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… …
Summer colors (9/10/2025) - The weather has been unseasonably cool, but the plants with their warm summer flowers have done well. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. California poppy sent by Martha Thompson Hudgins,… …American elderberry and pollinator update (9/3/2025) - A caller to the Gloucester Extension office last week expressed interest in learning about how to grow American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis). Our initial phone conversation focused on soil testing through… …
Dobbins-Nolte (9/3/2025) - Isabella Corinne Nolte and Chandler John Griffin Dobbins exchanged vows in a private ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, on August 15, 2025. The couple took a seven-day in-country visit following the… …Swingin’ into September (9/3/2025) - Glorious skies, butterflies, and more late summer scenes from our readers. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Swallowtail butterfly on Lantana, sent by Cheryl Battle, Bavon. Butterfly bush photo sent… …
Fall is a great time to plant (8/27/2025) - The 23rd Annual Gloucester Master Gardeners’ Plant Extravaganza is scheduled to occur on Friday, September 5th from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, September 6th from 8 a.m. to… …
Colors of summer (8/27/2025) - As Labor Day arrives, we will begin to see changing leaves, migratory birds, and fall flowers. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lila Youkeles got a stunning closeup of a… …
Central Village Homemakers (8/20/2025) - Mathews teacher Michelle Williams was the guest speaker at the recent meeting of the Central Village Homemakers. Williams spoke about her Family and Consumer Science program at Thomas Hunter Middle… …Cedar-Apple Rust: A threat to trees (8/20/2025) - Virginia is ranked sixth in the nation for annual apple production, with most apples grown from the Piedmont to the northern Shenandoah Valley and down to the southwest counties. The… …
Master Gardeners (8/13/2025) - Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners’ president Steve Faherty, center, presented milestone certificates and pins recognizing 250 hours of volunteer service to Master Gardeners Laurie Hoffman, at left, and Marion Baker at… …Brent and Becky’s to celebrate Honey Bee Day (8/13/2025) - The Colonial Beekeepers will present a program from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester, celebrating National Honey Bee Day. Colonial members will show how to extract… …
Use best management for healthy soil (8/13/2025) - Expansive, manicured, turfgrass lawns have lost popularity in recent years, but most of us maintain a portion of our property as some type of green space, even it is only… …
Butterfly count (8/13/2025) - Seventeen volunteers in four teams endured heat of nearly 100 degrees to scour the tip of the Eastern Shore counting butterflies on Sunday, July 27, for the Delmarva Tip Butterfly… …Mid-August (8/13/2025) - Flowers, hummingbirds, a dog, little girls and a friendly snake: your photos have a place here. Please send them to editor@gazettejournal.net. Canna lily from Cheryl Battle, Bavon. Belladonna lilies planted… …
Ever-glowing (8/6/2025) - The sun sets behind New Point Lighthouse, now in its 210th year marking the entrance to Mobjack Bay. Pam Howlett of Dutton took this photo on July 5 as the… …
Where are the pollinators? (8/6/2025) - Welcome to August, that liminal time when we have one foot in the light and heat of high summer and the other foot in the cooler, more subdued days of… …
Colors of summer (8/6/2025) - Our contributors have found everything from an overheated squirrel to birds and bees, and much in between, this week. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Monarch butterfly in Lynn Holt’s… …
Local residents concerned about defoliation of hardwood trees (8/6/2025) - The Virginia Department of Forestry has received dozens of calls from homeowners around the Middle Peninsula concerned about sudden defoliation on their local hardwood trees, according to a release from… …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… …
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.… …