Blueberry crop harvesting in progress 2022-06-09 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Seasonal jobs are happening in local blueberry fields just as in tobacco cutting days. The start of blueberry growing in Kentucky happened not far from this Breeding Road farm. The couple who started the dream came south from rugged Michigan winters (the blueberry capital of America). They said they were looking for land that would grow sage brush and cedar trees because the soil ph balance is what blueberries thrive in. This region, in the hills near the Adair - Metcalfe - Cumberland County lines, turned out to be just right. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Animator Rob Cabrera talks to CU art students 2022-06-09 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo courtesy Rob Cabrera. Rob Cabrera, Emmy Award winning animator, story artist and educator, told Campbellsville University art and design students that time and effort are required to great good art. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Blueberries are ripe, crops are flourishing 2022-06-09 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Fresh, home grown blueberries are in. Since 2003 when Ed and I tasted our way through documenting this feature blueberry crop begins on Columbia Magazine, area farm families started asking, could blueberries replace tobacco as our cash crop? It appears to be happening for many. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

At Oak Mountain Homestead ribbon cutting 2022-06-09 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The most recent Columbia Adair County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting was held at Oak Mountain Homestead Nursery, Garden & Plant Sales in the southern Adair County community of Breeding, KY. From left are: John England, Barry, Jennie, and Ellie Benson-Parker, Harry Rogers Jr, and Katie Sweeney, owners, Kelly Koch, Cindy Turner and Ellen Zornes. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Making hay in the spring sunshine 2022-06-09 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Vicky Pike of Miss Vicky's Pampered Angus Ranch. Reporting from Greater Bliss, Miss Vicky writes, "My nearly 100 rolls of hay with the American flag imprinted on the net wrap. Just arrived fresh today for the girls enjoyment this winter." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Find your gifts in the arts 2022-06-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Everyone is invited to the meeting of the Adair County Arts Council at the LWC Slider building, 6pmCT Thursday, June 9. Is there any area of life which doesn't include art? Find your area and get creative! - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co.: Peaceful Sunset at Snake Creek 2022-06-08 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Gola Burton. Photographer Gola Burton captured this spectacular sunset on Tuesday evening, June 7, 2022. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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