Features | Shore Home & Garden Magazine

Turn Halloween pumpkins into treats for pigs and other critters

Nov 1, 2022 | Debra R. Messick, Features |

Even before the calendar or temperature announces the arrival of fall, a plethora of pumpkins seem...

Pumpkins are welcome by wildlife, too

Nov 1, 2022 | Features |

If you don’t live near a farm that’s taking pumpkins for its livestock, there are other ways to recycle your gorgeous gourds. Here are several all-natural ways to recycle them with local wildlife in mind, courtesy of the...

What’s your ‘garden horoscope?’

Nov 1, 2022 | Diane Stopyra, Features |

(Editor’s note: For the uninitiated, becoming a plant parent can feel like an undertaking of cosmic proportions. Not sure which specimens are for you? Let the planets dictate your picks. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the...

Comfrey naturally a source of fertilizer

Nov 1, 2022 | Features, Sean Clougherty |

Fertilizers comes in numerous forms and in the category of “green manure” — plants whose biomass puts nutrients back into the soil — there’s Comfrey. Maria Velikonja, a Master Gardener and owner of Carniola Farms in Parsonsburg...