My first spring catalog has come. The excitement at our house is at a winter high — thinking of all of the green that comes with spring and the opportunities to add to my landscape. I have marked plants and dog-eared pages, dreamed and lusted after some of the most beautiful plants on the ...

Many people like to have some trees in their landscape. Our property has both white and pin oaks (a member of the red oak group). I recently saw an oak gall on a small pin oak. This is created when a mother wasp finds an oak twig to which she attaches her egg, and her growth-regulating ...

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Mahoning County Extension Office. Contact the Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield, at 330-533-5538. Plant and Pest Clinic What: Stop by to ask questions or drop off samples. When: Hours vary during winter ...

YOUNGSTOWN — William “Guy” Burney wants everyone to know something. “Choices are long lasting and life changing.” The lifelong Youngstown resident emphasized that choices are everything, but sometimes people don’t know options are out there. “It leads to not having ...

There are a lot of things we take for granted, like electricity, natural gas and water services. Nothing gets our attention more than someone calling from a utility, saying they are going to cut off services for unpaid bills. Beware, however, that this is yet another growing breed of scams, ...

MRTA TO MEET: Mahoning Retired Teachers’ Association will meet March 13 at Drake’s Landing on Western Reserve Road. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. The Austintown Fitch Concert Choir will provide entertainment. Donations for the Dorothy Day House and Pensioner Defense Fund will be ...