Ugandan man currently serving ‘on loan’ at area church Let’s imagine what life might be like in a rural area, without electricity and running water, where people lived off the land. There were poor roads. No hospitals. And you grew the food that you ate. Small scale farmers had large families and produced corn, beans and vegetables, enough to hopefully feed their children and maybe sell extra for the other things the family might need. Teaching your children to farm was value

“Grandma always had the old reliable peonies, the purple/lavender-colored ones, and I still have some of those plants. They are the plants that got me looking into the idea of other colors,” said Father Nordick. “Color is not the only thing that has changed in the peony fields over the years. Texture, stamina, shape and color of foliage and fragrance are all characteristics that have been altered over time. Many roses lost their wonderful fragrance when growers altered them t