Light music played along Dukes County Avenue in Oak Bluffs on Saturday night as the first Arts District walk of the season invited art lovers to slow down and enjoy the work of six different galleries located on a short stretch of road. The walks take place on the second Saturday of July and August. […]
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There is something so simple and captivating about one in full bloom and this meaning is only exacerbated when planted in groups and in orchards. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Bulmers Orchard in Clonmel. I was there to watch the unique connection between bees and the very existence of Bulmers. You can imagine […]
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The village of Wangjinzhuang is nestled among the steep slopes of the mountains of southern Taihang in Hebei Province, China. To thrive in the northern climate, the villagers have developed a proven strategy: “use the earth to plant a hundred kinds of crops and not rely on the sky”. Their fields contain red millet, white […]
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Lori Qualls, [email protected] July 10, 2021Update: July 10, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. Midland County is not part of what is known as Michigan’s Fruit Belt, wrote JM Veazey, Dow Orchard Superintendent, in the 1926 edition of the Midland Sun. “There are no large orchards in the county with the sole exception of Dow Orchards, which […]
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Our correspondent Palampur, July 9 Farmers in the lowlands of Kangra district are worried about the drought. Several parts of the district experienced below average rains, adversely affecting the paddy harvest. In the Malan, Nagrota Bagwan, Mehanja, Paror and Sulaha regions of Palampur, farmers are concerned that the crop will wilt without sufficient irrigation. Water […]
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The Martha’s Vineyard Commission will review a project to demolish one of the oldest houses in Edgartown Harbor, voting to consider the project as a regional impact development at a meeting on Thursday. Known as Harman House and located at 189 Katama Road, the two-and-a-half-storey, 8,000 square foot colonial-style house dates from 1916 and is […]