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Learn the art of homesteading at the Horn Farm Center
Photo courtesy of the Horn Farm Center Learn to make a rocket stove, or how to build your own garden on Saturday at the Horn Farm Center’s Homesteading Education Day. Homesteading “is defined as...
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DIY: Benefits of making your own baby food
I’d rather serve my baby this… (Photo courtesy of Flickr user vintage_breda) …than this. (Photo courtesy of Flickr user Seth W.) Everyone has an opinion about parenting best practices. “Cloth diapers...
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Turn Kleenex box into gift card holder and two gift tags
I love when I have those aha recycle moments, when I see a use for something I’m about to discard. Such was the case recently with this empty tissue box. What I ended up with was an “envelope” to...
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Green your Memorial Day weekend
Clyde Hilker holds a strong salute in the heat during the Memorial Day Service at Veterans Memorial Park in York in 2012. Hilker, of Spring Grove, is a WWII vet who served in the Army and is retired...
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Full disclosure — Chipotle labels GMOs
Photo courtesy of Chipotle Mexican Grill “No more GMOs!” Last week, hundreds marched in protest against Monsanto and its lobby to use GMOs. Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are a hot topic, and...
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Learn how to build a rain garden with MAEscapes
Photo courtesy of MAEscapes Have you considered creating a garden with Mid-Atlantic native plants or a rain garden, but don’t know where to start? The Mid-Atlantic Ecological Landscapes Partnership, or...
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Container Garden Chronicles: I have a black thumb
This sungold tomato plant doesn’t want to live. Photo by Bethany Fehlinger This time of year, I see a lot of articles, blog posts and pictures of luscious gardens and thriving food plants. I also head...
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Tour native plant gardens in York
Veronica Chavez walks in her backyard garden on Wednesday. Chavez grows around 88 native plant species on her York property. Chavez says her garden is easy to maintain. Native plants take care of...
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Support group created for young breast cancer survivors
Consuelo Rabanales of Springettsbury Township, left, and Tara Garver of Dover talk during a support group for women younger than 45 who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in October at the York...
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Girls’ dresses from The Bee are both practical and green
Eleanor Arthur, age 3, wears a Maisey dress by The Bee, available for $35 at Arthur & Daughters, 49 N. Beaver St. in York. (Photos by Ashley May)It’s a dress that can be worn for playtime and...
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