Master Naturalists (3/13/2024) - Middle Peninsula Chapter, Virginia Master Naturalists, graduated 25 new members in its fourth training class on March 9 at Beaverdam Park. The Virginia Master Naturalist Program is a statewide corps… …Early arrivals (3/6/2024) - Yards and roadsides everywhere are starting to show their beautiful daffodils. They dominate this week’s flower page. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Daffodil “Ice Follies” sent by Cheryl Battle,… …
Prickles, spines, and thorns, Oh My! (3/6/2024) - There are a lot of plants in the countryside that can hurt you. You can get tangled up in a patch of greenbrier or blackberry and swear you will never… …
English judge among those taking part in Gloucester show (3/6/2024) - Judges from all over the East Coast and beyond will be in Gloucester this spring to judge the annual Gloucester Daffodil Show, to be held on Saturday and Sunday, April… …
Washington’s Birthday luncheon (3/6/2024) - The Augustine Warner Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution attended the Regents’ Club of Richmond’s 76th annual George Washington Birthday Luncheon on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Meadowbrook Country Club,… …
DAR program (3/6/2024) - Gay Pfister, a member of the Cricket Hill Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented a program on the Peace Corps at the Feb. 16 DAR meeting at Kingston Parish… …Can’t deny it (2/28/2024) - Signs of spring are everywhere. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A myrtle warbler, a newcomer, visited Larry Sherertz’s feeder at Hayes. Cheryl Battle of Bavon was waiting with her… …
Is it safe to plant on the septic field? (2/28/2024) - A recent question from a new friend who has purchased a home on the Middle Peninsula drew me back to 2015 when I wrote a column about the types of… …
King’s Daughters (2/28/2024) - The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons celebrated its 27th birthday on Thursday in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. Sandy Pace, International President of… …
Winter Waterfowl Count (2/28/2024) - The first weekend in February saw bird counts across the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck as part of the annual Winter Waterfowl Count. The Gloucester team counted 7,387 individual birds… …