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… …Wall of color (4/27/2022) - Azaleas everywhere, and flowers of all descriptions from cactus to late daffodils to early roses, and more in between, decorate our landscape now. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Bruce… …
Bakers invited to compete in May Faire Pound Cake contest (4/27/2022) - Pound cake cooks are invited to try their luck in the 2022 May Faire Pound Cake contest, to be held Saturday, May 7, as part of the festival being held… …
Explosion of beauty (4/20/2022) - Here is a sample of the beautiful photos being sent our way. Please submit your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Mary Bourne of Bena said the deer mostly leave this azalea alone.… …
Easter coloring contest (4/20/2022) - The Gazette-Journal’s annual Easter coloring contest received entries from 90 boys and girls, ages 4 through 12. Cash prizes of $25, $15 and $10 were awarded in each of three… …Why are microclimates important? (4/20/2022) - “I watched a gardening show about microclimates a few days ago. What do you know about planting in microclimates,” Jim asked me recently. “Probably not as much as I should,”… …
Raffle winner (4/13/2022) - Apostles Lutheran Church held a free raffle during the Gloucester Daffodil Festival, with Yve Grundy of Williamsburg winning a stained-glass piece created by Gene Gomez. He was inspired by a… …Full bloom (4/13/2022) - We had so many flower photos, we have carried some over to next week and will try to find space for almost everything. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net, and… …
Northstein-Bullion (4/13/2022) - Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Northstein of Gloucester announce the engagement of their daughter, Maekenna W. Northstein, to Jett W. Bullion, son of Star Richardson of Church View, and Johnathan Bullion… …
Ready for Easter (4/13/2022) - Linda Digges, who lives on North River Road, Mathews, sent in this photo of a roadside mailbox decorated for Easter, “one of the best” she has ever seen. …
Big bloom (4/13/2022) - Olivia Tautkus of Hayes offered a humorous photo: “I found a rather unusual and large variety of daffodil in my yard the other day.” …Siberian and Japanese Irises (4/13/2022) - In last week’s “Gardening Corner,” I wrote about tall, bearded iris, which some gardeners plant as late spring to early summer focal points. There is no denying the beauty and… …
Nature leaps into spring (4/13/2022) - PHOTO BY LINDA TJOSSEM Killdeer bird eggs are laid in Linda Tjossem’s driveway at Hayes again this year. She has protected them with an obstacle for vehicles. PHOTO BY LARRY… …
Virginia Marine Police (4/13/2022) - Senior Officer S. Taylor Ovide with the Virginia Marine Police spoke Monday to the Mathews County Woman’s Club about how his department’s objectives have changed from merely regulating fisheries to… …
Spring explosion (4/6/2022) - Shall we continue? we asked, and you voted with your flowers. We continue into our third year of beautiful flora. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Assorted flower shots from… …
Irises, garden show-stoppers (4/6/2022) - For several weeks, Gloucester County appeared to be bathed in warm shades of golden light: lemony, buttery, egg yolky yellows, with touches of salmon, coral, and key lime. Sadly, many… …Gloucester Daffodil Show (4/6/2022) - CHARLIE KOENIG / GAZETTE-JOURNAL This year’s return of the Gloucester Daffodil Festival also brought with it a return of the annual Gloucester Daffodil Show. The show, a signature event of… …
