Archive for Featured
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Yard and Garden: What’s Wrong with My Lawn?
By Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Overview of leaf spot and melting-out A fungal disease called leaf spot and melting-out is one of the most common turfgrass diseases in Iowa. The fungi that cause leaf spot and melting-out and the spots they cause can be found on most lawns without...
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Kari’s Kitchen
Ranch Beer Cheese Dip Ingredients: 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 2 pkgs (8-oz) cream cheese 1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch Dip Mix 3/4 cup beer Chopped green onions, to garnish Pretzels, to drip Directions: Combine cheddar cheese, cream che...
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Calendar of Events | JULY 2025
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
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Kari’s Kitchen
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos Ingredients: 1 (15-oz.) can tomato sauce 2 Tbsp chili powder 1 Tbsp cumin 1 Tbsp Kosher salt 2 tsp paprika 1 tsp black pepper 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 6 large, boneless skin chicken breast (about 4 pound) Tortillas of you...
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The Color Green
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Nature always wears the color of the spirit” ... Ralph Waldo Emerson What a beautiful 70 degree summer morning! As I sit here enjoying my coffee on the screen porch, I watch the birds flitter around the feeders and marvel at the blooming bushe...
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Calendar of Events | JUNE 2025
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Group...
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June – Roses and Pearls
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief The flower for June is the rose. The rose and the shrub are of the Rosa genus. Their colors range from deep red to the palest of pink, orange hues to yellows to white. A lavender rose has even been cultivated. Early civilizations of temperate zones were believed t...
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Kari’s Kitchen
Strawberry Shortcake BISCUITS Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups (345 g) all-purpose flour, plus extra for hands and work surface* 1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar 4 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt (I recommend fine sea salt) ...
