By Katie NicholsSpecial to theOpelika Observer Tomatoes are a southern garden staple. Many gardeners are always looking for ways to grow a bigger,...
Pruning Tomatoes Can Make a Difference
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Column Articles
Too Big for the Birdhouse
By Bruce GreenTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Birdhouses for the eastern bluebird (indigenous to our area), have a...
Serve Brunswick stew, other favorites for Fourth weekend
By Ann Cipperly While celebrating the Fourth of July will be different this year with Covid 19, be sure to have plenty of good food on hand for the...
Inside the Statehouse
GOP Senate runoffin less than two weeks Folks, we are less than two weeks away from our election contest for our U.S. Senate seat. The runoff...
No ‘Tub for Gov.’, no ‘Gen. Beauregard’, but 2018-2020 slogans still interesting
By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer Political signs were relatively prim and proper when I first noticed them in the mid 1960s. Wealthy...
Putting my best feet forward
By Hardy Jackson Old folks have ugly feet. I am old. It follows logically that I have ugly feet. Toes especially. Toenails specifically. Although I...
How to make your own ‘Alabama Bucket List’
By Bradley Robertson It is time my fellow locals, to travel this good state with my family and see all the things that “Sweet Home Alabama” has to...
OLD PLACES
A little church. It’s been a long time since I’ve been here. In fact, it’s been a long time since I’ve been anywhere. I haven’t ventured far...
Kelly Cox turns love of baking cakes into cottage business
At her home in the Northside Historic District, Kelly Cox can be found most days in the kitchen baking classic southern cakes, as well as “kindness...