Grow Fruit in Containers MELINDA MYERS CONTRIBUTOR Have fun and enjoy picking fresh fruit right outside your door thanks to compact varieties you can grow in containers. Just clear some space on your patio, deck, balcony, or front steps that receives at least six hours of sunlight and get busy planting. Consider starting with strawberries. They provide seasonal interest with their white

| RURAL WRITES | G.A. SCHEINOHA CONTRIBUTOR A friend, Tom Pyle once said, “Mothers are the closest thing we have (on Earth) to God.” While none can match the ultimate sacrifice He made by offering up His only Son, I’m still mindful of what tradeoffs Mom did. Often doing without in lieu of her young’uns. Such as not having a decent pair of boots to wear in winter so that my oldest