• The REAL reason Garden Rescue host Charlie Dimmock never shows her own home's garden on screen

    Charlie Dimmock, 57, has revealed why she never shows her own garden on camera despite having transformed those of others for a living on BBC's Garden Rescue and, earlier, Ground Force.

  • Gusty winds continue into the weekend

    High winds continue to die down overnight. Gusty winds will stick around through Saturday. Wind gusts over 60 mph were recorded in parts of southern New Mexico today. These winds brought areas of blowing dust into this evening. Scattered showers also developed Thursday afternoon, including thunderstorms around the Sandias today. Most of this rain evaporated []

  • Vegan “Pest” Control Techniques for the Home & Garden

    Being a bona fide, no-harm animal lover can put one in a precarious situation when it comes to animal “pests” in the house and garden.

  • California exodus of home insurance companies continues

    Two more insurers are pulling out of California's troubled homeowners insurance market, straining a marketplace that already has seen the pullback of several other companies that have cited increase costs related to wildfire risks. Tokio Marine America Insurance Co. and Trans Pacific Insurance Co. submitted filings to the California Department of Insurance stating they will not renew 12,556 homeowners policies with a premium value of $11.3 million starting July 1. Also not being renewed are...

  • Charleston’s rain garden program to continue

    If you blinked a few times on April 9, you might have missed the part of the Charleston City Council meeting in which the city clarified how its rain garden water sequestration program isn’t dead.

  • Lighting strike causes small fire in Erie home

    Lighting struck an Erie home Thursday causing a small fire around 4 p.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Homestead Road.

  • April showers continue across Southern California this weekend

    A chilly spring storm system moving into Southern California on Saturday was expected to bring drizzles by 3 p.m. followed by a quarter to half an inch of rain through Sunday. "The latest storm total is looking to be around one quarter inch up to 1 1/2 [inches] for mountain areas," said meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld, of the National Weather Service Oxnard station. Snow was forecast for the mountains above 6,000 feet, with up to 10 inches falling on the highest peaks and a dusting of up to an...

  • Brook Hall & Garden Estate opens garden for National Garden Scheme charity

    Brook Hall Estate and Gardens is located in Derry and is home to one of Northern Ireland's top arboretums. The 18th-century estate opened for the public with all proceeds going towards the National Garden Scheme charity. The National Garden Scheme is a UK-based charity that opens up private gardens to allow access to the public. All proceeds go towards funding national nursing charities such as Macmillan. Brook Hall partnered with the Foyle Hospice which greeted those attending the event with...

  • Editorial: Sobering message from one who lived it continues to hit home

    His story of desperation and redemption has been well documented, but the message he imparts continues to ring true for the countless numbers spellbound by his hell-and-back experience. In the 15 years that he’s been free of drug dependency, Chris Herren has crisscrossed the nation, preaching the benefits of sobriety and the evils of addiction. […]

  • Jackson County Expo hosts Oregon Cheese Festival this weekend

    CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – The Oregon Cheese Festival is taking over the Seven Feathers Event Center at the Jackson County Expo. On Saturday and Sunday, cheese connoisseurs can taste their way through dozens of local artisan cheese, specialty foods, beer, wine, and cider. On Saturday, cheese lovers 21 and older can enjoy the event from […]

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    Thursday PM Forecast: warmth continues until weekend cold front

    Stubborn clouds have kept high temperatures a few degrees lower than expected the last two afternoons. If sunshine can sneak out on Friday, thermometers will make a big bounce into the upper 80s. The chance for rain returns over the weekend.Tonight & Tomorrow: Clouds have started breaking apart west of the Capital Area and those gaps will start to emerge locally overnight. As a result of partial clearing and a slight dip in humidity, low temperatures will sneak into the upper 60s. The forecast...

  • Five common garden plants that could be dangerous for people, pets and homes

    The seemingly harmless plants can actually be highly toxic to humans and animals