Garden & Farm

Plant night set at Bethany Blues locations April 24,...

8 years ago
Spring is in the air, but it’s a little early to really get out in the garden. Bethany Blues will...

Preview event at Delaware Botanic Gardens set May 4

8 years ago
Delaware Botanic Gardens will host Sip and Saunter Through the Meadow Garden, a behind-the-scenes...

Milton Garden Club seeks door-decorating contest...

8 years ago
The Milton Garden Club is kicking off its 20th anniversary celebration by announcing the Decoration...

Mill Pond Garden in Lewes hosts Open Day

Phillip Moore
8 years ago
Mill Pond Garden in Lewes, located on Red Mill Pond, held its first Open Day of 2018 April 8,...

No beating around bush in planting seeds

8 years ago
To scare birds into the air, hunters would beat the bushes. Before they could catch the birds,...

Lewes to offer free Arbor Day tree care seminar...

8 years ago
The City of Lewes will celebrate Arbor Day with a free seminar on the dos and don'ts of tree care...

SOLitude offers free lake and pond restoration for...

8 years ago
SOLitude Lake Management is accepting nominations for free waterbody makeover services through the...

KGA Marketing announces 20th anniversary with client...

8 years ago
Kelly Griffin & Associates, a unique, collaborative marketing agency in Lewes, is celebrating...

Delaware Cooperative Extension wins award for social...

8 years ago
Delaware Master Gardeners won a first-place award in the 2018 Communications Contest held by...

Topping damages trees in many important ways

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
Sometimes we just can't leave well enough alone. Take trees. Trees are planted to provide shade and...

Local horticulturalist offers Plant Nite events

8 years ago
Horticulturalist Denise Bradshaw recently stood in front of a group of aspiring gardeners at...

Mulch orders for Cape Leo Club fundraiser due by...

8 years ago
The Cape Henlopen Leo Club’s seventh annual mulch fundraiser will accept orders until Friday, April...

Douglas Simpson of Bridgeville is 2018 Tree Farmer...

8 years ago
Douglas R. Simpson of Bridgeville is Delaware’s 2018 Tree Farmer of the Year. He was chosen for his...

Black Ball Bachelor Buttons are easy to grow from...

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
Flowers need not be showy or huge to make a statement. On his wedding day, John F. Kennedy wore a...

Small standard flower show set at Plantation Lakes...

8 years ago
Plantation Lakes Garden Club will host Celebrate Spring, a Small Standard Flower Show from 1 to 4 p...

Sussex Master Gardeners spring workshops begin April 3

8 years ago
The Sussex Master Gardeners announced their schedule for spring workshops on a wide variety of...

Secretary Perdue celebrates National Ag Day

8 years ago
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement regarding National...

Town of Georgetown honors landscapers for heroism...

8 years ago
Sposato Landscape crew members were officially recognized by the Town of Georgetown for their...

Zwaanendael Women’s Club geranium sales set April 7

8 years ago
The GFWC Zwaanendael Women’s Club has kicked off its spring geranium sale that benefits the club’s...

Lewes in Bloom plans events during Lewes Tulip...

8 years ago
Lewes in Bloom volunteers planted nearly 20,000 tulip and daffodil bulbs last fall at the Kings...

Lewes Greenways and Trails to meet at city hall...

8 years ago
Lewes Greenways and Trails met again on a sunny morning March 17 for work at the Canary Creek Trail...

Nora Leigh phlox does best in full sun to partial shade

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
Just when things in the garden are going well, we worry that we will get a streak of bad luck. But...

Bill Satterfield testifies before U.S. Senate to...

8 years ago
Bill Satterfield, Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. executive director, gave testimony March 8 before...

Dwarf sweet peas need steady, regular watering and...

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
Adopting one child won't change the world, but for that child, the world will change. He was just a...

Mildew on plants is often caused by overhead watering

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
The song that became "Battle Hymn of the Republic" started with the soldiers of the Massachusetts...

Sposato landscapers cited for bravery, quick...

8 years ago
Four Sposato landscapers were cited for their rapid response to a house fire in The Village of...

Delaware Botanic Gardens seeks funds for Meadow Garden

8 years ago
Delaware Botanic Gardens volunteers are beginning to get their boots wet as they survey their...

Southern States stores hosting FFA fundraiser...

8 years ago
Farm supply retailer Southern States Cooperative is holding a monthlong fundraiser to help raise...

Black flowers and vegetables are rare but not unknown

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
Along with rationing during World War II came the inevitable "unauthorized dealing" or selling of...

Millsboro farm receives national award for...

8 years ago
A Millsboro poultry farm was one of six farms nationwide to be recognized for environmental...

Sixth Annual 5K Milk Run set May 12

8 years ago
The Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation and the New Castle County Farm Bureau will host the Sixth...

Delaware Botanic Gardens announces new appointments

8 years ago
At the Delaware Botanic Gardens February board meeting, DBG President Ray Sander said, “DBG is by...

Produce safety training for farmers set March 3, 22

8 years ago
The Delaware Department of Agriculture is offering two one-day courses in March to help farmers...

Sales at Delaware farmers markets post second...

8 years ago
Delaware celebrated its second-highest farmers market season with more than $3 million in sales in...

LEADelaware Class V kicks off with first session

8 years ago
The LEADelaware agriculture and natural resources leadership program recently held its first...

Water is the gardener’s best friend

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
While on a boating excursion on Lake George as a child I got really thirtsy, only to be chided by...

Delmarva Poultry Industry applauds new legislation

8 years ago
The Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. applauds the 20 United States senators who introduced a bill...

Feb. 16 Chinese New Year festivities welcome Year of...

George Ball
8 years ago
At the stroke of midnight Feb. 16, the Chinese New Year began. It's the only national holiday...

Funding available to restore Black Duck habitat

8 years ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service s now accepting...

Millsboro Middle FFA students receive tributes from...

8 years ago
A group of Millsboro Middle School FFA members met Feb. 15 with Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown...

It is best to start tomato plants indoors

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
We love to shorten words, often to point that the original word is lost. Fax is short for facsimile...

Groups offer bus trips to Philadelphia Flower Show...

8 years ago
The 2018 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is set for Saturday, March 3 to Sunday, March 11, at the...

Serpent of Sicily has many uses

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
One of the great things about Italians is their slang or idioms. If something is purposely...

Agretti is a little-known Italian delicacy

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
In the best spy thrillers, rather than turn over a secret paper, the spy eats the secret. In 16th...

Delaware Botanic Gardens celebrates grant

8 years ago
In January, the days are lengthening minute by minute, and spring seems but a distant hope. Still,...

Food-safety training for on-farm entrepreneurs set...

8 years ago
The University of Delaware Cooperative Extension is offering On-Farm Food Safety Training from 9 a...

Lewes Farmers Market announces 2018 scholarship...

8 years ago
For 11 years, the Historic Lewes Farmers Market has awarded scholarships to small-scale Delmarva...

Urban forestry grant workshop set Feb. 13

8 years ago
The Delaware Forest Service will hold an Urban and Community Forestry Grant Workshop from 6 to 8 p...

Green flowers are all the rage

8 years ago
This year we have two months with blue moons – that is when the full moon appears twice in the same...

Conservation fund applications due March 2

8 years ago
Agricultural producers wanting to enhance current conservation efforts are encouraged to apply for...

Delaware reports record soybean harvest in 2017

8 years ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service released its final...

Stitch-in-Time Dover Quilt Guild exhibit to open Feb. 3

8 years ago
The Delaware Agricultural Museum will host the Stitch-in-Time Dover Quilt Guild exhibit from...

CHEER bus trip to Philadelphia Flower Show set March 5

8 years ago
The CHEER Travel Club will sponsor a bus trip to the 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show Monday, March 5...

Plant Mushroom Herb in deep, fertile soil

Paul Barbano
8 years ago
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice eats pieces of magic mushroom, and right during the...

Farm Service Agency State Committee appointees...

8 years ago
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a slate of Farm Service Agency...

Houston poultry farmers awarded for environmental...

8 years ago
Poultry farmers Randy and Jordan McCloskey were recognized during Delaware Ag Week for their...

Lewes market sponsors Lean Farm workshop Feb. 2

8 years ago
The Historic Lewes Farmers Market is sponsoring a full-day workshop with farmer and author Ben...

Fifer Orchards honored for service to Delaware...

8 years ago
Fifer Orchards was recognized for its overall contribution to agriculture at the Jan. 9 Delaware...

Urban and Community Forestry Grant applications due...

8 years ago
The Delaware Urban and Community Forestry Program is offering up to $5,000 in grants for community-...

Even snow, cold can’t stop tree planters

Ron MacArthur
8 years ago
Volunteers turned out in spite of the cold and snow to take part in The Delaware Center for the...