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Secret Treats of Vancouver: Unbeetable Chocolate Cake Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:56PMWhen the woman walked up to the counter at Hello Friends Baking, pointed at the Unbeetable Chocolate Cake, and said: “I heard about this in Edmonton,” you have a hunch that this cake is something special.
Sisterhood of Traveling Plants has two goals Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:42PMThirteen youngsters became Butterfly Sighting Investigators, or BSIs, last Saturday, during a Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants program at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.
Murdoch survives grilling but the family empire teeters Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:52PMIt was painful to watch. Billed as the ultimate political theatre, here was Rupert Murdoch whose newspapers had put countless victims to the rhetorical sword, whose phone calls were feared by prime ministers, foundering in front of a parliamentary inquiry.
News faces the music Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:39PMIt became clear that 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch wasn't up to a grilling from a bunch of MPs on a mission.
Murdoch stumbles as empire teeters Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:00PMCOMMENT: Billed as political theatre, 80-year-old wasn't up to it.
Sun-safe gardening Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:42PMIt nurtures the seeds and warms the soil; with it, the plants we love blossom. But the sun that's warm on our faces is also wreaking havoc on our skin, and gardeners need to be savvy about sun protection.
Giant toxic weed can burn you and blind you Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:27PMGiant hogweed is an invasive species that is spreading around much of the northern United States. Even worse, its sap is extremely poisonous and can cause blistering burns and even blindness.
Faith should inspire leaders to help poor Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:58AM“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,” says the writer to early Hebrew-Christians. This advisory reassured the 80-year-old church that, despite the troubles of the time, the promises of faith were being kept. Plus, they would continue. Don't get discouraged.
Your Town: News bits from around Windham County, surrounding towns Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:23AMATHENS -- The Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association has been working on developing a trail system on the newly acquired Athens Dome land.
Washington Township third graders and New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Fisher harvest and donate together Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:08AMWASHINGTON TWP.— Third graders learned the importance of agriculture and giving back Friday at Duffield’s Farm where they harvested squash they had planted earlier this year and donated it to Farmers Against Hunger.
Zen and the art of gardening Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:12AMCanada's guru of gardening is in a meditative state of mind. Success in the garden comes down to getting on your knees and paying attention, says Ed Lawrence, the silver-haired dynamo who held his first plant when he was a seven-year-old growing up in downtown Toronto.
The jungle look: Anna Pavord is captivated by a magnificently theatrical front garden in Walthamstow Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:37PMMany roads in suburban London have a similar feel about them: terraced or semi-detached villas of the late Victorian, early Edwardian kind, the front gardens too often obliterated by concrete slabs and wheelie bins. Maynard Road in Walthamstow is different. The first thing you see, turning into the street from Beulah Road, are two brick flower beds, magnificently planted with Brussels sprouts ...
Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsSummer weather is hard on food pantries Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:21PMAs summer sweeps in, Auglaize County organizations try to bring food to tables of those in need. Mercy Unlimited Food Pantry's "Plant a Row for the Hungry" program is down this year.
Eating Places Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:14PMChalet at Hotel Equatorial Kuala Lumpur will excite your taste buds this July with our exquisite Wagyu beef promotion from now till July 31. Try our succulent premium cut of Wagyu beef that will be sliced at your table side.
Joplin receives flower bulbs from nonprofit America Responds Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:04PMJOPLIN — Kneeling in a small landscaped area at 15th Street and Murphy Boulevard, master gardener Chieko Hedin held up a salmon dahlia bulb and advised those around her in the proper technique for planting it. They nodded, then got to work turning the soil with hand spades. To passersby, it might have looked like an unusual spot to consider planting a bulb garden. Across the street, the east ...
Don't let the heat keep you from maintaining your lawn and garden Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:58PMDan Gill's tips for keeping your landscape under control during the hot summer months
Planting 'seeds of hope' for American families Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:50PMBy giving away seeds and teaching people how to grow their own food, Holly Hirshberg is helping to fight hunger in the United States.
‘Pop’ulations subject to inflation Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:38PMImagine a room full of balloons, and I mean really full. Imagine, too, that each one of these balloons is ever-expanding, constricted in growth only by the presence and pressure of the other balloons surrounding it.[...]
Jamie Hancock: Despite heat, July a great time to plant Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:15PMIt’s the middle of July. The heat index is topping 100 degrees. I have cracks in my yard. My grass is dormant. My water bill is growing faster than my flowers. My air conditioned living room is looking pretty good. Stick a fork in me, I’m done! Is anyone else feeling this way? read more
Prevention the key to winning war on weeds Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:09PMI admit I’m not fond of summer. My favourite garden task –spring pruning – is long gone and the summer heat has now set in with its overdramatized production of obnoxious weeds.
Saturday Sermon: Rooted in good soil Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:46PMBy the Rev. Herb Beyer
Hollyhocks have begun blooming Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:31AMJim and Virginia Wright, who live in rural Mayer, note that hollyhocks have begun blooming.
S.D. Farmers Union campers ‘Growing Healthy Cooperatively’ Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:10AMYoung people from across Clay County learned to live healthier lifestyles, make better food choices, and work together to make their communities healthier during the annual Clay County Farmers Union camp held Tuesday, June 21, in Vermillion.
Bentham plant giveaway to save bees Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:29AMA DALES environmental group is giving away free garden plants in an innovative step to help save a threatened insect species.
Summer Fancy Food Show: An international marketplace for gourmet food, specialty products and celebrity sightings Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:12AMThe Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington, D.C. this week introduced more than 180,000 specialty foods and beverages to retailers, restaurateurs, caters, writers and others in the food industry. Almondina cookies were among the many products shown. The Summer Fancy...
Indoor Gardening Pioneer Sows Seeds For Aggressive Growth Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:38AMA retailer in a very specialized industry that helps his customers to create indoor "grow-rooms" for aggressive gardening is expanding his business. Business is growing like crazy in a bad economy. (PRWeb July 15, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8597486.htm
BOB BEYFUSS: Keep your lawn on the tall side Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:07AMTHE RAINS have continued this early summer with severe thunderstorms producing as much as 4 inches of rain in less than 12 hours as I recorded in my rain gauge on July 3 with another inch and half since then. The wet weather has made this a banner year for all sorts of wild mushrooms and I am enjoying the harvest of many different types of tasty fungi. Unfortunately it has also resulted in ...
Martha Stewart: Methods for preserving tomatoes vary Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:02AMQ. Are there other ways to preserve tomatoes besides canning?
Mcbird McMansion Redux Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:18AMLIGHT HOUSEKEEPING – A family of finches took a shine to the author’s front door light, shunning a meticiulously prepared avian McMansion.
Coming Full Circle In the Nation’s Capital Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:04AMSome moments in life present opportunities for events to come full circle, for all the pieces to fall into place and form a whole so much more than the sum of its parts. And sometimes role models really do get to meet the next generation they have inspired. When Garden City High School Class of 2011 Valedictorian Jan Gong stepped into the office of U.S. Secretary of Energy and Nobel Prize ...
Patchwork: A profligate gardener reforms her ways Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:53PMEditor’s note: Guest writer Abi Sessions of Cornwall has co-raised three strapping children on the products of her vegetable garden and has taught in local schools for 37 years.
Controlling Common Purslane Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:17PMWhen people call to ask about weed control in gardens, I discuss various techniques explaining how each works. Although weed control options are mostly the same for numerous commonly found garden weeds, there are some weed species that require unique treatment to effectively control.
MCT: Pumping the lifeblood: Summit on the Ogallala Aquifer Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:45PMCOLBY (MCT) — A clean, clear and cold natural resource that helped the economy bloom in semi-arid western Kansas has snared the interest of Gov. Sam Brownback.
Organic garden guru to talk in Orleans Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:55AMPeter Fossel may be a new vendor at Orleans Farmers Market this summer, but he’s an old-time farmer. He began farming organically two dozen years ago and has never stopped. First, he did it for himself and his family. Then, he expanded his growing efforts when he discovered other people wanted fine tasting, healthy food too. Next, the writer/editor put his skills to use and wrote “Organic ...
Summit to discuss future of Ogallala aquifer Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:13AMTIM UNRUH The Salina Journal COLBY, Kan. A clean, clear and cold natural resource that helped the economy bloom in semi-arid western Kansas has snared the interest of Gov. Sam Brownback. Water from hundreds of feet under western Kansas in the massive Ogallala Aquifer, which stretches from South Dakota to Texas, is the basis for many enterprises in the agriculturally intense High Plains ...
the STORY Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:53AMJuly 14 Garden of the Zodiac Gallery 1042 Howard St. Exhibit opening from 7-9 p.m. Call 402-517-8719 for regular hours Internationally known Italian artist Roberto Kusterle will make a rare appearance in this country when he brings 30 large and medium format photographs to the Garden of the Zodiac for a two-month exhibition which runs from July 14 to September 14. Sponsored by The Moving Gallery ...
Walpole Island's community garden grows Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:47AMIn the middle of Walpole Island vegetables and community grows. A community garden sits on an acre of land on Chiefs Road. Dozens of volunteers tend to the garden, which grows a large variety of vegetables.[...]
Volunteers make Kaysville Food Pantry Garden a success Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:44PMKAYSVILLE — It takes a lot of volunteers to plant and cultivate the Food Pantry Garden at the Utah Botanical Gardens, but the volunteers keep coming and seem to enjoy weeding and harvesting the vegetables. The garden, in its third year, has grown from one-third of an acre to over five acres, although this year it is smaller because of the wet spring weather. “It is the first garden in Kaysville ...
Tim Grobaty: Your weekend karma is to stay south of Carmageddon Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:55PMLong Beach area offers plenty of things to do to make hanging around home worthwhile.
Saguaro harvesters carry on ancient tradition Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:49PMSaguaro fruit harvest used to raise money for DFLT.
ANN ARBOR: At the Tappan Middle School garden, community volunteers make classroom learning possible Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:00AMSeventh-graders at Tappan Middle School made history this June when the food from their garden was served to other middle school students around the district. Student-grown food was a first for Ann Arbor Public Schools and represents a significant step forward for a district that as recently as 2007 was still debating how feasible it was to even serve locally-grown food.
Spread of fungus-farming beetles is bad news for trees Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:21AMResearchers have found that a subset of fungus-farming ambrosia beetles may be in the early stages of a global epidemic threatening a number of economically important trees, including avocados, poplars and oaks.
Visiting day at summer camp Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:21AMVisiting day at summer camp
Summertime celebrations and libations Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:09AMIt is obviously easier to get together with friends and family and celebrate life during the summer months.
Bringing paper to life with scraps and seeds Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:13AMIn addition to publishing limited-edition hand-bound books like A New Guide to Charleston , we at Surcee Press also like to get down with screenprinting, letterpress printing, and, most recently, making paper.
Flowers Keep Flowering if you Chop off Their Heads Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:23AMHave the flowers in your garden all turned dry and brown? You might be able to get the plants to flower again if you follow these simple tips. With a pair of sharp pruners or scissors, cut off all...
Wow factor boosts retailers 'Treasure hunt' can trump frugality Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:48AMTrader Joe's, the specialty grocery chain, might not have the cheapest toilet paper or the most varieties of ketchup, but it hooks customers with mango butter, chocolate-covered pomegranate seeds and cilantro-and-jalapeno hummus.
Agriculture Extension Update Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:29AMYork, Nebraska's most complete news source
Eat what you grow Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:11AMBefore he starts his day during the summer, Peter Schertz ventures out his back door with an empty colander in hand. He peruses the chicken coop, weaves between beds of dark green lettuce and chard and browses through the spindling snowpea vines. Somewhere along the way, he will fill the colander. Then again. And again.
Weed Scientists Say Edible Weeds Can Be a Tasty Revenge for Homeowners Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:05AMThe Weed Science Society of America says those weeds overrunning your lawn or garden may have redeeming value. Some are actually edible and can make a tasty addition to your dinner table. But exercise caution and make certain you know what you're gathering. Some weeds can be deadly. Lawrence, KS (PRWEB) July 11, 2011 If you’re growing weary of the never-ending battle against weeds, there may be ...