A proposed plan to build a hydroelectric plant at the Ashokan Reservoir — a major recreation area in Ulster County and supplier of approximately 40 percent of New York City’s drinking water — is now shifting locations after local residents fought the announced plans by an out-of-state energy company. California-based […]
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CLOSE Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Director of Native Landscapes Ethan Olson talks about benefits and possibilities of native landscaping. Indianapolis Star More than a third of the food we eat is reliant on pollinators such as butterflies and bees. But pollinator habitat is disappearing — and backyards could play a role […]
Mar. 30—A former power plant on the Great Miami River will be transformed from a “brown field into a jobs field,” the business director of Frontier Industrial said Tuesday. In January, Frontier bought the former 365-megawatt O.H. Hutchings generation station property with about 200 acres off the river in Miamisburg […]
“Great ideas are kind of cooking for what’s going to go on down there,” Miamisburg Mayor Michelle Collins said. Ford said Frontier buys decommissioned industrial plants and sites, and the company been doing that for nearly 20 years. “This type of property is squarely in our wheelhouse,” he said. He […]
Another crazy season for seeds Despite seed companies ordering more seed to head off a repeat of last year’s COVID-fueled ordering slam, seed-buying is an adventure once again this year. Between gardeners ordering early and even higher demand than last year, many seed companies are back-ordering and selling out of […]
Stellantis NV is indefinitely laying off 150 workers producing the Jeep Cherokee crossover, the transatlantic automaker said Tuesday. The job cuts are happening at the company’s Belvidere Assembly Plant in north-central Illinois more than a month after Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and French rival Groupe PSA merged. Belvidere employs 3,374 hourly […]
Feb. 17—Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe. New features in Detroit’s first auto assembly plant in nearly 30 years seek to make every Jeep Grand Cherokee coming off the line even more ready to tackle Michigan potholes and other road impediments with a little “more Chalma.” That’s […]
Sow hardy ‘Aquadulce Claudia’ or ‘Super Aquadulce’. Pick sprigs Pick the occasional sprig of winter scented shrubs lonicera, sarcococca and daphne and bring them indoors, where they will fill the entire house with their spring-like scents. Build up Get new garden infrastructure in now. I have put in an archway […]
If you want to make a holiday wreath, learn about pruning or how to start beekeeping, there are dozens of classes to check out, online and in-person throughout December. Throughout the Lancaster County region, there are hands-on classes that teach things like how to make a kokedama string garden, a […]
If you want to make a holiday wreath, learn about pruning or how to start beekeeping, there are dozens of classes to check out, online and in-person throughout December. Throughout the Lancaster County region, there are hands-on classes that teach things like how to make a kokedama string garden, a […]
When I was growing up, my mother understood the necessity of having a piece of greenery in the home, whether it was faux or real. To her, it was almost like a staple of home decor. But she didn’t really have time to tend to plants, she was tending to […]