Home/Garden Notes: Gardening series focuses on native plants, pollinators Penn State Master Gardeners of Allegheny County will present a fall Backyard Gardening Lecture Series from 9 a.m. to noon next Saturday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve on Dor-seyville Road in Fox Chapel. This fall's event will focus on native plants and pollinators.

Gardening Tips: Labor Day weekend, from a gardening viewpoint Labor Day weekend generally marks the last weekend of the summer vacation season. Next week the kids will be heading back to school and some seasonal residents will be beginning to close up their summer homes.

Gardening Q & A: Scorched leaves caused by salts Some plants tolerate more salts than others, but all plants have a maximum tolerance.

Gardening Tips: Lessons about life that trees teach us 1.) Be firmly rooted in your particular place. Trees are not wishy-washy, nor are they easily pushed around or moved once they have become established. Some humans have these attributes, too. Together they are referred to as “integrity.”

Gardening tools stolen in Aylsham Thieves have stolen gardening equipment and tools from a shed in Aylsham.

First graders learn gardening skills Last school year, youngsters in the first grade class of Christine Skipp, R.B. Hunt Elementary School, spent a portion of their class day working in a wonderful gardening area, near their classroom. They planted and cared for a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers -- usually butterfly and hummingbird attractants or host plants for butterflies. They learned about what they were growing and ...

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Peaceful Gardening David St. Julien has found "peace of mind" in a nearly 30-acre field full of fresh fruits and vegetables.

SOUTHGATE: Gardening supply stores upgrade security after break-ins SOUTHGATE — Indoor gardening supply stores Downriver are stepping up their security as more thieves are targeting their high-priced merchandise.

Tom's tips for potted bougainvilleas Gardening guru Tom Wyatt shares his tips for potted bougainvilleas.