Tips offered for storage, preservation
So it's the end of August and harvest time for the home gardener.
If your garden has survived the drought, you're busy enjoying to...
QUESTION: It seems that the newspapers are filled every day with ads for energy-saving appliances and products. I'd sure like to lower our utility bills by buying so...
CHICAGO — In garden centers this spring, it seemed like fuzzy yellow spikes of bloom were everywhere. Celosia argentea "Fresh Look Gold" turned up in ready-planted conta...
Steps can help clean up mess
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Good design isn't brain surgery. And, despite what some folks say, it doesn't have to cost a fortune.
But sometimes f...
QUESTION: Can you tell me if it takes more energy to leave a light or a TV on in an empty room than it does to shut them off, even if for only a few minutes?
ANSWER:...
QUESTION: What are the plants to grow that attract butterflies? I already have coneflowers, black-eyed susans and vegetables that I see them on all the time. What el...
Master Gardeners are at Farm Show
We've all been there. Gorgeous doesn't even begin to describe the roses.
Purple coneflowers are nothing less than magnificent against th...
QUESTION: What's the big deal about the Knock Out roses? They are supposed to be ever-blooming, resistant to black spot, but the blooms just don't seem to be that gr...
The 59th annual Butler Farm Show runs from Monday through Aug. 11 at the farm show grounds along Route 68, west of Butler. Admission is $6 on Monday and $7 for each foll...
A number of demonstrations are available to farm showgoers: milking shorthorn, 3 p.m. Aug. 8 in the dairy tent; beekeeping, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in the farms product buildin...
