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Garden & Farm
Bring the tropics indoors with a Majesty palm tree
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Palm trees come in all sizes. The wax palm can grow up to 200 feet high, as tall as a 20-story...
Cover crop funding applications due March 24
1 year ago
Additional cover crop funding totaling over $500,000 is available for the Delaware Bay and Inland...
Invite a dragon from your garden for tea
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
The game Dungeons & Dragons came out in 1974, marking the beginning of modern role-playing...
Delaware Realtors distribute 150 new trees for planting
1 year ago
In keeping with refresh, Delaware Association of Realtors’ theme for the year, its 150 luncheon...
Conservation stewardship program signup due March 24
1 year ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service in Delaware is accepting...
AIA Delaware Design Awards Program winners announced
1 year ago
AIA Delaware announces the winners in its 2022 Design Awards Program, a biennial program that...
Celosia offers wonderful wooly flowers and edible...
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
The name of the flower Celosia comes from the Greek word kelos, meaning burned, to describe the...
Southern Delaware Master Gardeners celebrate...
1 year ago
In 2022, Master Gardeners in Sussex and Kent counties volunteered services valued at $608,923 in...
Peanuts as houseplants can be enjoyed for both...
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
America loves peanuts so much that two peanut farmers have been elected president, Thomas Jefferson...
DNREC relaunches living shoreline cost share program
1 year ago
Landowners, homeowners associations and community boards who qualify are invited to apply for help...
Growing fragrant gardenias indoors is worth the effort
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Scents that soothed you as a child can continue to relieve anxiety and stress throughout all of...
If your houseplants have the winter blahs, try...
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
American English slang gives us “lead balloon,” meaning a dismal failure. Trucker's jargon includes...
Spring classes kick off Jan. 28 at East Coast Garden...
1 year ago
East Coast Garden Center announced its kickoff to spring series will begin with a succulent make...
Site visits for tree-planting fund applicants must...
1 year ago
Delaware’s Urban and Community Forestry Program is still accepting applications for up to $5,000 in...
Delaware’s 2022 farmers markets hit all-time high...
1 year ago
During the Delaware Ag Week Farmers Market Managers Summit, the Delaware Department of Agriculture...
Green cotton is a heritage plant worth preserving
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
There’s nothing like flannel sheets on a cold winter night. And true flannel means cotton. Classic...
Arbor Day Poster Contest registration due March 9
1 year ago
The Delaware Forest Service is now seeking entries for its annual Arbor Day Poster Contest, open to...
Sussex County Master Gardeners workshops start Feb. 21
1 year ago
The Sussex County Master Gardeners’ upcoming winter workshops will be held via Zoom. Spring classes...
Try this houseplant that absorbs dust
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
On average, your house collects 40 pounds of dust each year, and part of that accumulation is dead...
Christmas cactus can be forever gifts
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Christmas is always changing. Even the reindeer names Donner and Blitzen were originally Dunder and...
Soil health workshops start Jan. 18
1 year ago
The Delaware Soil Health Partnership can help property owners learn to improve their soil health in...
Lewes council presented with America in Bloom award
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Lewes in Bloom presented its 2022 American in Bloom first-place award to Lewes Mayor and City...
Growing easy-care aloe vera, nature’s burn ointment
Melinda Myers
1 year ago
Grow your own burn ointment by adding aloe vera to your indoor plant collection. This succulent has...
Relax, mon – Rasta Lipstick Plant needs little care
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
While we associate dreadlocks with Jamaica, some of the earliest Middle Eastern Christians wore...
Botanic gardens honored by Southern Delaware Tourism
1 year ago
Delaware Botanic Gardens was honored by Southern Delaware Tourism as 2022 Best Attraction during a...
Salt Air Gardeners donate to South Coastal Village...
1 year ago
Salt Air Gardeners, a group of avid gardeners and volunteers based in Ocean View, recently raised $...
The Grinch visits East Coast Garden Center
Nick Roth
1 year ago
The grouchy, green Grinch greeted people of all ages Dec. 10, as the East Coast Garden Center near...
Candy canes and geraniums
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
According to folklore, in 1670, a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany bent solid sugar...
Lewes in Bloom receives county and state commendations
1 year ago
Lewes in Bloom recently received commendations from Sussex County and the State of Delaware. The...
This jewel of an orchid needs little care
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Henry Morley boarded the Titanic with his mistress, Kate Phillips, age 20, to sail to America and...
Sustainable farming scholarship applications due Dec...
1 year ago
Delmarva farmers who want to learn about sustainable practices and focus on growing for the local...
Center for Inland Bays scientist speaks to Sussex...
1 year ago
The Sussex Gardeners hosted guest speaker Zach Garmoe, Delaware Center for the Inland Bays...
Pine trees can actually be tasteful as well as...
1 year ago
We refer to them as the Algonquian, but going back to prerecorded history, the Mohawk referred to...
Botanic gardens shoreline restoration wins national...
1 year ago
A living shoreline and wetland enhancement project at Delaware Botanic Gardens in Dagsboro was...
Brighten the holidays with colorful plants
Melinda Myers
1 year ago
Garden centers, florists and grocery stores are filling their shelves with a variety of holiday...
Grow a fierce-looking houseplant called Shark’s Tooth
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Let’s face it – babies are cute. Humans have a built-in attraction for large, symmetrical heads,...
Rehoboth in Bloom undertaking largest project to date
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Formed four years ago, Rehoboth in Bloom has done a number of plant-friendly projects around town,...
Grow a rabbit foot fern for good luck and fuzzy fun
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
I wonder if the winner of the $2 billion lottery prize clutched a rabbit foot for luck when buying...
America in Bloom accolades go to Lewes in Bloom, Art...
1 year ago
The City of Lewes was recently named the most beautiful city in its population category by America...
Plant a honey of a squash for tasty winter eating
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Squash is one of the three plants grown in the traditional Native American gardens known as the...
Mill Pond Garden open day to celebrate fall color...
1 year ago
Mill Pond Garden will celebrate the spectacle of fall garden color choices with an open day at end...
Fly into winter with a helicopter plant
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a helicopter in the late 1400s, although the first practical one...
Milkweed saves butterflies – and sometimes humans
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Weeds can save lives. When World War II broke out, Japan cut off the supply of kapok, the filler...
Lewes in Bloom wreath orders due Nov. 5
1 year ago
Lewes in Bloom’s annual wreath sale orders are being accepted through Saturday, Nov. 5. The...
Plant breadseed poppies before the snow comes
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Dope once meant a sauce or any thick liquid, but by 1889, dope came to mean "narcotic drug," from...
USDA conservation resources grant applications due...
1 year ago
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is encouraging all Delaware agricultural producers...
Mill Pond Garden shares tips for fall favorites
1 year ago
Mill Pond Garden, a holistic public botanical garden located near Red Mill Pond, shares ideas and...
Splash your spring garden with Aquarian-blue...
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
The mythical water carrier Ganymede was a beautiful Phrygian youth who, while tending to his father...
Increase in gypsy moth activity detected for 2022
1 year ago
The Delaware Forest Service has detected approximately 825 acres of defoliation around the Cypress...
Program to spotlight backyard buffer benefits Oct. 29
1 year ago
The Delaware Native Plant Society will host From Backyards to Buffers – Reclaiming Nature Through...
Try a sweet lemon tree to brighten the bitter winter...
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
It is autumn and time to put the gardens to bed. Sometimes after the gardens are cleared and...
Sussex County 4-H presents annual awards
1 year ago
Sussex County 4-H held its annual achievement event Sept. 24, when more than 120 members and...
Lewes honored with another America in Bloom national...
1 year ago
Top honors for the prestigious 2022 America in Bloom National Awards Program were announced at the...
Lewes in Bloom holiday wreath sales begin Oct. 10
1 year ago
The Lewes in Bloom annual holiday wreath sale will be taking orders from Monday, Oct. 10 until...
Ring in autumn with Silver Bell squash
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
Buying things changed in the 1930s when people began to “ring up a purchase” because of the sound...
Double daffodil named for Churchill is as enjoyable...
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
With people arguing politics all summer, it is nice to recall these words of Sir Winston Churchill...
Beauty Spot awarded to Lewes trailside neighbors
1 year ago
Walkers and cyclists traveling the trail on what was once a railroad bed in Lewes experience a...
Garden center to kick off ReWild Delmarva Oct. 14-15
1 year ago
Inland Bays Garden Center recently announced ReWild Delmarva, an initiative to support pollinators...
Botanic gardens to host Great Monarch Migration...
1 year ago
Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek will host a Great Monarch Migration class at 11:30 a.m.,...
Medlar is an ugly fruit with a lovely flavor
Paul Barbano
1 year ago
It is fall and time to gather fruit that has been nipped by frost. Some fruits need frost to...
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