“Allentown Garden Club to meet Sept. 10 - Examiner” plus 4 more |
- Allentown Garden Club to meet Sept. 10 - Examiner
- Volunteer's garden fills vacant lot - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Mary Claire Rowe - Tyler Morning Telegraph
- Natural options for your garden - WAND TV
- Tomato fungus could cause problems for farmers and home gardens - WNDU
| Allentown Garden Club to meet Sept. 10 - Examiner Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:02 PM PDT Allentown Garden Club to meet Sept. 10 Clarksburg residents John and Susan Brandauer will share their expertise when they present "Butterflies and their Gardens" at the Sept. 10 meeting of the Allentown Garden Club. The Brandauers will discuss plantings and conditions necessary to attract and keep butterflies in the home garden. Susan raises and tags Monarch butterflies and is studying for certification as a wildlife habitat naturalist. In addition, the National Wildlife Federation, Monarch Watch and the North American Butterfly Association have certified the Brandauer property as a wildlife habitat. The meeting will begin 7 p.m. at the Allentown Methodist Church on Church Street. All are welcome to attend. For more information go to www.allentowngardenclub.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Volunteer's garden fills vacant lot - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Posted: 12 Aug 2009 10:00 PM PDT Two years ago, the East Pittsburgh Development Corporation selected Bernie Pintar as its volunteer of the year because of a community garden he created and maintained in town. But rather than thank the board for the award, he refused it and instead vowed to create something grander, something that would make him feel more worthy of the recognition. He wanted to create something "award-winning," he said. Mr. Pintar's second community garden nearly fills a vacant lot on Center Street and holds a rainbow's array of produce: swiss chard with magenta stalks, heirloom tomatoes in reds and yellows, bright green celery, deep purple eggplant and yellow-green banana peppers, to name a handful. Enormous sunflowers, up to 12 feet tall tower over a small plot of corn in one corner. A winding path takes visitors through the garden and into a vacant space in the back, where Mr. Pintar has set up a couple of lawn chairs, donated by an East Pittsburgh council member, and a canopy. Hanging from the canopy are clay elephants, molded by Mr. Pintar from clay dirt he found in the garden. The land, which is behind Mr. Pintar's home, belongs to the Holleran family, who happily lent it to him for the garden. Mr. Pintar welcomes residents to come into the garden and help themselves to the produce, and he even makes deliveries to older residents who are unable to get out of the house. Councilman Kevin Narey drops by five to six times a week to harvest vegetables and check on the heirloom tomato and pepper plants he gave to Mr. Pintar after an injury prevented him from planting them in his own yard. But more than producing vegetables, the garden is producing peace and friendships, said Maureen Cuscack, a resident of the borough and a board member for East Pittsburgh Development Corporation. "It's a friend maker. It's a peaceful spot," she said, noting that one of her favorite things to do in the garden is sit in the back under the canopy. "I think that's one of the ways to help a community." The garden has become a casual meeting spot for residents. Some drop by not for the vegetables but just to enjoy the cool shade and the serenity of the garden. It's helped Mr. Pintar meet curious passers-by. "I've made friends with people [whom] I would not have met simply by being in the front [of the garden]," he said. Mr. Pintar has been working on the garden for a year and a half, but he said he never saw it as work. "It was never a challenge," he said. "I love doing this, and I think it shows." This year, when Mr. Pintar was presented with the volunteer of the year award, he graciously accepted.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mary Claire Rowe - Tyler Morning Telegraph Posted: 12 Aug 2009 09:17 PM PDT ©2009 TylerPaper.com/Tyler Morning Telegraph  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Natural options for your garden - WAND TV Posted: 12 Aug 2009 07:55 AM PDT Featured: 8 ways to recycle that old T-shirt *Top 5 'green' jobs  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tomato fungus could cause problems for farmers and home gardens - WNDU Posted: 12 Aug 2009 03:41 PM PDT [fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Tomato blight has turned up in the Hoosier state and the fungus can take down a plant and those around it in just days. There are concerns the blight could pose a threat to Indiana's commercial tomato growers and your home garden. A Purdue University ... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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