Is your soil healthy? (5/25/2022) - I listened to a conversation between two strangers during a recent supermarket visit. I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop, but when a conversation turns to growing flowers or vegetables, my gardening… …
Bird-watching event June 4 at Beaverdam (5/25/2022) - A bird-watching event is planned on Saturday, June 4 at Beaverdam Park in Gloucester to celebrate the third Black Birders Week. A release said the walk will start at 8… …
Spring count (5/25/2022) - Nine participants counted birds for the Williamsburg Audubon Spring Bird Count on Sunday, May 15, in the Rosewell Sector of Gloucester. The count started at 8 a.m. in the fog… …
Fox baby (5/18/2022) - Photographer Linda Tjossem has a big fox in the woods near her home at Hayes. Last week, her kits showed up on her marsh walk. “I have never seen kits… …
King’s Daughters (5/18/2022) - Rita Engle, at left, and Layne Brown of the North River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons hold up some of the items the group recently donated to the… …Nature’s bounty (5/18/2022) - April showers bring May flowers. They also bring delectible treasures from the garden, like these ripe strawberries. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A peony at the home of John… …
Beauty wherever you turn (5/11/2022) - Mother Nature is putting on quite a show. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Irises and fringe tree from Roxanna and Bill Andersen’s garden in Hayes. Molly and Ted Broderson… …
Ticks are waiting for you to pass by (5/11/2022) - The title of this column is not a joke. At this moment, ticks are hanging on to leaves and blades of grass in your yard and mine, waiting for us… …
BIRTH (5/11/2022) - Mary Ashley and James Bradley Wood of Mathews, announce the birth of a daughter on May 3, 2022 in Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News. She has been named Jewell… …Gloucester Daffodil Club members win awards (5/11/2022) - Several members of the Gloucester Daffodil Club won awards recently for the flowers they entered in various shows. Club members brought home 71 of 164 blue ribbons awarded in horticulture… …
A blooming overflow (5/4/2022) - Sorry friends, we just didn’t have room for all your beautiful photos this week. But don’t give up! Please send the latest in your garden to editor@gazettejournal.net. We are using… …Injury prevention tips for gardeners (5/4/2022) - Every few years, I write a column that reviews safety when bending, squatting, or lifting heavy loads. Our back muscles must be nurtured and protected, and we pay a price… …
Wonderful birds (5/4/2022) - Lisa Deaton of Mathews, has had ospreys and owls on her osprey platform; now, three geese have found it a good spot for a morning assembly, left. Next, Joni Neal… …
Mother’s Day poem (5/4/2022) - In 1968, Sammy Burton of Gloucester purchased a painting with a poem, describing “a mother’s love,” while serving in Vietnam. He sent it to his mother, Dorothy Virginia Burton, and… …