Garden & Farm

When pumpkins are taking the cure

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
In eastern Belgium there is a mineral spring that from about the 14th century has been visited for...

Lewes in Bloom awards Beauty Spot for August

9 years ago
Lewes in Bloom announced it Beauty Spot in Lewes for August 2016 was awarded to Ellen and Kenny...

Delaware Invasive Species Council sets annual...

9 years ago
The Delaware Invasive Species Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to limiting the...

Delaware Conservation Districts sponsor annual...

9 years ago
The Kent, New Castle and Sussex Conservation Districts are now accepting entries in their annual...

Milton Garden Club selling raffle tickets Oct. 8

9 years ago
Milton Garden Club member Paula Costanzo, right, presents the September dessert-of-the-month to the...

June plum fairly tough plants

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
Thomas Carlyle remarked that “Music is well said to be the speech of angels.” And angels play harps...

Arborist and Tree Care Seminar set Nov. 2-3

9 years ago
The Sixth Annual Delaware Arborist and Tree Care Seminar is set for 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m,...

Motorists advised to be careful and alert when...

9 years ago
The Delaware Department of Transportation and the Department of Agriculture are urging motorists to...

Sourwood is ideal as a centerpiece in your yard

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
When Van Morrison wrote and recorded the song, “Tupelo Honey,” he wasn’t just extolling a classic...

Delaware Botanic Gardens hits fundraising milestone

Maddy Lauria
9 years ago
After enjoying an elegant dinner under a warmly lit tent at Good Earth Farm in Ocean View Sept. 15...

Turn yard waste into gardener's gold - compost

Melinda Myers
9 years ago
Save time and money by turning landscape trimmings into a valuable soil amendment. The idea is...

Delaware farmers may apply for conservation assistance

9 years ago
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is now accepting applications from Delaware farmers...

New program to reduce energy costs for Delaware...

9 years ago
The Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility announced the launch of the Energize Delaware Farm Program...

Chinese Perfume Plants rarely set fruit

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
As cooler weather moves in this autumn, many gardeners suffering form arthritis will actually feel...

Pell to present landscape talk Sept. 24 in Bethany

9 years ago
Donald Pell will present "Embracing the Regional Landscape" from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept...

Like all daffodils, split-corona daffodils are...

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
When Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water things do not go well for Jack who...

Two new advisory council members appointed for...

9 years ago
The Delaware Botanic Gardens has added two new members to its advisory council, Henry DeWitt and...

It’s best to harvest broccoli in the cool of the...

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
The 21-foot thick dome of the Pantheon in Rome isn’t made of stone but rather from Roman concrete,...

Orchid seminar set at East Coast Garden Center Sept. 17

9 years ago
East Coast Garden Center will host an orchid seminar by Beth Davis of Waldor Orchids at 11:30 a.m...

Delaware Botanic Gardens announces lecture series...

9 years ago
The Delaware Botanic Gardens has announced four expert speakers for its 2016-17 lecture series. All...

Fall care for a healthier, better-looking lawn

Melinda Myers
9 years ago
As summer fades into fall, it is time to help lawns recover from summer stress and prepare for the...

Get ready to plant your tulips for spring blooms

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
Great ideas, like great people, are often on the outer edges or “fringe” of life. Teddy Roosevelt...

Lewes resident David Bernheisel assists farm in...

9 years ago
David Bernheisel of Lewes recently traveled to Angola, Africa as a volunteer of the United States...

WIC participants can use Farmers Market coupons at...

9 years ago
Participants in Delaware's Women, Infants and Children program can now use special coupons to...

Horse owners urged to keep vaccinations up to date

9 years ago
Delaware horse owners are being advised to make certain their equines' vaccinations are current to...

Ash tree-killing insect confirmed in Delaware

9 years ago
A destructive, invasive beetle that kills ash trees, the emerald ash borer, has been confirmed in...

East Coast Garden Center holds Brews, BBQ and Bushes...

Steven Billups
9 years ago
The East Coast Garden Center held a Brews, BBQ and Bushes fundraiser Aug 5 at the center near Oak...
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Narcissus are long-lived with spring blooms

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
As the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope, the boy was the archetype of a Greek...

DNREC awarded grant to support research, monitoring...

9 years ago
DNREC's Division of Fish & Wildlife has been awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Fish and...

Lewes in Bloom awards two Beauty Spots for July

9 years ago
Lewes in Bloom has announce the award of two Beauty Spots in Lewes for July. Both awarded gardens...

Milton Garden Club selling dessert raffle tickets

9 years ago
Milton Garden Club member Carol Lacey presents the August dessert-of-the-month (a key-lime pie) to...

Chefs take over at Tomato Festival

Nick Roth
9 years ago
Chefs from several local restaurants gathered at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market Aug. 6,...

Bangle bracelet purchase supports Lewes in Bloom

9 years ago
Lewes in Bloom is in part supported by its fundraising activities throughout the year, one of which...

Enjoy fall-blooming crocus before next spring

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
The lightbulb so profoundly changed the world that even today we use the image of a lightbulb to...

Purchase tickets by Aug. 23 for Aug. 27 Kent County...

9 years ago
Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation and Kent County Farm Bureau will host the second annual Kent County...

Five ways to protect your garden from deer

Melinda Myers
9 years ago
Don't let your vegetable and fall flower gardens succumb to hungry deer. Even if you're lucky...

Delaware Farm Bureau awards scholarships

9 years ago
The Delaware Farm Bureau has again awarded scholarship money to deserving high school seniors and...

Department of Agriculture to hold public hearing on...

9 years ago
The Delaware Department of Agriculture will hold public hearings this month in all three counties...

Why does a ladybug have spots?

Nick Roth
9 years ago
Why do ladybugs have spots? Why are ladybugs important? These are some of the questions that were...

Rambling roses do well in informal settings

9 years ago
Whatever you dream you can make happen. Ed Schieffelin would wander into the wilds of what is now...

Rapini is the diminutive of turnpi, and is also...

9 years ago
To listen for distant hoofbeats Indians taught pioneers to put their ears to the ground, and put...

Award-winning pickles, organic juice to be featured...

9 years ago
The Milton Farmers Market welcomes two new vendors to the weekly event at Dogfish Head Brewery...

New class in Delaware Young Farmers Loan Program...

9 years ago
Delaware has reached a new milestone in helping young farmers purchase land, with 28 farmers or...

Delaware's first drive-through marketplace and on...

9 years ago
Evans Farms Produce and The Frozen Farmer have teamed up to provide a convenient way to shop and...

Volunteers improve gardens at Cannonball House in Lewes

9 years ago
Volunteers from Lewes in Bloom partnered with The Lewes Historical Society's volunteer maintenance...

Save money and water while still enjoying a...

Melinda Myers
9 years ago
Too much or not enough water and never when you need it seems to be a common lament of gardeners...

Carper Celebrates 100 years of Farm Credit System...

9 years ago
Sen. Tom Carper toured a local farm July 18 with representatives from MidAtlantic Farm Credit to...

In spite of its name, buckwheat is not related to wheat

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
In the war of words one of the worst things people do to others is to dehumanize them, often with...

Manage mosquitoes while enjoying the great outdoors

Melinda Myers
9 years ago
Don’t let disease-carrying mosquitoes keep you indoors this summer. Instead, employ these eight...

Irrigation is the farmer’s lifeline during the hot...

9 years ago

Keep plants healthy in summer heat

9 years ago
In these lazy hazy days of the hot summer, homeowners wonder what to do to keep their plants...

Local artists unveil new fence for Farmer McGregor’s...

9 years ago
Master Gardeners and Milton artists Eddie Filemyr and Valerie Hammer recently designed, painted and...

Markell praises local produce growth

9 years ago
Noting the strength of Delaware's family farms, Gov. Jack Markell joined farmers and grocers July...

Be certain that you are eating true edible daylily...

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
It’s summer and time to hit the road. You see them blooming effortlessly along country roads, in...

Farmers markets highlighted during Delaware Local...

Madison Long
9 years ago
In recognition of Delaware Local Produce Week 2016, the Delaware Department of Agriculture...

Free cooking, farm and food demonstrations set at...

9 years ago
Visitors to the Delaware State Fair can learn how to cook Asian water buffalo, delve into different...

Native plants get a boost at McCabe Preserve in Milton

Maddy Lauria
9 years ago
Visitors to Edward H. McCabe Nature Preserve in Milton may have noticed an unruly field near the...

Be very careful removing poison ivy

Paul Barbano
9 years ago
The nonsense jingles sung below the lyrics gave rise to doo-wop. The songs are catchy and fun and...

Grand prize winner and youth finalists announced for...

9 years ago
Rain barrels that won distinction from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental...

Watermelon bus to be painted at inaugural...

9 years ago
Cut-off buses full of watermelons seen traveling the back roads and busy byways in southwestern...