By ALDONA BIRDNewsroom@DominionPost.com Whether you are preparing to celebrate the upcoming Easter holiday or doing some spring cleaning and organizing, customizable baskets are a great DIY. Baskets […]
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Morgantown seed library preserves and shares seeds
With spring and summer growing season starting, many of us are turning soil already, watering seedlings and plotting our growing space. Whether growing our own food as […]
Getting Garden Ready
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com While you can buy plenty of equipment for seed starting — heat mats, grow lights, a variety of pots, etc. — you can also […]
Another look at non-native plant species
Over the last few weeks I’ve thought a lot about the issue of non-native plants, and the column I wrote on it two weeks ago. […]
From Sap to Syrup
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com As the days warm up, maple sap flows through trunks and limbs of still dormant trees, bringing sugar from the roots to the branches. […]
Seeds really are amazing things
I’m going on the record as saying seeds are amazing. These often tiny little things have such potential, such power. Take for example the milkweed plant seed. […]
Prepare for Takeoff
BY ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPostWV With the exciting success of NASA’s rover Perseverance landing on Mars this past week, this is the perfect time to engage (with or without […]
Non-native plants not all bad for ecosystem
Recently learning that two common plants I know and enjoy (coltsfoot and ground ivy) are imports, started me thinking about native vs. non-native plants. If you aren’t […]
Upcycled Glassware
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com If you’re frustrated by the difficulty of recycling glass these days, don’t throw bottles into the trash — give them a new upcycled […]
Jewelry artist is inspired by flora
While local botanicals are in short supply this time of year, Ava, of Little Wizard Jewelry, still pulls inspiration from flora when designing polymer clay jewelry. She […]
