Museum talk and tasting (10/29/2025) - The Mathews Museum hosted a talk and food tasting by two Mathews farmers—Christian Brown of Mush Love, standing, and Mark Zamanian of Blessed Harmony Farm—last Thursday. The two men spoke… …Gloucester Daffodil Club to meet Nov. 13 (10/29/2025) - The Gloucester Daffodil Club will hold its November meeting and annual bulb exchange from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Chesapeake Lounge at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester.… …
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… …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… …
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.… …
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… …
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… …
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… …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… …
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.… …
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… …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… …
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… …
‘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… …
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… …
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… …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.… …
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.… …
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… …
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.… …
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,… …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… …