gallery: Czech Iowan in Nebraska
WILBER, Neb. – This town of just under 2,000 people swells by the tens of thousands during the annual Wilber Czech Festival in August. While Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the site of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Wilber lays claim as the “Czech Capital of the USA.” During this year’s festival, from […]
Surprise lilies make summertime appearan...
Like clockwork, surprise lilies, also known as “naked ladies” are making their annual appearance. The perennial flowers sport lovely foliage early in the season, which disappears with the summer’s heat. By late July or early August, pink flowers tinged in blue simultaneously pop up, seemingly out of nowhere. Other names, including magic lily and resurrection […]