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Tales From Utah Valley: Autumning in Utah Valley

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. So reads a portion of the poem, “Fall, Leaves, Fall” by Emily Brontë. As soon as the autumnal equinox arrived on Sept. 22, a wave of excitement for ...

Garden Help Desk: Protecting your peaches and growing good garlic

What happened to my peaches? Everything looked good last month, and the peaches were beautiful. Now most of the peaches have dark spots and some look like they are spoiling under the spots. My peaches looked nice a few days ago when I picked them and now they have rotten spots on them. Can ...

Sundance prepares for winter opening with new lifts

As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, it is inevitable that the cold weather will come to the state of Utah. This year, after a notably dry summer, it would be advantageous to have a wet and snowy winter. With last year’s sale of the Sundance Mountain Resort by Robert Redford ...

Idaho trip for eclipse was totality worth it

STANLEY, Idaho — While Monday’s solar eclipse was touted as a mass-participation event involving millions, I was able to enjoy the two minutes of moon-created twilight in relative solitude in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest. Heading into the event, experts predicted tens of millions ...

Sweet visit to Big Rock Candy Mountain

"In the big Rock Candy Mountains,There's a land that's fair and bright, . . .Where the sun shines ev-ry day, . . .And the lemonade spring,Where the blue bird sings,In the big Rock Candy Mountains."Made famous by in 1950s by Burl Ives, the lyrics of the late Utah resident Haywire Mack describe ...

Rock Cliff Nature Center is a hub for things to do

<div class="publish-meta clearfix"> <div class="date left">There’s more to Jordanelle State Park than a picturesque reservoir dotted with sailboats and waterskiers.</div> <div class="date left"> </div> <div ...