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Agriculture Chesapeake Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Column: Investigating plants cultivated from native species

July 10, 2021 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — I recently read Douglas Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, and I have to admit that I was a bit underwhelmed. Tallamy,

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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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Agriculture Back Bay Creeds Pungo Virginia Beach

Eying a storm, local farmers head into the corn fields for an early harvest

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally ran in the Sept. 6 print edition. THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH — Over the Labor Day Weekend, well before Hurricane

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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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Virginia Beach

Coyotes, a foe to livestock and a curiosity to some, now a regular part of landscape in Virginia Beach

November 27, 2017 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH – Coyotes, which are native to the Great Plains, are now so comfortable in Virginia Beach that they

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Agriculture Courthouse Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach farming industry saw overall growth, some changes in past year; budget anticipates restored agricultural reserve program dollars

May 8, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Agriculture in Virginia Beach had an estimated $124.6 million economic impact in 2016, an increase of $3.8 million or

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Agriculture Elections Government Virginia Beach

Elections: Candidate for conservation board supports family farms, suburban backyard hens

October 29, 2015 The Independent News

BY AMY POULTER COURTHOUSE – Virginia Beach resident Leslie Jones is one of two candidates running for two open seats on the Virginia Dare

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Agriculture Chesapeake Virginia Beach

Soy summit: extension service hosts a look at plant progress in neutral soil

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE NORTH LANDING — Along North Landing Road, near a large test plot tended for the Virginia Cooperative Extension by Curtis Wolfarth, dozens of

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Agriculture Chesapeake Government Virginia Beach

For private water users, a way to check quality, understand issues

June 20, 2015 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE About one in five homes in Virginia use private water, but what’s in it? A variety of factors contribute to water

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