Garden

The Jessamine County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who has been accused of stabbing another man at a burial service at Blue Grass Memorial Gardens cemetery in Nicholasville. Law enforcement has an active warrant for a charge of second-degree assault for Anthony R. Floyd, 30, of 557B Eureka Springs Drive, Lexington. Floyd allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man in the groin area while they were attending a burial ceremony for Floyd's 2-month-old daughter around 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jessamine County chief deputy Allen Peel said Friday afternoon.

The Learning Garden Preschool on Edgewood Drive were the winners of the Jessamine County Public Library's Summer Reading Outreach program. Of all the childcare facilities that participated, they averaged the highest number of books read to their students during the summer. As their special prize, they received a visit from Chick-fil-A at Hamburg Place.  Following a short storytime by library staff, the Chick-fil-A Cow arrived bringing food, fun gifts and lots of hugs andhigh-fives.

Kentucky native Jon Carloftis award-winning garden designer, garden writer, television guest, author and lecturer, is a great American gardener. His 23-year career in gardening began far from home in New York City, where he became one of America's pioneers in rooftop and small-space gardening. This month, the Community Arts Center's monthly Lunch with the Arts Series, sponsored by Little Oil Company, features Carloftis as the guest artist. This special event is presented by McAfee Mowing & Landscape, Inc., Danville Landscape Design, and the Garden Artists of Danville.  Whether your garden is a place of tranquility, a place for friends and family to gather, a place to pamper a host of plants and flowers, or simply a place to surround your home, the appropriate adornments can bring a sense of style to your garden.

It is not too late to continue to enjoy the garden and add new plantings. A variety of produce can be grown in Kentucky gardens in the coming weeks allowing fresh vegetables to be available into the fall. The cooler nights experienced later in the year as these vegetables mature may increase the sugar content of many crops and increase their quality. Cooler nights also slow growth, so crops can take longer to mature than in the summer. Keep this slower pace in mind when you check seeds for days to maturity.

Children from Bluegrass Children’s Academy are helping with the VegUcation Garden at Bluegrass Community and Technical College’s Winchester campus. When finished, the raised bed garden will contain vegetables for various community groups. Pictured are front row from left, Cameron Burton, Josh Collins, Emma Roberts, Luke Appleget (in hat), Alayna Shank, Logan Barrett, Alyssa Webb, Meridith Boone, Ben Mathieu, Nathan Hoskings. Back row left, BCA workers Becky McVey, Jessica Spivey, Amber Coffey, director Rebecca Biddle and BCTC Campus Director Bruce Manley.

PLEASANT HILL — The unique seed-to-table garden-side suppers that began last summer at Shaker Village return this summer by popular demand. Described by the staff at Shaker Village as an event “truly like no other,” the garden-side suppers will be held four times. Each supper will have a different menu. “The garden side suppers are something unique that we offer our guests,” said Aimee Reed Darnell, publicist for Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. “This will be our second year.

GARRARD COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS — Lora Hare stands out in the male-dominated activity of tractor pulling, not only because she's a woman, but because she has a reputation as a hard competitor. “They don’t like to have women pull, but I love it,” Hare said. As Hare backed in place for a pull, riding her “M&M’s” garden tractor Monday at the Garrard County fair, the announcer joked, “watch out for that one.” His sentiment proved to hold true as she completed one of the longest pulls of the night.

The Clark County 4-H Backyard Garden Club toured the ColorPoint Greenhouse in Paris recently. ColorPoint currently has a 15-acre greenhouse as well as three acres of hut-type greenhouses and a 27,560 square-foot production and shipping barn. This allows ColorPoint to reach markets all over Kentucky, as well as parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and West Virginia. The club members who toured the facility include, from left, Sadie Grace Hammond, Lily Hammond holding Beth Hammond, Dahlia Svoboda holding Eliana Svoboda, Jeff Osbourn (standing)

I changed my calendar over to May today. I was only two days late. However, with the changing from April to May, think of all the changes that will take place within our homes, just because it is May. For example, my husband will not be wearing a T-shirt with his clothing each day. Since he has been wearing one since Nov. 1, his tradition is, he has to wear it until May 1. I think he got this idea from his mama. Somewhere, I think I heard it in my family, also. He believes if he takes it off before then, he will get sick with a cold or something.

Not long after the Garden Club of Danville was organized in the   1930s, the club made an appeal for every resident in Danville to plant dogwood trees to form white avenues throughout the entire city. Dena Shelby Diehl, the first garden club president, urged cooperation in trying to make Danville more beautiful. She also said redbud trees nearby would enhance the beauty of the dogwood trees.  Many residents planted dogwood trees and many of them can still be seen each spring along Lexington Avenue, Maple Avenue and North Third Street.