Toxic plants in the garden (10/29/2025) - Last Tuesday morning, I cleaned up a mildly neglected bed of common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) and slender mountain mint (P. virginianum). Both are hardy, easily grown native plants that… …
Spooky Season (10/29/2025) - Birds of prey are on the prowl. Skeletons too. And the sun rises, and flowers bloom, and…it is almost November. Where has the time gone? Please send your photos to… …
Sail Beyond Cancer (10/22/2025) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons heard a presentation by Suzanne Snyder, founder of the nonprofit Sail Beyond Cancer USA, during a meeting on Oct. 7… …
Central Village Homemakers (10/22/2025) - The Central Village Homemakers recently held a yard sale at North, with Dan Reno lending the use of his property and giving a hand. Also helping to set up were… …
90th birthdays (10/22/2025) - Barbara and Charles “Happy” Foster of Bohannon, recently celebrated their 90th birthdays. Barbara turned 90 on Sept. 23, while “Happy” reached the milestone on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The photo was… …
Married 70 years (10/22/2025) - Janet and Seth Clark of Mathews County celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Shown above in 1955 and this year, below, the Clarks were married on Oct.… …A losing battle (10/22/2025) - Last week I started cleaning out a small iris bed next to Jim’s vegetable garden. I had lifted some irises from another spot and never replanted them, but irises are… …
Signs of change (10/22/2025) - Fall colors and late-blooming flowers tell us that autumn is firmly in place. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay from Bob Waldrop. Mary Bourne of Bena… …On good days… (10/15/2025) - As day broke in the east, Lila Youkeles of Ware Neck shot the Harvest Moon setting across the Ware River in the west. It seems to rain every day now,… …
Fall scenes (10/9/2025) - The colors remind us that days are getting shorter and the nights are cooling nicely. But for now, everything is perfect. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. American Beautyberry sent… …Tulip poplar leaves can’t take the heat (10/8/2025) - The long, strange summer of weeks of blistering sun, interspersed with fast, hard rainstorms has taken a toll on the green things growing in our gardens and woods. The first… …
Fire safety (10/8/2025) - Central Village Homemakers met last Wednesday at Central Methodist Church, Mathews. Mathews Fire Chief Ronnie Lewis presented the program on fire safety. Lewis is shown here with Homemakers vice president… …
‘Tea Time’ raffle (10/1/2025) - The “Tea Time” raffle basket from the Mathews County Woman’s Club Scholarship fundraiser was won by Charlie Hartman. Judy Hartman, at right, delivered it to her husband after receiving it… …
Woody’s Second Chance Ranch (10/1/2025) - Members of the Central Village Homemakers heard stories of rescued horses when representatives of Woody’s Second Chance Ranch visited the club at its Sept. 3 meeting at Central United Methodist… …Knock Out® Roses: beauty and the beast (10/1/2025) - After the long dry spells interspersed with brief torrential rains that we experienced this summer, several days of cooling, refreshing rain seemed like a gift from Mother Nature, but like… …
Beautiful things (10/1/2025) - Flowers, butterflies, mushrooms, a little girl and a crab are all elements of wonder from our natural world. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Patricia Olsen found a butterfly enjoying… …
Butterfly count (10/1/2025) - Forty-one volunteers from four Virginia Master Naturalist chapters, and others from the region, participated in the fifth annual Middle Peninsula North American Butterfly Association count, which was held on Aug.… …
The trials of growing corn (9/24/2025) - “I’m a terrible corn grower. I just can’t raise corn. Something always happens.” Jim has a long, sad history with corn disasters. When he built his raised beds after he… …
Flowers and more (9/24/2025) - As we edge into fall, the scene changes, in gardens and in the wild. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Poe Farinholt preparing to enjoy his favorite holiday…Halloween. Sent by… …
New member (9/17/2025) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons welcomed new member Wendy Hogge, center, during a meeting held on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Union Baptist Church in Hayes.… …
TOPS Fall Rally (9/17/2025) - TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter VA 0469 recently hosted the area’s Fall Rally. Five chapters (38 attendees), from the Richmond area and Williamsburg to Gloucester, met at Grace Covenant… …
Spiders in the house and garden (9/17/2025) - A recent Facebook post from the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Program page clarified a viral post claiming that wolf spiders hunt and eat black widow and brown recluse spiders.… …Richness (9/17/2025) - Our environment keeps on giving beautiful views. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Jim Engle sails his Sea Pearl 28 “Fox Sea” under the Twigg Bridge in the Piankatank River.… …
Bird watching (9/10/2025) - Members of the Middle Peninsula Bird Club have been busy, with a pair of bird watching events in the past few weeks. On Aug. 13, 13 members visited the Deltaville… …Plant More Natives! (9/10/2025) - The Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners’ Annual Plant Extravaganza, held last Friday and Saturday, was a success because of the hard work and long hours contributed by Master Gardeners, interns, and… …