Gardening News
- Accidental farmer has not looked back since he started growing vegetables 12 years ago Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:57PMFARMING is making inroads into land-squeezed cities as many urbanites seek tranquillity amid the hustle and bustle.
- Reaching for Stars When Space Thrilled and Paranoia Ruled Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:47PMIn a new book, “Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962,” Megan Prelinger sees hopes, dreams and fears in the form of magazine ads.
- Fruit trees ripe for free picking in city parks Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:38PMLast fall, Eric Alperin, a San Francisco artist, heard about blackberries, plums and loquats growing on public property in his city and free for the picking.
- Gaurav Gupta to head Macquarie Capital Advisers in India Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:17PMGaurav Gupta will join Macquarie from Nomura to head investment banking for India, a position that opened up when Varun Bajpai moved on to head a new Macquarie India fund initiative.
- HORTICULTURE: Going back to the roots of gardening Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:03PMFor those planning gardens for this year, Adrian Fisher of Oak Park has a few ecologically-sound ideas.
- Community gardening club Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:03PMThe Elmwood Park community is home to a gardening club.
- Newham teaches self-sufficiency Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:22PMTHE tiny township of Newham will be a centre for debate, innovation and discovery this Saturday as it hosts its own sustainability expo.
- Master gardener invigorated by growing plants from seeds Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:19PMGrace Harrison popped the plastic lid on a tabletop “greenhouse” about the size of a cookie sheet. Under the moisture-covered lid was a tray lined with perfect rows of what appeared to be sushi rolls—but actually were ornamental pepper plants germinating in tiny round seed pods. Patience is in short supply in today’s society, but Harrison thinks there’s added joy in gardening from scratch.
- Gardening Q&A: Protecting plants from street chemicals Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:19PMQ:We live on a shady cul-de-sac. During the recent snow, chemicals were put on our street to help with the ice. What’s going to happen to those chemicals now that the ice is gone and most of the snow has melted? We have no curbs, and the road slopes right into the ditch in front of our house. Answer: First, it would help to know the chemicals used. Salt, or sodium chloride, is probably the most ...
- On the home front: Growing to eating Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:19PMGrowing to eating Some books will teach you how to grow a vegetable garden. Some will tell you how to cook the fruit of the harvest. But it’s a rare book that guides you through the entire process, from seed packet to serving dish. “Grocery Gardening: Planting, Preparing and Preserving Fresh Food” does. The book represents the work of four people who share a love of gardening and food: lead ...
- Bulletin Board Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:18PMCalendar of events relating to homes and gardens Richmond Home & Garden Show: More than 300 exhibitors of home and garden products, projects and info, plus display gardens and rooms, seminars, workshops and celebrity appearances, noon-9 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Richmond Raceway Complex, 600 E. Laburnum Ave. $8. (804) 425-6556.
- Briefly Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:12PMPruning tools
- Gardens sought for spring tour Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:08PMGrover Beach Parks, Recreation and Beautification Commission is seeking nominations for the 2010 Spring Garden Tour and Plant Exchange set for 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 6.
- City Beat Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:03PMcityBeat submissions are due by NOON, NINE DAYS BEFORE DESIRED DATE OF PUBLICAtion. For more detailed information about getting coverage in the CJN, visit www.clevelandjewishnews.com .
- Community Mourns Loss of ‘Mr. Hicksville’ Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:01PMRichard ‘Dick’ Evers Passes Away Richard “Dick” Evers passed away Feb. 25, 2010 while a resident in White Oaks Nursing Home. The 87-year-old pillar of the Hicksville community died surrounded by family.
- Frigid fields are blasting crops in Manatee, Sarasota Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:50PMMANATEE — Some growers are relying on a sense of humor to cope this winter.
- Calendar reduces gardening stress Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:11AMSome days I feel overwhelmed by my garden, especially in early spring when everything cries out to be done all at once. Cress explodes, shouting “Catch me if you can!” Rose canes swell, whispering “Prune me, shape me.” Blackened hebes with cracked trunks beg to be yanked, ...
- Good to go Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:09AMLAS CRUCES - Learn how to help local wildlife at local workshop, catch a concert or join a book club.
- BRIEFLY COMMUNITY Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:08AMStream Team needs help on Amazon Creek The Eugene Stream Team’s largest winter planting project — starting at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday — needs volunteers to help plant and mulch 300 native trees along the bank of Amazon Creek. Volunteers meet west of Bertelsen Road at the northwest corner of …
- Tributes for Feb. 26 Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:06AMDale G. Belgin Oct. 10, 1944-Feb. 24, 2010 Age: 65 Residence: Greeley Dale passed away Feb. 24 at his home after battling cancer for eight months. He was born Oct. 10, 1944, in north Denver, to Arthur and Inez (Kleckner) Belgin. He attended North High School, from which he graduated in 1962. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Colorado State College in Greeley, where he majored in math and played ...
- PEG TILLERY: Bees and Blossoms Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:01AMLast weekend was perfect to do some late winter gardening. I followed my own instructions and got out there to tackle the shotweed. It’s all gone — yes! I also cleaned up winter debris and did some pruning. As I was cutting dried blossoms from the hydrangea I noticed the bumblebees were busy visiting the Pieris japonica. If you want to attract bumble bee and mason bee pollinators Pieris japonica ...
- No accident that Hilst earns Hutch High honor Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:50AMRusty Hilst jokes that he has stumbled into some of the best things in his life. How did he get h ...
- SYSTEM COULD BRING NOTIFICATIONS TO COUNTY Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 2:20PMSTORM AFTERMATH LEAVES SOME RESIDENTS IN THE DARK Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Electric cooperative customers in Canadian County had a surprise Monday when power failed in several...
- Kimberly Darlene Knowles Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 2:10PMKimberly Darlene Knowles, 42, of Sparta, passed away Jan. 30, 2010, at White County Community Hospital. Ms. Knowles was born Dec. 23, 1967, in White County.
- RONA Builds and "Makes the Podium" in Its Partnership With 2010 Winter Games Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 2:06PMRONA assembled podiums, provided building materials, trained at-risk youth, supported athletes and will provide volunteers in 2010 Winter Games
- Scotts Miracle-Gro 1Q sales better than expected Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 1:13PM(AP:MARYSVILLE, Ohio) Scotts Miracle-Gro narrowed its first-quarter loss, the company reported Tuesday, helped by strong sales of fall lawn care products.
- Fishers council OKs dementia facility Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 12:58PMFISHERS -- The Fishers Town Council has approved new zoning for an assisted living facility for older people with dementia.
- Newsmaker Q&A: Kent County Administrator Mike Petit de Mange Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 12:55PMCounty Administrator Mike Petit de Mange talks about his work and a little about his love of ice hockey.
- Cleaning up after themselves Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 12:43PMLiam Taylor surveyed a large pile of conked-out computers, televisions and cell phones like a fisherman admiring his catch.
- How to avoid the Tomato and Potato Blight in your garden Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 12:43PM(WKTV) - Plant and Gardening expert Dottie White has some tips for those of you looking to avoid getting the blight in your garden.
- Potential urban farming opportunities Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 11:23AMSalt Lake County wants to put dozens of future parks and unused government properties to use by opening them to community gardening, commercial farming and biofuel production.
- Upper West Region still has a sad development story to tell-Abugnaba Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 10:53AMWa, Jan. 24, GNA -The Upper West Region still exhibits high fertility rate among women, infant mortality, under-five mortality and migration while literacy was ebbing, child labour was now on the ascendancy, a demographer has said.
- Tributes for Jan. 24 Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 8:38AMTwyla LaVeryl Wolf May 2, 1925-Jan. 21, 2010 Age: 84 Residence: Greeley Twyla Wolf, 84, of Greeley, died Jan. 21 at North Colorado Medical Center Hospice and Palliative Care. Twyla was born May 2, 1925, in Milliken, Colo., to Gustof Carle and Elsie Matilda (Carlson) Tidquist. She graduated from Gilcrest High School. She was of Swedish heritage. Her parents came from Sweden as young children. She ...
- CSU Extension reaches out Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 8:32AMYvette Henson wants to know what you like. The San Miguel County CSU Extension Agent has put together more than a dozen programs in the few years she has been at the Norwood office, and all of them have been relatively popular.
- Man’s hobby has him singing in the rain Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 8:29AMRobert Guico of Carol Stream is giving a whole new meaning to the term “water boy.” For more than a year, the Carol Stream resident has been detailing the local effects of precipitation in the Klein Creek flood plain on a blog that he updates regularly.
- Haiti on the minds of Main Liners Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 12:32PMGarrett Hill resident Sara Pilling recalls her first trip to the Caribbean country of Haiti in 1987 as life-altering.
- Home of: Barry Webb Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 12:08PMIt’s quite a phenomenon, the way a smile lights up the face of anyone you might ask about Barry Webb. Following that smile, you will hear words like upbeat, happy, great, wonderful and irreplaceable. Barry is, after all, Polson’s most well-known resident.
- Community briefs for January 21, 2010 edition Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 11:49AMChukchansi shooting
- Island’s harbor cops allegedly illegal Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 11:39AMJohn DeSantis Senior Staff Writer THIBODAUX — A police department organized by the Grand Isle Port Commission nearly three years ago has been operating without any official authority, according to the state Inspector General’s Office.
- Bon Iver Plan to Open Music Venue Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 11:28AMGood news, people of Eau Claire, Wisconsin! In Bon Iver , you not only have an awesome indie band to call your own, you also have a group of proud Eau Claire natives committed to bringing other awesome indie bands to your fair city. VolumeOne reports that Bon Iver main man Justin Vernon and his brother and tour manager Nate are currently attempting to open a performance and cultural space in a ...
- Muldoon housing receives concept approvalSEQR, final site plan action expected after Feb. 2 public hearing Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:55AMWAVERLY — Calling it a “sound plan,” members of the Village of Waverly Planning Board issued concept approval to a Muldoon senior housing site plan presented Tuesday evening by representatives from Edgemere Development Inc. and Home Leasing LLC.
- Lottery boost for green charity Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:52AMECO charity Action for Sustainable Living has been awarded a grant of £435,000 by the lottery.
- How To Make A Raised Garden Bed (VIDEO) Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:51AMA raised bed takes the annoying parts out of gardening by allowing you to reach around your garden without all the back-breaking effort. Garden Girl Patti Moreno shows you how to construct a 4 ft. by 4 ft. raised bed for under $40.
- 2009 Year In Review -- January thru June Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:21AMCounty Clerk Don Firebaugh gave the oath of office to newly elected and re-elected officials on December 31, 2008. District I Commissioner Dennis Bradford, District II Commissioner Larry Mungle, Sheriff David Lewis, Assessor Barbara Martin, Public Administrator Carol LaChance, Madison County Coroner Chris Follis and Land Surveyor Doug McFarland.
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- Club News Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 2:44PMEta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Eta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., has held monthly meetings beginning September 2009. The new officers for 2009-2010 are Marilyn Ellis, president; Gayle Stallworth, vice president; Etta H. Felton, secretary; Lelia Reid-Davis, financial secretary; and Mary S. Wilson, treasurer.
- Obituaries for Jan. 18, 2010 Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 2:13PMBrandie Ailene Frazier, 24, of Baker City died Jan. 10, 2010, at her home. A Celebration of Life service will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Eagles Lodge, 2935 H St.
- H20-h my: Diane Muir retires Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 1:19PMDiane Muir is tired of water. After 20 years working at the Big Bear Lake Department of Water and Power, Muir, the agency’s administrative manager, retires on Friday, Jan. 15.
- Now, about that fitness resolution: Get started Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 12:08PMFit City can help Scottsdale residents kick-start their return to fitness.
- EXTENDED Community Notes Jan. 14 Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 2:39PMThe 2010 Relay for Life kickoff event will be held in three locations on Thursday, Jan. 14: the SKC dining area from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Polson First Interstate Bank from 5-6:30 p.m and Harvest Foods in Ronan from 5-6:30 p.m. The first 10 teams to register will receive a birthday bag.
