I wish I had a pond and a solid wet area around it – so much so that I am considering adding at least one water feature to my garden. My top-of-the-hill location (where water quickly sheds with gravity) means that I don’t have a good habitat for plants that want a wetter, maybe even … Read more
Guest rant by Jack Kramer Guess you could say I started gardening at about age four when I planted onion sets in my sandbox. That means I now have seventy-eight years of gardening under my belt. But I’m still learning. Each year, I buy plants from local nurseries, avoiding the often-drooping stock at big box … Read more
Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday. The free update was made available Thursday to an audience that has signed up to test Apple’s software before … Read more
Google uses anti-competitive practices to dominate the market for online advertising technology, a UK watchdog has provisionally found. The potentially unlawful behaviour could be harming thousands of UK publishers and advertisers, an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned. It accuses Google of preventing rivals from “competing on a level playing field” … Read more
BBC It had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute – responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments. And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government. It sounded almost too good … Read more
Among the roughly 23,000 men who played played Major League Baseball over the past century-and-a-half, none had a season with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases — until now. Shohei Ohtani became the first 50-50 player on Thursday when the Los Angeles Dodgers star hit his 50th and 51st home runs and stole his … Read more
CNN — Here is a look at the life of Hall of Fame hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who is the all-time leading scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history, with 2,857 career points (894 career goals and 1,963 career assists). Birth date: January 26, 1961 Birth place: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Birth name: Wayne Douglas Gretzky … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Jared Bernstein, chairman of Council of Economic Advisors, joins CNBC’s ‘Money Movers’ to discuss expectations for President Biden’s visit to the Economic Club of Washington DC, reactions to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut, and more. 04:53 Thu, Sep 19 202411:40 AM … Read more
I hope with all my heart that relatively swift action will spare me from the worst poison ivy rash I have ever had. Here in New England, Poison Ivy is a very common poisonous plant where all parts of the plant will leave you with an itchy rash. The urushiol oil in this woody vine causes a minor to severe allergic reaction in … Read more
By C.L. Fornari Sparky, a Sato, wonders why he’s being asked to sit next to a Hydrangea, tentatively identified as a H. macrophylla ‘Sandy Summer’ I went to the grocery store recently, and when I checked out, my cart contained the food I needed and a Hydrangea that I didn’t. The store was filled with … Read more