Farm and Family

As grilling vegetables is to summer, roasting vegetables is to winter.
Not only does the cooler weather make it a wonderful time to turn on the oven, but the vegetables available in the winter are practically designed to be roasted.
Most root vegetables, such as beets, parsnips, sweet potatoes, onions, turnips, potatoes and winter squash, are perfect for roasting.
The process of roasting brings out the natural sweetness of vegetables and intensifies their natural flavors.

Are you tired of starting the New Year with a pile of debt that remains from holiday shopping?
Perhaps you are looking for ways to reduce the stress associated with shopping during the holiday season and paying for gifts, greeting cards, postage, gift wrap, decorations, food, drink, travel, long distance phone calls and other items.
Although there is not much time left here are a few suggestions from our Extension specialists for stretching your holiday dollar and managing your money and resources throughout the season and into the New Year.

Most adults know winning a competition isn’t necessarily a prerequisite for future success in life.
Sometimes, however, we can get caught up in the moment and put too much pressure on our children to win at whatever they do, whether it is at school or on the athletic field.
At no time of the year is this truer in Kentucky than at the start of basketball season.
As a parent, it’s important for you to promote good sportsmanship in whatever activity your child chooses to pursue.

This impressive 7-pound turnip was grown by James A. McClain of Smithfield.