They’re Baaaaaack! Stink Bugs Take Up Residence in the Bay Area By Penelope Folsom Bugs! Admit it. Like many others in the mid-Atlantic states, you may have noticed stink bugs. And they’re everywhere. Where did these little stinkers come from and why are they in your home? Apparently they arrived here in the 1990s [...]
Full Story »Hanging Baskets: Keep’em Looking Great
Hanging Baskets: Keep ‘em Looking Great By Neil Moran Every year people spend good money buying hanging baskets to add a little color to a patio area or other living space. By mid-summer I hear many complaints that their hanging baskets, once so pretty, are now looking like a wig on a scarecrow. [...]
Full Story »Garlic in the Home Garden
Garlic in the Home Garden By Neil Moran People always seem a little surprised when I point out garlic growing in my garden. They’re not only surprised by its rather peculiar resemblance to onion, but by the fact that I’m growing it at all. I can relate. I was once just as puzzled! Like [...]
Full Story »Pick up a Hoe and Give Gardening a Go!
Pick up a Hoe and Give Gardening a Go! By Leah Lancione If you’ve ever entertained the idea of growing your own food, this is the time of year to act on that impulse. Although seasoned gardeners have probably already spent weeks planning which fruits, vegetables or herbs they will grow, and no doubt [...]
Full Story »What is a CSA?
WHAT IS A CSA? By Stacey Jackowski With spring comes an opportunity to invest in local farming and reap dividends as the harvests yield the benefits of Community Supported Agriculture. A CSA is a share in a farm’s bounty. You can purchase a spring, summer, whole, half or partial share. The program helps the farmers [...]
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