Heirlooms to flavor our lives
Stopping to smell the flowers
By Arlene Marturano marturano@yahoo.com
      With heirloom tomatoes returning to garden centers and seed catalogs, the opportunity for great tasting tomatoes in gardens are within reach. Heirloom tomatoes took a back row since the 1950s when corporate and commercial farming emerged to feed a post WWII burgeoning population and to change the ...
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Second Annual Lawn Mower Exchange, April 19
Contributed by Richland County
      In an effort to promote cleaner air in the Midlands, Richland County, Lexington County, the City of Columbia, SC DHEC, and Keep the Midlands Beautiful have teamed up to host the second annual Central Midlands Lawn Mower Exchange on Saturday, April 19 from 9 am to noon at the South Carolina State M...
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Support West Nile virus surveillance
Contributed by DHEC
      Warm weather is approaching, and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control wants help to reduce the risk from the serious diseases mosquitoes can carry with the following tips: • Remove any buckets, cups, bottles, flowerpots, plastic bags, tires or any waterholding containers ...
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