Back to basics

Sep 15, 2017 | Features |

Collier Keeping lost art of blacksmithing alive Should the town of Henderson see a zombie attack, it will be well armed as new aged folks are learning olden day skills at David Collier’s Broken Hammer Forge. Is Collier particularly into zombies? Not really — his zombie knives mostly go to work afterwards clearing brush around his family farm, but it’s one avenue for exposing folks to what he does love, which is blacksmithing. Today’s Blacksmith Drawn into the craft himself on a whim and peer pressure at a church picnic for him to help demonstrate the making of an...

Rebooting the apple

Sep 15, 2017 | Features |

Advances in breeding make for better fruit With school starting in September again, the season is ripe for one of the most enduring educational traditions, bringing the teacher an apple. But like many other once-familiar items in today’s classrooms, even apples are being updated to better suit today’s needs and tastes. Old-school standbys like the iconic Red Delicious, while still a major presence in the market, increasingly face stiff competition from newcomers like Cosmic Crisp, SnapDragon, RubyFrost and Scarlet Crush. Even now, grocery shelves far from posh metropolitan centers are routinely stocked with once-exotic appellations such as Fuji, Gala,...

Colors rise in fall

Sep 15, 2017 | Features |

The fall season brings a ton of vibrant color to the landscape but it can be easy to lose out on color in garden spaces without the right plan. “Spring and summer are usually pretty simple to fill with color,” says Stacey Hirvela, horticulturalist at Proven Winners. “It can take a bit more planning to keep the garden looking great late summer into fall and winter. “However, with a bit of careful plant selection your garden can brim with interest in every season.” Plants blooming in late summer and the fall can provide some of the green foundation in...

Talbot County Garden Club installs new officers

Aug 1, 2017 | Features |

The Talbot County Garden Club announced its new team of officers were installed on June 27. This year in particular is very special for the club and all of its members as it is the club’s Centennial Celebration. The Garden Club’s Board includes chairpersons from its key committees and the recently installed Executive Board includes: Pamela Keeton as president, Rita Osgood as vice president, Ann Ashby as treasurer, Lucy Spiegel as recording secretary, Meg van den Berg as corresponding secretary, Peggy Hegwood as parliamentarian and Mary Louise Maechling as member at large. As the club celebrates its Centennial and...

The ABC’s of ‘A bee, see!’

Aug 1, 2017 | Features |

There’s been quite a bit of buzz over the past few years about the importance of protecting bees. Even primary schools are stressing the vital role of these pollinators as my children have transitioned from yelling out an alarmed “Mom! A bee!” to “Awe, Mom … a bee!” While the European honeybee gets most of the credit for pollination, the number of managed hives is half of what it was in the 1950s and continues to decline due to honeybee pests and diseases. Enter our helpful native bees that contribute significantly to crop pollination and, on farms with suitable...

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Back to basics

Rebooting the apple

Colors rise in fall

Talbot County Garden Club installs new officers

The ABC’s of ‘A bee, see!’

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