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CELEBRATING THE ENERGY OF YOUR COMMUNITY but mighty Small No-Pain GardeningFarm Tips to healthy planting Say “I Do” to Kentucky Proud Weddings Houdini the I-65 Goat MARCH 2019 • KENTUCKYLIVING.COM 0319 KY Dept of Fish and Wildlife FP.indd 1 1/24/19 5:07 PM MARCH 2019 VOL 73 • NO 3 2019 LAWN & GARDEN ISSUE 32 16 Mini Farming DEPARTMENTS KENTUCKY CULTURE 4 KENTUCKYLIVING.COM 30 UNIQUELY KENTUCKY COVER STORY Farming is for anyone with motivation 16 Houdini the I-65 goat and an eagerness to learn—that’s what Mary and Chris 6 YOUR COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY 41 WORTH THE TRIP Breeze say. The Breezes have turned their garden into a Celebrating local Hit the trail (town) business, all the while maintaining other full-time jobs. 7 COMMONWEALTHS 46 EVENTS Reliving the 1978 UK Wildcats Hopkinsville’s International championship season, The Festival, Spring Fling at Something Borrowed, Kentucky Crafted Market, Greenbo, Burlington Quilters popularity of high tunnels and Day, raptor fundraiser in 24 Something Bluegrass more Somerset and more Make your wedding day extra special by using local 8 LETTERS 49 KENTUCKY EATS vendors that you can be proud of—Kentucky Proud, Paducah’s Flamingo Row actually. Learn how to plan a Kentucky Proud wedding. ON THE GRID 50 CHEF’S CHOICE 10 OUR POWER Kneading bread Fighting to keep the lights on 51 GREAT OUTDOORS No-Pain Gardening 12 CUTTING COSTS Antlers in the rough 32 Gardening expert Shelly Nold shares tips on Mowing through lawn-care 52 GARDEN GURU choices how to plant successfully and correctly to keep your Bewitching witch hazel plants—and yourself—in tiptop shape. 13 ENERGY 101 53 SMART HEALTH Rights-of-way Colon cancer screening options 14 CO-OPS CARE 54 KENTUCKY Pulling together to serve MARKETPLACE ON THE COVER Chris and Mary Breeze hold an assortment of the community 56 SNAP SHOT red head lettuce, green head lettuce and watermelon radishes, 20 ENTER THE 2019 grown at their Whispering Breeze Farm in Mayslick. All of their PHOTO CONTEST 57 KENTUCKY KIDS produce is grown using natural methods without chemical 30A LOCAL ELECTRIC 58 BYRON CRAWFORD’S fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. Photo: Tim Webb COOPERATIVE NEWS KENTUCKY Susan the gardener WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • MARCH 2019 3 Growing season is here A special welcome to Jackson Purchase Energy readers in the Paducah area who join our readership this month. March is our annual Lawn & Garden issue, a sign that spring is just around the corner. Archives and much more content on our website! For those of us who grew up on farms SAY CHEESE raising large gardens, then moved away to the city, you’re going to love our Mini ENTER TODAY! Farming feature (page 16). There’s nothing like home-grown vegetables, but it’s always 2019 Photo Contest a sad day in a tomato-lover’s season when Round up your best photos for the you go out to the garden and pick your last Kentucky Living 2019 Photo Contest. In total, we’ll honor 20 winners this vine-ripened tomato. You know the feeling. summer across five categories. Having vegetables all year long is a dream Winners will be showcased in our come true. It’s encouraging to learn that July issue. Turn to page 20 for anyone with a small amount of land can complete details. Submit photos at grow a bounty of vegetables and extend the KentuckyLiving.com starting March 1. growing season with the use of a low tunnel. Contest deadline is March 31. Setting a tree or shrub? Follow the No-Pain Gardening tips (page 32) to ensure TO MARKET your plant lives and you don’t hurt your back. Start now entering our annual Photo JURIED ARTS AND CRAFTS Contest (page 20), Make your way to The Kentucky Crafted Market through March, If Kentucky and artisan goods are two of your favorite things, you’ll need to make your way to Lexington on March 16-17. The Kentucky Crafted Market boasts dozens of exhibi- for cash prizes. Tell RICHTER MARK your children and tors, like Rock Bottom Soap Co., which you can read about on page 9. To learn more grandchildren—the about Rock Bottom Soap and see more photos, go to KentuckyLiving.com contest is now open to ages 13 and up! GET BEAUTIFUL PLAN YOUR PROJECT Beautify the Bluegrass ANITA TRAVIS RICHTER, EDITOR one project at a time Join us in repairing, enhancing or Contact Us beautifying any area in our state • Questions, comments, letter to and winners will be recognized by the editor Kentucky Living and Governor Bevin • Subscription in our second annual contest. For Advertising and editorial calendar • details, flip to page 40. Go online • Submit story ideas • Freelancer inquiries for a participant’s kit or to enter. Submit & Share www.KentuckyLiving.com KUTTAWA CALLING Kentucky Living, P.O. Box 32170, Louisville, KY 40232. Submission should include your name, address, phone WANT TO GET AWAY? numbers, email address and name of Win a three-night trip for four electric co-op. There’s still time to enter our giveaway for a three-night stay for four in Kuttawa. 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Periodicals Postage Paid at Louisville, Kentucky, and at additional mailing offices. COPYRIGHT, 2018, by Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives Inc. All rights reserved. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $2.87 per year for members of co-ops that subscribe on a monthly basis; all others, $15 for one year, $25 for three years. NEWSSTAND COST: $2.95. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kentucky Living, P. O. Box 32170, Louisville, KY 40232. WWW.KENTUCKYLIVING.COM • MARCH 2019 5 Check out our new 3D designer on our website! YOUR COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY protect what matters looks like mother nature Celebrating local Kentucky Proud and electric cooperatives make a difference Visit WorldwideSteelBuildings.com for more information. METAL o you remember your wed- most married folks have lived out that ding vows? I will never forget portion of our vows at different times ROOFING my wedding day as I stood in our lives. For us, there have been the Din front of friends and family good times, but there have also been and watched my bride the bad times. escorted by her father In this issue of into the sanctu- Kentucky Living, you ary of Rose Hill will read about Baptist Church Kentucky Proud in Ashland. Weddings (page That was 25 24), which years ago. are uniquely We were Kentucky. The so young and venue, flowers, excited about food and enter- what life had tainment have in store for us. roots in our state Y R I look back at the R heritage. Beauty and durability E P Y pictures and see two NN The idea of using crafted with excellence. DA young people who were local suppliers is to give committed to each other and back to your community. That’s ClassicKY.com to making a difference in the world. something that electric cooperatives 877-960-7663 She was beautiful then and even more can get behind, because our roots have beautiful today.