September 1, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
There he found greens of a different sort Monday. Lying in the garden among the peppers was a duffel bag filled with $20 bills-lots of them. He went inside to tell his father of his discovery. “I told him, we have enough problems, now we got another problem. Look what I found in the garden,” [...]
September 1, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
Two of our performing arts-organizations have boosted their online presence: The Garden Theatre in Winter Garden has revamped its website, and Valencia College has created a new arts website, complete with online ticketing.For the Garden Theatre, the new website gardentheatre.org offers:Easier navigationIncreased resourcesEasier ticketing purchasingBetter text readabilityPhoto galleriesArchives I .. more …
September 1, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
BANGOR ” A garden blooms again in Bangor.For years now, there has been a garden in front of the Isaac Farrar Mansion at the Bangor Y. The Encore Garden on Second Street was planted in memory of those who succumbed to breast cancer.The problem was that the garden had become run-down in recent years.”The garden [...]
August 28, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
No such thing as a free lunch?Guess again, farmer.Last week, when I wrote about Ron Finley’s edible garden near the Crenshaw district, Finley had one little quibble. He wished I had mentioned that he and his partners will come to your house and help you plant your own garden for no charge, supplies and plants [...]
August 28, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
If South Sutter is allowed to move forward with the project, the district could declare eminent domain over land to be flooded, said Bear Yuba Land Trust Vice President and Garden Bar Preserve Manager Joe Byrne.It was unclear what legal challenges could be made to the taking of land placed in conservation easements, added Byrne, [...]
August 28, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
With demand for water expected to continue rising with population, NID officials want to reserve the possibility of enlarging Rollins Reservoir, Wilcox said. But a Garden Bar Reservoir downstream of Rollins – and up to six times the size – would interfere with that.For NID’s water conveyance system, which moves liquid from high Sierra Nevada [...]
August 28, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
SUMMER’S END SENIOR PICNIC The Garden City Recreation Department, in cooperation with D J Refreshments and TCBY of Garden City, is proud to announce a special event for our resident seniors. On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at noon our “Summers’ End Senior Picnic” will be held opposite the St. Paul’s Senior Center by the “Community [...]
August 24, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
The Essential Points to Remember When Building a Garden PergolaSearchA well designed and constructed pergola is a feature which will add considerably to the appearance of a garden. It will also give you a great deal of satisfaction in building it yourself.When designing a pergola, it is important to consider its appearance in relation to [...]
August 17, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
Looking at the tall tomato plants, plentiful zucchini vines and bounty of herbs that now flourish in a corner of land at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Oella, it’s hard to imagine the land was once waist-high with weeds.That was before the fenced-in space was taken over neighbors associated with the Greater [...]
August 17, 2011 - Posted by admin- 0 Comments
Three years ago, Crystal Lecuyer of the Middletown Township Parks Recreation Department started with a blank slate: a 48′ x 48′ plot of land behind the Middletown Community Center building. After putting a plan together with other volunteers to try “lasagna” gardening, the garden has flourished, producing hundreds of pounds of produce each year that [...]