Garden & Farm

Group says trade war harms Delaware farmers

7 years ago
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., along with Greenwood soybean farmer and Delaware Farm Bureau...

Local nonprofit awards livestock business grants in...

7 years ago
Water is Life Kenya, a Delaware-based nonprofit, announced its annual Livestock-as-a-Business...

DE Turf honors Kent County Levy Court president

7 years ago
DE Turf Chairman of the Board of Directors William Strickland and Executive Director Chris...

Stately tall hollyhocks are the backbones of many...

Paul Barbano
7 years ago
Planning a flowerbed means facing that annual dilemma: do you plant annuals and enjoy flowers right...

Delaware legislators lead agriculture panel discussion

7 years ago
The University of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Agriculture hosted a panel discussion Jan...

Plant Kyoto Red carrots in light soil in full sun

Paul Barbano
7 years ago
While perfecting a new audio format known as a compact disc, makers planned on having an 11.5 cm...

Rehoboth In Bloom to host information session Feb. 15

7 years ago
Rehoboth Beach Main Street recently announced the creation of Rehoboth in Bloom. Cindy Lovett,...

Farm insurance agent Michael Howard earns elite...

7 years ago
Michael Howard recently earned the distinction of Elite Farm Certified Insurance Agent through...

Milton Garden Club installs officers

7 years ago
Milton Garden Club met recently to install new officers for 2019. Currently, the club is planning...

University of Delaware provost honored for service...

7 years ago
Dr. Robin Morgan was recognized Jan. 24 at the 48th Delaware Agricultural Industry Dinner with the...

Bayer Crop Science sponsors farm bureau foundation...

7 years ago
Delaware Farm Bureau President Richard Wilkins met with Doug Rushing, director of industry affairs...

Pesticide safety educator to keynote ag conference...

7 years ago
Dr. Kerry Richards will be the keynote speaker at Delaware Farm Bureau’s third annual Delaware Ag...

Is the Neon Pothos the ideal plant for you?

Paul Barbano
7 years ago
The Packard automobile was the height of luxury and class. It is one of the first cars to have a...

New board members join Delaware Botanic Gardens

7 years ago
Delaware Botanic Gardens President Ray Sander recently announced that Jeremy Hager and Scott Thomas...

Milton Garden Club receives honor

7 years ago
Sandy Winterbottom, left, past president of the Milton Garden club, receives a certificate from Rep...

Mountaire grower Chad Carpenter honored with...

7 years ago
For the past four years, Chad Carpenter has spent his days visiting poultry farms and helping...

The Nature Conservancy plants 9,000 trees in Milton

Nick Roth
7 years ago
Thousands of white poles and brown shelters stand out in two fields along Round Pole Bridge Road...

Harrington poultry farm awarded for environmental...

7 years ago
Poultry farmers John and Linda Brown were recognized during Delaware Ag Week for their efforts to...

Transplant Zucca Melon plants outdoors once the soil...

Paul Barbano
7 years ago
When Lucille Ball became pregnant, the men running CBS were mortified that a baby was the logical...

Dogfish brewery staff donates to Lewes in Bloom

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

Historic Lewes Farmers Market awards scholarships

7 years 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...

7 years 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...

7 years 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...

7 years 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

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

Say hello to new plants in the new year

Alysaa Pepper
7 years ago
Here are some of the hot new annuals, perennials, and shrubs for 2019, and some you might have...

Water the Australian Red Lime deeply

Paul Barbano
7 years 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

7 years 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

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

Middletown student grows award-winning cabbage

7 years 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
7 years 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
7 years 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
7 years 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

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

Lewes in Bloom celebrates international distinction

Nick Roth
7 years 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

7 years 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
7 years 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...

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

Delaware Farm Bureau hires new executive director

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

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

Paul Barbano
7 years 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

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

Delaware Botanic Gardens’ Sheryl Swed honored for...

7 years 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...

Paul Barbano
7 years ago
Throughout parts of South America are musical groups that play Andean flutes. These flutes are...

Sposato scholarship benefits Delaware Tech...

7 years 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
7 years 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

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

Emerald ash borer found at new sites in Delaware

7 years 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...

7 years 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...

Paul Barbano
7 years 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

7 years 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...

7 years 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

7 years 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
7 years 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

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

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

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

Order Milton Garden Club holiday arrangements at Nov...

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