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Agriculture Environment Food & Drink Green Run Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Many hands help a new vegetable garden get its start in Green Run

June 10, 2021 The Independent News

Ed. — The cover story from the Sunday, May 23, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE GREEN RUN — Residents came together last month at

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Agriculture Virginia Beach

Column: Approaches to growing herbs in your garden

May 10, 2021 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally appeared in the Sunday, April 11, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Herb gardening has become increasingly popular, and

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Agriculture Food & Drink Virginia Beach

Column: Readying spring gardens, even when it is damp

March 14, 2021April 3, 2021 The Independent News

Ed. — Originally published in the Sunday, March 14, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — It’s getting to be spring gardening season

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Environment Lago Mar Virginia Beach

In Lago Mar, a home garden is a scenic habitat for many creatures

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE LAGO MAR — As a child growing up in East Greenwich, R.I., Joyce Williams created her own little park by transplanting

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Agriculture Environment Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Column: Debunking a few common gardening myths, such as where to put that banana peel

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — A recent conversation with Alexandra Cantwell, adult education manager at the Norfolk Botanical Garden, showed me much of

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Agriculture Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Building a garden starts with healthy, living soil

May 2, 2020 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I call it the garden of eatin’.  I love that fresh food, and I love working – really, playing – in the

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Virginia Beach

Column: Incredibly specific, somewhat overwhelming lawncare options

August 20, 2019 The Independent News

BY JIMMY FROST VIRGINIA BEACH — It began as an exercise program of sorts, and it became an obsession. Well, let me get the order

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Agriculture Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Column: Summertime and the bounty of my grandparents’ garden

August 21, 2018 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — When we recently moved into our house in Sandbridge, we made time for dragging out some planters and getting

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Agriculture Business Environment Food & Drink Health & Fitness Sigma Virginia Beach

Farmer John: An agriculture economy on our scale

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON VIRGINIA BEACH — Pop quiz: Which of the following terms does not fit with the others? GDP, trade wars, tariffs, short-term profit calculations,

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Agriculture Government Kempsville Virginia Beach

Us: Virginia Beach Master Gardener Stacie McGraw

June 29, 2018 The Independent News

BY STACIE MCGRAW I was an accidental volunteer – helping out at my daughters’ schools, participating in other organizations – but never feeling that I

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