A big snow (2/26/2025) - For once, we got the works. Thank you for your great photos. We will return to flowers next week! Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Birds at the feeders of… …A new fungal disease of ornamentals (2/26/2025) - “Oh, great,” I thought when I read the brief article on the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program Facebook page, “Just what we all need, another fungal disease of ornamentals.”… …
Purple Martins return to Virginia (2/26/2025) - In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in Virginia, according to a release from the Purple Martin… …
Seasonal confusion (2/19/2025) - Is winter lasting forever? Is spring coming soon? How much snow will fall? We don’t know the answers, but we do welcome your photos. Please send them to editor@gazettejournal.net. Doug… …
Three Gloucester properties, art museum, featured on this year’s tour (2/19/2025) - Three Gloucester properties will be open Saturday, April 26, as Historic Garden Week begins its perennial springtime in Virginia display of notable homes and properties. Garden Week, which began in… …How to begin composting (2/19/2025) - In last week’s “Gardening Corner,” I wrote about some of the benefits of home composting: the creation of healthy organic material that will enrich the soil in your garden without… …
Master Naturalists (2/19/2025) - Board members of the Middle Peninsula Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists met last week for a retreat. At that time, the new board members for 2025 officially began their terms… …Potpourri (2/12/2025) - Winter birds, the first daffodils (hooray), beautiful camellias, Valentines and more: happy mid-February. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A blue jay and broad-winged hawk are frequent visitors at the… …
Why bother to compost? (2/12/2025) - One of the most difficult truths for new gardeners to grasp is that gardening is hard work. Most gardening programs on TV don’t show the digging, planting, sweating, fighting off… …
New members welcomed (2/12/2025) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons welcomed two new members during its Feb. 4 meeting at Severn Church, Gloucester. Shown, from left, are new member Lou… …Winter medley (2/5/2025) - Friends, the cold weather is still with us, and we continue to welcome your photos of natural beauties, indoors and out. You know and we know that it won’t be… …
Flowers that are here and gone (2/5/2025) - Last Sunday, I walked outside to look at the condition of the herb garden after some of the coldest winter weather in years. I was pleased to see new green… …
Gardening seminar to examinewelcoming fireflies to the yard (2/5/2025) - Alyssa Ford Morel will give a talk titled “The Hospitable Gardener: Welcoming Fireflies and Other Creatures to Your Yard” at this year’s Gardening in the Northern Neck seminar on Saturday,… …
Nellie Thornton sacrificed all in a time of war (2/5/2025) - When her country needed her, Cornelia Elizabeth Thornton of Bena signed up. She sailed to England on the SS Olympic as a member of the army nursing corps in 1918,… …Brighter days (1/29/2025) - The past couple of weeks have brought bitterly cold weather, and birdlife has huddled up to get through. Now the weather is generally improving and days are longer. Please send… …
Gloucester Daffodil Club members had busy 2024 planting season (1/29/2025) - The Gloucester Daffodil Club was busy during the 2024 daffodil planting season of November and December. Members planted over 7,300 daffodil bulbs at local businesses, churches, and schools, bringing the… …Do slugs eat daffodils? (1/29/2025) - At a recent meeting of local daffodil lovers, I overheard my friend, Tammy, telling other members about a slug attack on a daffodil grower’s plants. I joined the conversation, and… …
P.E.O. Game Day (1/29/2025) - P.E.O. Chapter BT of Mathews hosted a Game Day on Monday, Jan. 20, welcoming P.E.O. members from Chapters BW-Gloucester and Chapter CA-Gloucester/Mathews, along with community friends, at the Kingston Parish… …Nature provides (1/22/2025) - Yes, it’s cold and sometimes gray outdoors, but nature continues to provide beautiful views indoors and out. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A college of cardinals gathered on Thursday… …
White oaks and red oaks (1/22/2025) - The only way you can respond to some questions is to take a deep breath, pause, gaze sagely at the questioner, and say, “That is a very good question,” affording… …
Preservation Virginia conductingsurvey to ID threatened historic places (1/22/2025) - Preservation Virginia is conducting its annual drive to identify historic places under threat of being lost. The list of Virginia’s Most Endangered Historic Places raises awareness of historic sites around… …
Snowed under (1/15/2025) - With snow photos…it has been so long since we had a measurable fall. Look for flowers and more in next week’s paper. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Snow covered… …
Animals need a warm place, too (1/15/2025) - It was snowing when I went to bed Friday night, and I was thrilled on Saturday morning by the glorious expanse of glistening white that the day before had been… …
Ruritan Club officers (1/15/2025) - Chesapeake District Zone 4 Governor Don Sandridge, at left, recently swore in the 2025 officers for the Piankatank Ruritan Club. They are, from left: club president Tim Roscher, vice president… …
New Year’s mix (1/8/2025) - Sun, clouds, birds, kids, flowers and more: highlights for cold and dreary days. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cheryl Slavnik of Gloucester sent these photos of her grandchildren Talia… …