Tag: greenhouse
“Calvin will have solar-powered tomatoes,” laughed Daniel Zywietz, co-founder of SEK Solar. As funny as that sounds, it’s the truth. Calvin Parker of Iola is a recipient of a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
(AP) — In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms that flourish in the world’s farm fields emit a far more potent gas, nitrous oxide, and…
LAHARPE — TLC Garden Center will bid adieu to 2023 with a look to the past — and the future — with a movie. Owner Savannah Flory will show “Back To The Future” at 6:30…
“Come outside … we’ll get some social distancing,” grins Calvin Parker, proprietor of Parker’s Greenhouse north of Humboldt. Parker has been growing fresh vegetables for Allen County’s Farmers Markets for several years now, and clearly…
LAWRENCE As they continue to dig out of the damage their flower and vegetable market sustained in a May 28 tornado, Karen and John Pendleton were the beneficiaries Tuesday of a fundraiser spearheaded by…
MORAN Its a freezing drizzly day, where nearly a dozen high school students have installed a 650-gallon aquaponics system inside their greenhouse. The idea stemmed from an FFA speech given by Katelynn Morgan a…
An era for local gardeners has come to an end with the closure of Ladybug Greenhouse. Sharon Sigg, who has run the greenhouse for the past 25 years the first 15 with her late…
