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Farmer John: I learned to love the land, what it gives us — and sustaining it

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I can still remember the smells of my first garden back home in small town Indiana. I walked into the garden,

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Farmer John: Farmers and consumers reap benefits from local food systems

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 The Independent News

“‘Ere long, the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No

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Essay: Making things grow in a Virginia Beach community garden

September 7, 2017 The Independent News

BY DENISE FINKBEINER HOLDEN VIRGINIA BEACH — I’m no farmer, but I can get stuff to grow. Whether I can get family to eat

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Students learn about gardening, composting and more at Creeds Elementary School in Virginia Beach

June 19, 2016June 22, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — Students at Creeds Elementary School demonstrated a compost tumbler that helps them – and some helpful worms – keep a

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Attracting butterflies, hummingbirds to a Virginia Beach garden

May 8, 2016 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Hummingbirds fascinate us and butterflies delight us, but how do you lure them into your garden? It’s not

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A number of ways to brighten winter gardens

December 16, 2015 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE Cover crops – including clover, rye, and other grasses – are on the rise in southern Virginia Beach this fall

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