Outdoors – Sunday, May 16, 2021 – 1:04pm Jeff Cowen, TRPA ZEPHYR COVE, Lake Tahoe — When Charles Jennings moved to Elk Point four years ago, he noticed thick green and brown plants dominating the bottom of the marina. The plants were knocked back last fall but could…
Horsetooth Reservoir at sunrise; Photo by Jan Nimlo Jesse Eastman Fort Collins Nursery Summer is here, vegetables are planted, the patio is covered with pots full of beautiful blooms, and trees and shrubs are happily reaching to the sky. Now it’s time to shift focus towards maintaining your…
HAZLETON — Through her experiences with the Hazleton and Happy Valley LaunchBoxes and other Invent Penn State resources, startup founder Krista Schneider received the guidance to grow a gardening hobby into a start-up business. Less than two years since the inspiration first came to her during a Hazleton…
Thanks to all the rain this spring, your vegetable garden is probably a weedy, oxygen and nitrogen starved mess. Mine is. Thankfully there’s still time to plant peas, sweet potatoes and okra.Okra is synonymous with Southern culture. The African name for okra was gumbo and subsequently gave us…
This is the time in the growing season when the bedding plants are in the ground, the petunia baskets are hanging on the front porch, the vegetable garden has been planted, and the enthusiastic gardener is scouring locations in the home landscape to add even more plants. There…
If you don’t have a peony, I’m surprised. If you don’t have three, you should. They are blooming now, and this is a great time to buy them. Go to your local garden center or family-run plant nursery and buy some more, no matter how many you have.…
Srinagar, June 09: As people in Kashmir are confined to their homes due to Covid-19 lockdown, taking up different activities and hobbies has emerged as a trend to break the routine. While some have taken to cooking while others are trying their hands at playing music instruments, baking etc. and…
Srinagar, June 09: As people in Kashmir are confined to their homes due to Covid-19 lockdown, taking up different activities and hobbies has emerged as a trend to break the routine. While some have taken to cooking while others are trying their hands at playing music instruments, baking etc. and…
The concept of a “farm tour” is not what it once was. Instead of the smell of open mud and fertiliser that I used to equate with a farm, I’m standing inside a pristine, temperature-controlled room that has rows of herbs and leafy greens stretching out to the…
An organic farm on the Sunshine Coast is capitalising on its proximity to the ‘burbs, installing a cashless vending machine to sell fresh eggs and honey 24/7.Key points:Dragan Farms’ vending machine sells eggs and honey 24/7It complements the farm shop being open three days a weekTeething problems had to…
