Daily Progress welcomes new news staff
The Jacksonville Daily Progress welcomed four new staff members to its news department in the last two weeks.
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Texas Crop Report
The following reports were compiled by AgriLife Extension for the week of July 19:
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Editorial: Ventura County farmers harvest a new rising star
Strawberries are still king of the fields in Ventura County, but the popular fruit is now being stalked by an upstart vegetable — celery. With strawberries leading the way with 2.13 million in sales — to again claim the title of top crop — county farmers had a good 2010, posting total revenues of .86 billion, despite a balky economy. Last year’s crop value was up 14 percent over 2009′s .6 …
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Berry good strawberry ice cream
When I was a kid, I liked fresh strawberries, but I absolutely hated strawberry ice cream. To me, the ice cream tasted nothing like real strawberries.
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A few solutions to seasonal growing pains
Q: Wild strawberries are gradually taking over my lawn. I can’t find anything that will kill them without also killing the grass. So I’m reduced to using Roundup and then reseeding the dead area. Is there a better answer?
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Tatton Park Flower Show ends the season on a high
Head to Tatton Park for a relaxed summer show, says Cleve West
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Little blueberries produce big yield in Vermont
Loading Photo Galleries … Dorset native Charlotte Hudson picks blueberries at Adam’s Berry Farm in the Intervale on July 18, 2011. “I want to make a pie!” Hudson said. Blueberries were one of the only crops that survived this spring’s weather on the farm, according to owner Adam Hausmann.
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It doesn’t get fresher
Vendors at Edgewood Farmers Market Depend on Passion More Than Money
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Police Blotter
CAMPBELL200 block of Hollis Avenue, 2:16 p.m. Friday A male located his stolen vehicle.900 block of West Latimer Avenue, 1:35 a.
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Secret garden revealed
Aprivate garden opening this weekend is poised to become the next gem in Puget Sound’s collection of public gardens. The newly formed nonprofit Soos Creek Botanical Garden in Auburn is anything but a new garden.
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ASK A MASTER GARDENER: July garden tips
* Radishes, lettuce and spinach bolt and turn bitter in July heat. Remove them and replace with cauliflower and cabbage for fall harvest* Water gardens early in the day and at the base of plants.* Sidedress tomatoes, peppers and other long-season crops with fertilizer early this month—not too heavily or you’ll end up with luxuriant foliage and late or little fruit.* Mosquitoes breed in …
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Bright ideas for ‘seedless’ berry pies
Longtime Forum friend Rosie Batcheldor of Lake Stevens recently mentioned she’s looking forward to what looks to be a bumper crop of evergreen blackberries this year. “I like them in pies,” she said, “but a lot of people don’t because of the seeds.
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Top Artisanal Pizza In Boulder
Boulder puffed out its collective foodie chest recently when Bon Appétit magazine named it the nation’s “foodiest” town. It merits being called America’s “pizza-iest” town, too.
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Yacht chef travels the seas cooking for the rick and famous
MIAMI — Victoria Allman has whipped up chocolate chiffon cake for captains of industry and salmon tartar for Brazilian socialites. She has shopped for fresh produce at the crack of dawn in markets fr
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Biscotti: They’re dunkable, crunchable and ever so muchable
Twice baked is twice as nice.
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Japan Nuclear Disaster Update 31: Radioactive stuff spreads, questions multiply [Greg Laden's Blog]
The International Atomic Energy Association issued its last report on Fukushima on June 2nd and appears to not be keeping their web site up to date any more. This is the last time I’ll be checking with them unless I hear otherwise. The email scandal reported last time continues “Analysts say the scandal reflects panic in Japan’s atomic power industry, long coddled by political, corporate and …
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Cathy Zimmerman: A fresh take on a 5,000-mile interstate journey
When we decided to take a road trip to Wisconsin last spring, gas prices had hit a gallon and tornadoes were raking the country’s midsection.
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Celebrating old growth, fighting new challenges in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Rick and Jillian Self, of Charleston, S.C., walk by a massive poplar tree in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest on Friday. / Dustin Stuart/Citizen-Times JOYCE KILMER MEMORIAL FOREST — Marshall McClung was born and raised on the edge of Nantahala National Forest outside Robbinsville, in a log cabin with no electricity or running water.
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