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...explain why he's worried about cricket's future, Greg Chappell must first hark back to his past. So, over lunch in a Sydney restaurant, he describes the Adelaide backyard where he and his brothers contested their fierce "Tests" - played always, at the insistence of their father, with a hard ball. Other times, with local boys, they'd set up stumps at the park around the corner or at the beach, where they chose between two types of pitch - fast (the hard sand) or a subcontinental turner (the soft stuff). These games could go for hours, like sessions...
...years ago, it was the $5,000 barbecue grill. These days it takes a luxury mower if you want to be a backyard baron. Home-owners are dumping their old, bone-rattling lawn-and-garden cutters and trading up to fancy models with brawny engines, lumbar-supporting seats and the now obligatory beverage caddy. "A lot of people buy a large lawn tractor and think they're going to till the soil and plant a big garden, but many never do," says a senior executive for a major mowermaker. "They use it to cut grass. Buying these minitractors...
When Charlie Ferguson was growing up in Beech Grove, Ind., he would help his dad, a connoisseur of spicy food, to plant and tend a backyard crop of chili peppers. So began a lifelong love affair with hot peppers. As an adult, Ferguson found commercial salsa either too salty or not spicy enough for his discerning palate, and he started making his own. By the time he married Glenda Klingensmith eight years ago and moved to her farm in Noblesville, Ind., Ferguson, now 52, was hooked on homemade salsa--so much so that he started planting jalapenos, habaneros, red chilis...
...prices, if only local residents could stand the sight of windmills in their ocean views. We strongly support the development of wind power in Cape Cod and sincerely hope that the Gov. Mitt Romney and the state legislature put renewable energy ahead of local residents with not-in-my-backyard agendas. A large wind farm would be a concrete step towards a more sustainable and secure future for Mass energy production...
...Destinations to restore your sense of wonder attracts the largest crowds. Look for a tour offering stops at Nelson Mandela's former house or the Hector Petersen Memorial and Museum, named for a 13-year-old boy who was killed in the famous 1976 uprising; then enjoy a shebeen (backyard bar). Try Jimmy's Face to Face Tours (www.face2face.co.za), which pioneered the concept, or Max Maximum Tours www.backpackafrica.com/ accommod/gauteng/maxmaxim). Half-day tours cost around...