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Sara Vowell’s 2009 best seller, The Wordy Shipmates: a book that details the 1630 New World arrival of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, founders of what would become Boston, and how that early experience continues to shape American life and politics.

Luke's good friend Jeff Rice shares a tasty sweet and sour pork camp recipe this week.

Growing your garden can be its own reward, but if you're serious its long-term health, you may want to consider intercropping. Intercropping is a broad term that refers to the practice of growing two or more crops in close proximity. This practice offers numerous benefits, including increased crop diversity, resource efficiency, pest and disease control, and improved soil health!

Many countries laid claim to the middle of North America, despite having little presence there. Spain, France and Britain all had interests in the region.

Your plants will obviously require sun to grow their best, but how much sun is too much? Some plans can burn if they get too much, so it can benefit them to have some sort of shade or other protective cover, to help reduce the amount of sun they're getting. Shade cloths can be an excellent way to cover plants with materials that let in different amounts of sunlight, to help customize the shade to match the needs of your plants.

This week, let's talk fishing - White bass fishing! Folks on the High Plains will likely have white bass in a lake or reservoir near them, and these fish are good eating. We'll talk about how to catch some for your own table!

After the War of 1812, the United States recovered, even as the Mexican empire remained badly bloodied by its war of independence. But the Mexican government also had a new problem to deal with: mass numbers of American immigrants crossing over their northern border, into Texas.

The first humans arrived in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago; evolving from small nomadic tribes to complex cultures adept at agriculture

Growing fruit trees isn't as simple as just harvesting and eating; to help your tree thrive, produce the best fruit, and build strong limbs, it's important to trim the tree a bit to shape its growth. But it's also important not to just start whacking away at it...there's a real strategy to use, and we'll talk about it in this week's episode!

This week Luke is making a big pot of Catfish Courtbouillon (pronounced as "COO bee YON"), which is basically a Cajun catfish stew. If you are looking for a different way to put those catfish fillets to good use, give this recipe a try. It comes "Luke approved"! Listen to Luke's weekly podcast "Catfish Radio with Luke Clayton and Friends" just about everywhere podcasts are found. Email Luke through his website, www.catfishradio.org