Nationally known herbalist, speaker and author Matthew Wood, far right, shares his plant and healing knowledge with health-conscious listeners at the Don Popp farm during a two-hour wild herb walk in mid-July 1999. Wood and Margi Flint, a Massachusetts practicing herbalist and medical doctor, talked about everything from yarrow and jewel weed to plantain and nettle. FROM THE HUTCHINSON LEADER ARCHIVES
125 YEARS AGO: 1899 There is every prospect of a good crop. The farmers who ought to know say it will not be up to…