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The good and bad news about ants and plants

“Help! I have ants in my plants!” Just as a weed is a plant out of place, in

Kurt Michael Friese: Coping with Tomato Overload

September. This is a special time of year, just right for the Queen of the Garden, the tomato. So enraptured have we become over this...

Environmentally friendly insecticide being tested in Lysander

Insecticide would be safe enough for a person to drink, but eliminates pests.

Manalapan Girl Scout cultivates community garden, earns award

MANALAPAN — Girl Scout Alyssa Petersen has truly created a community garden along Route 522 in Manalapan, with the harvest from the vegetable garden donated to the Samaritan Center. The Samaritan Center, which is based in Manalapan, provides food assistance to individuals and families in need in Manalapan, Englishtown, Marlboro and Millstone Township. read more

Extension roundup

As most gardeners are busy harvesting many warm-season vegetables during the summer, it might be hard to believe that yet another vegetable season is just beginning, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.