Labor Day is behind us and the kids are back in school. These are signs that fall is upon us, and fall is the second busiest season of the year for gardeners. This is th...
It’s a dirt-cheap way to get rid of yard waste
NEW MARKET, Va. — A little rejection, they say, can be good for the soul. Good for the pocketbook, too, given some imaginat...
Can bring $100 in yearly savings
QUESTION: My son's sixth grade teacher said we can save half our water heating energy by building a simple solar water heater. Now my son...
Here's one for you: According to those in the know at the Entomological Society of America, you can expect insect populations to be more active than in recent years, and...
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has provided this report on the Aug. 30 New Wilmington Livestock Auction.
CATTLE 169
Steers
Heifers
Cows
Bulls
Feeder cattle
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Pollution from us counts too
The United States is under attack from alien invaders who are waging war against city trees.
Millions of urban trees have been felled by the ...
QUESTION: Our corn often gets borers, which we just trim out before eating. The cobs (not the damaged sections) have always gone in the compost. But is that making the p...
Local vegetable gardeners have been hit with several tomato diseases that are killing their plants. These are Septoria leaf spot, early blight and late blight.
The sympt...
Heirlooms tasted, tested
TRENTON, N.J. - Tomato fans turned off by today's waxy, bland tomatoes can find the tastier ones of old at a growing number of New Jersey roadsid...
Need more of same for corn
Despite the heavy rainfall and storms that hit our area earlier this month, the recent string of warm weather reminds us that summer is still h...
