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The end of July (7/30/2025) - Thanks to occasional heavy rains, flowers and fungi are having a good summer. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Oswego tea or bee balm, sent by Betty Ackerson of Hayes.…
Common tomato problems (7/30/2025) - While Jim and I were enjoying a leisurely weekend breakfast this morning, our power went out, which left me without internet access for an unknown period. Since I needed to…
rainbow clark Rainbows (7/23/2025) - All the colors and rainbows themselves are found in this week’s lineup. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Limelight hydrangeas and mushrooms sent by Joyce Crum. Black-eyed Susans adding a…
engage keener013 Johnson-Keener (7/23/2025) - Hunter and Renee Johnson of Mathews, announce the engagement of their daughter, Madelyn Johnson, to Trevor Keener, son of James and Katina Keener of Gloucester. The bride-to-be is a graduate…
Hickory horned devil 2- photo by Jim Camp Hornworm vs. Hickory Horned Devil (7/23/2025) - “Stop by my shed and look down at the ground next to a yellow poplar leaf. Tell me what you see,” Jim called out to me as we passed each…
Second dose, same as the first (7/23/2025) - Brian Hudgins and his son Logan of The Other Moving Company in Gloucester had lunch last week at Richardson’s in Mathews on a work break. They looked up during dessert,…
community MPMN members at VMN 20th anniversary Master Naturalists mark 20 years (7/23/2025) - The Virginia Master Naturalist program is marking its 20-year anniversary in 2025 with meetings across the state. One was held recently at Machicomoco State Park in Hayes. Volunteers from local…
sunset harris 1 (2) Flora and fauna (7/16/2025) - Scenes from mid-summer, sent by our readers. Please email your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lynn Holt had birds stopping by her window to say hello. A third bird is out of…
Why some shrubs didn’t bloom (7/16/2025) - Jim and I returned a few days ago from a whirlwind trip to San Diego to visit our son, Joe, who has just returned to that beautiful city after a…
community rinderer with fawn Gloucester resident creates Certified Wildlife Habitat (7/16/2025) - A Gloucester resident has successfully created a Certified Wildlife Habitat through the National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife movement. Anthony J. Rinderer has had his approximately 5-acre property on Rosewell…
yard art lambert (1) Welcome! (7/16/2025) - Some of the whimsical yard art at the home of Al and Cathy Lambert, Hayes. What else is out there?
flowers etc traband Summer steam time (7/9/2025) - Our days have been cooking…but somehow, nature always seems fresh and bright. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cheryl Battle sends a photo of “Miss Huff” Lantana. Tiger lilies in…
Spotted lanternfly may be getting closer (7/9/2025) - The planned topic for this week’s “Gardening Corner” was supposed to cover how to prevent pesky rabbits from eating everything in the garden, but this morning I read an article…
community master naturalists Master Naturalists (7/9/2025) - Middle Peninsula Chapter, Virginia Master Naturalists, just graduated a new class of volunteers. Representing Gloucester County were, from left, Van Button, Shanna Ryan, Mike Moore, Christine Tombleson, John Sims and…
community bird club Birdwatching (7/9/2025) - Members of the Middle Peninsula Bird Club visited The Inn at Tabbs Creek, Port Haywood, for a morning of birdwatching on June 19. They also visited a private property on…
BIRTHS (7/2/2025) - Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Thomas Jr. of Middletown, announce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Winchester Medical Center, Winchester. She has been named Emery…
Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite,’long-blooming and deer resistant (7/2/2025) - One topic that frequently arose two weeks ago at Extension Master Gardeners College was the statewide deer problem. Master Gardeners from Alexandria, Virginia Beach, Blacksburg, Winchester, and Gloucester all complained…
rgb flowers etc traband 2 How hot is it? (7/2/2025) - Not too hot to shut away beautiful scenes of nature. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lynn Holt, of Gloucester, has lots of delicious blackberries in her yard and a…
Local history talks next month at Edgehill House (6/25/2025) - The Gloucester Woman’s Club will be hosting a series of talks of local historic and community interest on Wednesday evenings in July. Each program will run from 7-8 p.m. at…
Long days, hot days (6/25/2025) - Summertime is here without a doubt; and nature is in bloom. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lychnis coronaria, rose campion, sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Tricolor zinnia and…
St. John’s Wort, a sunny perennial (6/25/2025) - After spending five pleasant days with comfortable outdoor temperatures on the beautiful Virginia Tech campus at Master Gardener College, several Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners and I returned to sweltering Tidewater…
anniversary bradbury Anniversary celebrated (6/25/2025) - Edie and Jim Bradbury of Gloucester, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 8, 2025 while on a cruise to the Alaska Inside Passage from Vancouver, Canada.
community woman's club A trip to the farm (6/25/2025) - Several Mathews County Woman’s Club members recently enjoyed a field trip to member Lisa Capen’s homestead in Bavon. Included on the tour was her extensive Cottage Industry Quilting Studio as…
Plants and animals (6/18/2025) - Nature is in its glory as the sun rises to the longest day with the start of summer on Friday. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cormorants and bald eagles…
community mathews peo Local chapter members attend P.E.O. convention (6/18/2025) - Six members of P.E.O. Chapter BT-Mathews recently attended the 75th annual convention of the Virginia State Chapter at the Richmond Marriott. Attending were chapter delegates Tammy Turner and Linda Ortiz,…

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