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Harmony Museum’s annual Herb, Garden Fair set June 9
Gardeners and plant lovers of all stripes and styles are gearing up for The Harmony Museum’s annual Herb and Garden Fair where attendees can donate and trade potted plants and shop the various venders.
Gardeners and plant lovers of all stripes and styles are gearing up for The Harmony Museum’s annual Herb and Garden Fair where attendees can donate and trade potted plants and shop the various venders.
Intensive or raised bed gardening provides an excellent opportunity to have highly productive vegetable and flower gardens that are easy to maintain in convenient locations.
Bees are important pollinators.
With the cost of electricity rising, some area residents have looked to alternative energy sources to lighten the load.
An outstanding example of a public garden maintained by the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Butler County is found at the Cranberry Township Municipal Building, 2525 Rochester Road.
Spring is the busiest time of year for bees and their beekeepers. Queens begin laying their eggs, scouts head out of the hive to find food to replenish diminished stocks, and the rest of the workers shoulder the load in raising more brood.
Dahlias, the national flower of Mexico, are easy to grow and yield bountiful, beautiful blooms from mid-summer to the first frost. Their many shapes and riotous colors can brighten up gardens, borders and even patio containers.
Robertson Kitchen and Bath Gallery
The local Robertson Kitchen and Bath Gallery, located at 1245 Freedom Road in Cranberry Township, is managed by Rich Eakin, who has a long history in kitchen and bathroom design and sales.
The local Robertson Kitchen and Bath Gallery, located at 1245 Freedom Road in Cranberry Township, is managed by Rich Eakin, who has a long history in kitchen and bathroom design and sales.
What can gardeners do to support native pollinators and wildlife and help to maintain a diversity of species?
The upcoming spring and summer weather brings us the opportunity to enjoy flowers (forsythia, lilacs, bulbs), as well as the emerging leaves of shrubs and trees (magnolia, pussy willow).
As the weather breaks, the days are getting longer and temperatures begin to rise, many people will be eager to flip the switch on their air conditioning unit.
Spring is the busiest time of year for bees and their beekeepers. Queens begin laying their eggs, scouts head out of the hive to find food to replenish diminished stocks, and the rest of the workers shoulder the load in raising more brood.
Gardening classes set for May
CRANBERRY TWP — For those who are new to gardening or want to brush up on their skills, the Penn State Master Gardeners of Butler County are teaching a 4-week series of gardening classes Tuesdays in May at the municipal center, 2525 Rochester Road.
CRANBERRY TWP — For those who are new to gardening or want to brush up on their skills, the Penn State Master Gardeners of Butler County are teaching a 4-week series of gardening classes Tuesdays in May at the municipal center, 2525 Rochester Road.
Colored, textured and patterned comforters and duvets are telling a dramatic bedtime story these days.
DogWatch
Our entire DogWatch team Jack, Liz, John, Susan, Jared and Erin would like to take this opportunity to say “Thank You” to all of current and future customers. This year marks our 17th year of providing safety, security and peace of mind for pets and their owners in the Greater Pittsburgh area.
Our entire DogWatch team Jack, Liz, John, Susan, Jared and Erin would like to take this opportunity to say “Thank You” to all of current and future customers. This year marks our 17th year of providing safety, security and peace of mind for pets and their owners in the Greater Pittsburgh area.
In the language of flowers, Coreopsis (tickseed) is known as the “always be cheerful flower.”
Master Gardeners host spring speaker series
CRANBERRY TWP — Eager to begin your spring gardening by learning new tricks of the trade? Then join the Butler County Master Gardeners at their Spring Fever Speaker Series.
CRANBERRY TWP — Eager to begin your spring gardening by learning new tricks of the trade? Then join the Butler County Master Gardeners at their Spring Fever Speaker Series.
Drip method saves time, water
The gardener who can do a thorough job of watering with hose in hand is rare indeed.
The gardener who can do a thorough job of watering with hose in hand is rare indeed.
The soft morning light and the sweet songs of the birds trickle through your windows and awaken you in the morning. You just know spring has arrived — the season every gardener has been waiting for all winter.
Air Pro Heating and Cooling
Pittsburgh heating and cooling company Air Pro, is a trusted provider for all of your heating and cooling needs.
Pittsburgh heating and cooling company Air Pro, is a trusted provider for all of your heating and cooling needs.
With the sights and smells of spring soon upon us, the time will has come for landscapers and gardeners to take out their tools, knock the dust off and fuel up for this years season of gardening.
Despite being a master gardener, I often forget to water my indoor house plants. To compensate for my forgetfulness, I found the perfect houseplants that don't require water or much attention: succulents!
Conrad Kitchen and Bath
After a lifetime of experience in the building trades and six years as a designer working for a highly respected and well known kitchen and bath firm, my lifetime dreams finally came true.
After a lifetime of experience in the building trades and six years as a designer working for a highly respected and well known kitchen and bath firm, my lifetime dreams finally came true.
Some of my best plantings are not my doing. My role, in these cases, has been to recognize the plants’ qualities and then leave well enough alone. Those pastel-pink columbines that look so pretty in front of the dark green leaves and flaming red flowers of my trumpet honeysuckle vine? I planted the honeysuckle, but the columbines just appeared one year and have remained.
Funyak Landscapes
The American dream is something very well known in this country: start a company from the ground up with hard work and integrity and watch it blossom into a reputable and viable entity.
The American dream is something very well known in this country: start a company from the ground up with hard work and integrity and watch it blossom into a reputable and viable entity.