While the start of August may be too early to plant a fall garden, it’s not too soon to start planning for one. Experts at the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture suggest the following cool-season…
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Pot Laced With Pesticides Forces States to Act as EPA Stays Away
Whenever Josh Wurzer buys legal California pot, he makes certain it was grown without pesticides. That’s because Wurzer, as president of cannabis-testing company SC Labs, knows how prevalent the use of health-threatening chemicals are in an industry…
The Mom Stop: Internet eases school shopping
When I was growing up, back-to-school shopping was a big deal. It meant going to Wal-Mart and picking out the newest Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper and matching rainbow, puppy-emblazoned No. 2 pencils. It meant picking…
ARCHIVES Competitors don’t fear new Big R store
Competitors in Findlay’s shrinking retail scene say they are not concerned by Big R’s arrival in the former Sears space at the Findlay Village Mall. Big R, a chain of more than 20 stores based…
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation to pump £30m into electricity sub stations to supply garden city
A £30m investment pledge in new electricity sub stations and connections has been made by bosses behind the Ebbsfleet garden city, to help power the 15,000-home development. The commitment by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation is the…
5 things to go out and do (for the week of 07.27.17)
Counting a handful of regional bands, including Baltimore’s Deaf Scene, locals in Disco Risque and about a dozen others, the inaugural Wildflower Music Festival, set out in the bucolic climes of Keene, works to connect…
Why is our food supply under threat?
The exhibition, ‘Every third mouthful’, created by the international partnership of Peter Chatwin and Pamela Martin, shows the importance of bees and other pollinators in sustaining our food supply and is open until Thursday 14…
Southgate farm to host butterfly garden, fundraiser for animal shelters
The Felty Farm, 16227 Windermere Circle in Southgate, is hosting an open butterfly garden from noon-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27. There will be a monarch waystation, perennial garden and Koi pond. Also on hand…
Leiser’s Rental moving to former garden center on Linden Street in Bethlehem
Leiser’s Rental is planning to relocate a significant portion of its business from Bethlehem Township two miles south along Linden Street to the former Moose & Bug flower shop in Bethlehem city. The Bethlehem…
Pune garden, Ratnagiri beaches to become bio-heritage sites, have you visited them yet?
Here’s some good news for Maharashtra. Three spots from the state – Pune’s historical Ganeshkhind garden, home to several medicinal plants, and turtle-nesting beaches of Anjarle and Velas in Ratnagiri district – will soon be…