Garden & Farm

Volunteers help refurbish native plant garden in Lewes

Ron MacArthur
22 hours ago
Volunteers assisting Delaware Native Plant Society got their hands dirty Nov. 9 to help renovate...

Longevity Spinach is quite easy to grow

1 day ago
Longevity is something gardeners strive for in plants, and perhaps in life as well. As George Burns...
DELAWARE CAPE REGION HISTORY IN PHOTOGRAPHS

Some of Sussex County’s earliest chicken exports

2 days ago
The recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that China is resuming its imports...

Delmarva farmers may apply for scholarships by Dec. 13

2 days ago
The Historic Lewes Farmers Market scholarship program is accepting applications from Delmarva...

RSVP early for Mill Pond Garden light display to...

2 days ago
Mill Pond Garden’s caretakers have been busy installing this year’s Garden of Lights show in Lewes...

Garden center to offer holiday decorating classes...

2 days ago
East Coast Garden Center will offer its first Seasonal Decorating and Gifting class series as part...

Milton Garden Club to sell evergreens at museum Dec. 14

1 week ago
The Milton Garden Club announced its venue for the 30th Annual Milton Holly Festival will be the...

Farmers back on fields to harvest soybeans

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Delaware Farm Bureau supports food bank backpack...

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The Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation recently presented a check for $5,856 to the Food Bank of...

Lewes Community Garden seeks work day volunteers Nov...

1 week ago
Lewes Community Garden organizers are seeking volunteers to assist with a bed build and cleanup day...

Millsboro Garden Club seeks new members Nov. 13

1 week ago
In an effort to recruit new members, the Millsboro Garden Club is changing its monthly meeting time...

Be sure to water windowsill plants regularly

Paul Barbano
1 week ago
Windows let the gardener bring the outdoors indoors. Light powers all plant growth, and indoor...

Deanna’s donates funds to Lewes in Bloom

1 week ago
Deanna’s of Second Street in Lewes has donated funds for the restoration of the garden located by...

Soybean research grant applications due Dec. 15

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Researchers are encouraged to apply to the Delaware Soybean Board to conduct soybean research...

Agtech company BMP Logic expands to Delaware

1 week ago
Agtech company BMP Logic has expanded to Delaware, Tennessee and Missouri. "While this is new...

Don’s Tree Farm ready for Christmas season

1 week ago
Don’s Tree Farm team members are excited about the 2019 Christmas season, which will begin Black...

Cut back on watering Christmas cactus during late fall

2 weeks ago
It is autumn, and darkness befalls the northern hemisphere. Our fear of things that go bump in the...

Delaware Botanic Gardens hosting family days in...

2 weeks ago
Delaware Botanic Gardens President Raymond Sander announced that children ages 6 to 17 will be...

Order handcrafted wreaths from Maine through Nov. 15

2 weeks ago
Continuing a Lewes tradition, Lewes in Bloom is again selling live wreaths for the holiday season...

Volunteer Gene Carlisle donates $25K for ag museum...

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The Delaware Agricultural Museum’s farm-to-table dinner was a huge success with a sold-out crowd of...

Sussex County Farm Bureau presents awards

3 weeks ago
At its annual banquet held in Memorial Fire Hall in Slaughter Beach, the Sussex County Farm Bureau...

Keep your Baseball Bat Sansevieria in bright light

Paul Barbano
3 weeks ago
In the garden we often try for a home run, but end up striking out. Strike in baseball originally...

Volunteers needed to plant pollinator garden in...

3 weeks ago
The Delaware Native Plant Society is seeking volunteers to assist with work in the native plant...

Garden & Farm Briefs Fall 2019

3 weeks ago
New members and executive join Delaware Soybean Board Two new farmers have joined the Delaware...

Ag producers can enroll in risk and price loss...

3 weeks ago
Agricultural producers can now enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage...

Bay Country Figure Skating Club mums sale a success

3 weeks ago
Bay Country Figure Skating Club of Harrington’s annual fall mums fundraiser netted $700 to help pay...

Wharton’s festival celebrates fall

Steven Billups
4 weeks ago
Wharton's Garden Center in Rehoboth held its 4th Annual Fall Fest Oct. 13. The event was a...
Whartons Fall Fest

Resurrection Fern is a survivor

Paul Barbano
4 weeks ago
Hair salons pride themselves on quirky names, from “Shear Lock Combs” and “Julius Scissor” to the...

Lewes Community Garden shares its harvest with...

Michael A. Whitehouse
4 weeks ago
Plant a single seed and water it, and you will grow a flower or vegetable, but plant a garden and...

Decorate and extend the life of your carved pumpkin

Melinda Myers
4 weeks ago
It’s time to select and decorate pumpkins for your Halloween display. Get family and friends...

Floral Inspirations to hand out flowers in Lewes Oct...

1 month ago
As part of the Society of American Florists’ Petal It Forward program, Floral Inspirations will hit...

Chicken companies’ flock supervisors awarded at...

1 month ago
At Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc.’s 54th National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing, and Live...

Farm grants cover irrigation system conversion costs

1 month ago
The Delaware Department of Agriculture has partnered with the Delaware Electric Cooperative to...

One of the earliest spring flowers sprouts often...

1 month ago
The story goes that an elder of the Lenni Lenape Delaware tribe called the weather service to find...

Workshop for wetland and American black duck habitat...

1 month ago
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and Ducks Unlimited are hosting a free, public...

Delaware Botanic Gardens now open Saturdays

1 month ago
Delaware Botanic Gardens recently announced that it is now open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Wednesday...

New Executive Director Danielle Bauer to lead...

1 month ago
The Delaware Soybean Board named Danielle Bauer as its executive director, effective Oct. 1. “...

Restoring Nature’s Relationships lecture slated Oct. 21

1 month ago
As part of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Trees meeting, Doug Tallamy, award-winning author and...

Winter aconites look best in mass plantings

Paul Barbano
1 month ago
Dr. George Henry Lamson was a British volunteer surgeon in Romania and Serbia, but like many war...

Chad Carter named to State Board of Landscape...

1 month ago
Becker Morgan Group’s landscape architect, Chad D. Carter, RLA, ASLA was appointed by Gov. John...

Hollymount 4-H holds reunion

1 month ago
About 50 members of the Hollymount 4-H club came together Sept. 14 at Conley’s Chapel to celebrate...

Fumewort is one of the nicest perennial woodland...

Paul Barbano
1 month ago
Life is fleeting, and few things are as fleeting as yesterday’s news. When a shipment of British...

Delaware Botanic Gardens cuts ribbon

Steven Billups
1 month ago
The Delaware Botanic Gardens held a ribbon-cutting ceremony sponsored by the Bethany-Fenwick Area...
Delaware Botanical Gardens

Cut back and divide your perennials this fall

1 month ago
Rock bands get their names from strange places, but one band found its name in the dictionary when...

A waste to see a glut of unripe green tomatoes rot...

Paul Barbano
2 months ago
Bananas bring out the whimsy in us. The songwriter Frank Silver would stop at a fruit stand run by...

How to revive overcrowded or struggling perennials

Melinda Myers
2 months ago
Fall is the best time to divide spring- and summer-blooming perennials that are overcrowded, dead...

Delaware Botanic Gardens holds grand opening dinner...

Chris Flood
2 months ago
The Delaware Botanic Gardens started a week-long grand opening celebration with a memorable dinner...

Fall Is For Planting class series begins Sept. 17

2 months ago
East Coast Garden Center announces its first Fall Is For Planting Class Series as a part of its...

Fiddle Leaf Fig tree is a wonderful houseplant

Paul Barbano
2 months ago
We often fiddle with new plants, only to give up and yell “fiddlesticks!” There is a large...

Shannon Sizmor awarded Lewes In Bloom Beauty Spot

2 months ago
The garden of Shannon Sizmor won the most recent Lewes in Bloom Beauty Spot award. The profusion of...