It’s been hot (8/10/2022) - Nature follows its seasonal patterns. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Rose Mallow, hibiscus moscheutos, among wildflowers seen on Cheryl Battle’s walk near marshlands. Pat and Dave Chance of New… …




Gardening to conserve water (8/3/2022) - July was a hot, humid month with stretches of blistering days followed by fast-moving, violent thunderstorms that dropped enough rain to fulfill our watering needs for a few days. This… …


Bright and beautiful (7/27/2022) - The flowers of mid-summer make a bold statement. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Gin Evans of Port Haywood sends a photo of her hibiscus. Rose of Sharon blooming at… …


When good tomatoes go bad (7/20/2022) - The tomato, the unofficial emblem of summer, red and juicy, plucked from the vine on a hot July day and eaten like an apple. Who hasn’t stood in the garden… …
Flora and fauna (7/20/2022) - The hot days of summer make things grow and show. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Carter Borden of Gloucester stands beside the 12’ sunflower with 50 blooms at his… …
Birds, bees, butterflies, bunnies, buds (7/13/2022) - It’s mid-summer, and nature is thriving. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Joy Albertson, North, thanks readers for naming her mystery mullein plant, now topping six feet. Gary Barker’s mother… …

Vole trouble (7/13/2022) - The subject of voles hadn’t arisen in our house for several years until a few weeks ago, when Jim discovered that the leaves of several healthy hostas planted around a… …
Best of nature (7/6/2022) - Insects, plants, and mammals are all putting on a show. For another great nature story, see page 2B. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Scarlet Nantes carrots, bell peppers and… …
Bugged? (7/6/2022) - In the past two weeks, several gardeners have asked about stink bugs on tomatoes and squash bugs on squash plants. Both are members of the order Hemiptera and are considered… …
Who will win? (7/6/2022) - PHOTOS BY LARRY SHERETZEagle vs. Ospreys fighting for a nest on Timberneck Creek. Larry Sheretz sent along this poem to go with it (read in the same cadence as “T’was… …
Well Water clinic dates, locations finalized (7/6/2022) - Virginia Cooperative Extension has finalized the dates and locations for well water testing clinics in Middlesex, Mathews and Gloucester, and registration is open for those interested in participating. The Well… …

Midyear bounty (6/29/2022) - Plantings support wildlife and produce fruits and flowers for our tables and arrangements. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Linda Dalgety of Port Haywood sent photos of her first blueberries… …
Why plant Virginia natives? (6/29/2022) - If you google the question asked in the title of this column, you will receive a multitude of hits, and most of them will say the same thing: Native plants… …

