Garden & Farm

Dogfish brewery staff donates to Lewes in Bloom

1 day ago

Dogfish Head Brewery tasting room staff members donated $2,130 to Lewes in Bloom. Check...

Historic Lewes Farmers Market awards scholarships

2 days ago

For 12 years, the Historic Lewes Farmers Market has awarded scholarships to small-scale Delmarva...

Delmarva Dairy Day slated for Feb. 21; register by...

3 days ago

Delmarva Dairy Day will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, in Hartly Fire Hall...

Green Drinks to host sustainable agriculture talk...

4 days ago

Green Drinks will host a conversation about sustainability from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 29,...

Propagate your Red Chinese Lantern Hibiscus from...

4 days ago

Life is full of silent signals. Bright red Chinese lanterns glowing from within like tiny volcanoes...

Sussex Master Gardener workshops to start Jan. 29

5 days ago

Sussex Master Gardeners will offer workshops on a wide variety of topics to help attendees have...

Garden & Farm Briefs

1 week ago

Sussex farm bureau elects Phillips president Dale Phillips has been elected president of Sussex...

Water the Australian Red Lime deeply

Paul Barbano

1 week ago

If you truly believe, you can create anything. You can even create entire continents. Going back as...

Lewes in Bloom installs new board members

1 week ago

Lewes in Bloom’s board of directors members for 2019 are in back (l-r) Tom Ager; Ed Hynes; Warren...

Volunteers plant trees to reforest James Farm Preserve

1 week ago

This fall, volunteers from the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays, the Delaware Department of...

The perfect plant: Succulents

Alyssa Pepper

1 week ago

Succulents, succulents, succulents! The perfect plants are everywhere these days. Talk about easy:...

Middletown student grows award-winning cabbage

2 weeks ago

Bonnie Plants announced Mira Staats of Silver Lake Elementary School in Middletown as the Delaware...

Find Black Cotton plants from online specialty...

Paul Barbano

2 weeks ago

Our friend was so impressed when she called her son at college and heard the Minute Waltz in D-flat...

Hemp farming now legal in Delaware

Chris Flood

2 weeks ago

Legislation paving the way for industrial hemp farming in Delaware was signed into law in 2018,...

New year’s resolutions for your yard and outdoor life

Kris Kiser

3 weeks ago

The turn of the new year is a great time to plan and dream about what you’d like to do in your yard...

Farm bureau recognizes Baker family of Millsboro

3 weeks ago

The Delaware Farm Bureau wrapped up its 74th year with its annual banquet Dec. 6 in Dover. First...

Philodendron Lickety Split grows best in potting...

Paul Barbano

3 weeks ago

Medieval hunters watching helpless and nearly shapeless bear cubs being licked by their mother...

Lewes in Bloom celebrates international distinction

Nick Roth

4 weeks ago

Lewes in Bloom members celebrated being named the most beautiful medium-sized town in the world at...

Farm Credit Foundation grants $10K for Mobile Ag Lab

4 weeks ago

The Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement has made an investment in the youth of...

Black Sapote is a fruity chocolate treat

Paul Barbano

1 month ago

Who needs figgy pudding when you can have chocolate pudding? One of America's favorite desserts,...

Bipartisan farm bill secures major wins for Delaware...

1 month ago

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, all D-Del., lauded major wins...

Four Sussex properties named Century farms

Ryan Mavity

1 month ago

Delaware Department of Agriculture honored four Sussex County families for owning their family...

Delaware Farm Bureau hires new executive director

1 month ago

Joseph Poppiti has been hired as Delaware Farm Bureau’s new executive director, replacing Pam...

Try something different this year - grow a potted...

1 month ago

It is December and time for orange juice. If you like citrus fruits, you probably like the juice:...

Mountaire Farms donates $10,000 to Delaware Ag Museum

1 month ago

Mountaire Farms, the nation’s sixth-largest chicken processor, recently donated $10,000 to the...

Delaware Botanic Gardens’ Sheryl Swed honored for...

1 month ago

Delaware Botanic Garden President Ray Sander announced that DBG Executive Director Sheryl Swed has...

Sacred Flower of the Incas is native to the Andes...

1 month ago

Throughout parts of South America are musical groups that play Andean flutes. These flutes are...

Sposato scholarship benefits Delaware Tech...

1 month ago

In September, Sposato Family Vineyards hosted its Third Annual Taste of Sposato Wine 5K. The event...

Plants for every room in your home

Melinda Myers

1 month ago

Gardeners know the benefits of digging in the soil. It elevates a person’s mood, improves mental...

New field guide identifies Delaware wetland plants

1 month ago

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Wetland Monitoring & Assessment...

Emerald ash borer found at new sites in Delaware

1 month ago

Emerald ash borer, a destructive insect from Asia that attacks and kills ash trees, has been...

USDA to collect final 2018 crop production and crop...

1 month ago

As the 2018 growing season officially comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...

To keep your Cape Primroses tidy, cut off any faded...

1 month ago

They call her Eve because she is one of the first women. Her footprint shows her feet would wear...

Farmer’s Christmas slated at agricultural museum Dec. 1

1 month ago

Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village will present A Farmer’s Christmas from 12 to 5 p.m.,...

Mill Pond Garden of Lights shows set Nov. 30, Dec. 9...

1 month ago

Mill Pond Garden in Lewes announced its next dazzling Garden of Lights walk-through shows with 30,...

Lewes in Bloom Christmas Market set Dec. 1

1 month ago

The 6th annual Lewes in Bloom Christmas Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1...

Holiday gifts that keep on giving

Melinda Myers

1 month ago

Make gift giving easy with unique green gifts that provide weeks and in some cases months and years...

USDA offers secure, convenient online business options

2 months ago

Farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers in Delaware have new online options to access U.S...

Prune your Comice pear tree during the dormant season

Paul Barbano

2 months ago

In 1934, an Oregon farmer called on top executives in New York City with boxes of pears from his...

For Thanksgiving cactus, priority is water

Paul Barbano

2 months ago

Nothing could be more American than Thanksgiving. Well, almost. However, as the young United States...

‘Polar Express’ is Sussex Gardeners’ theme at...

2 months ago

The Sussex Gardeners are planning big ideas for decorating the Zwaanendael Museum for the holidays...

Order Milton Garden Club holiday arrangements at Nov...

2 months ago

The Milton Garden Club will have a vendor space at the last Milton Farmers Market from 12 to 4 p.m...

Corn Cane plants can give you some breathing room

Paul Barbano

2 months ago

Formaldehyde and gardening are not usually put together in the same sentence, but there is good...

Lewes in Bloom awards Beauty Spot for September

2 months ago

Lewes in Bloom selected Tom and Linda Ager's border garden for its September Beauty Spot Award...

You can easily grow your own garlic indoors

Paul Barbano

2 months ago

It is pictured on Egyptian tombs from 3,000 BC, even mentioned in the Old Testament, with folklore...

Blessing the harvest machines

Chris Flood

2 months ago

More than a dozen tractors, new and old, participated in the sixth annual Israel United Methodist...

Carving pumpkins with Lewes in Bloom

Nick Roth

2 months ago

Lewes in Bloom hosted dozens of pumpkin carvers Oct. 28, at the Lewes Historical Society campus...

Spotted lanternfly found in Dover was a hitchhiker

2 months ago

Early on, the Delaware Department of Agriculture dubbed the invasive spotted lanternfly, present in...

DNREC program offering free trees to Delaware...

2 months ago

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship Nonpoint Source Program is offering a free tree to...

Always lush ZZ plant is the last word in houseplants

Paul Barbano

2 months ago

Everyone wants the last word, so when American radio evangelist Curtis Howe Springer wanted a name...