Gardens Are was selected to represent local businesses with career opportunities to more than 500 job-seekers at the recent “Marlborough Works” Job Fair, held at the Courtyard by Marriott. Developed by the mayor’s office, the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation, and Quinsigamond Community College, the jobs initiative is a first of its kind in the region. The…
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Throughout New England there is a prevalence of two types of ticks that are primary vectors of disease, the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis, (Lyme Disease, human babesiosis, and human anaplasmosis) and the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever). When asked to “do tick control” or “spray for ticks,” the goal is to limit…
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When I took my first job at a farm/nursery, I received advice almost immediately from a farmhand that to me looked to be at least 90 years of age—in all likelihood he was probably in his 30s or 40s. He was slight and I do not remember if he had teeth or not, but his…
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When it comes to protecting ornamental plants from winter damage here in the Northeast, we are concerned with the structure of the plant and potential water loss through transpiration.
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Patricia Bishop
August 16, 2012
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Buzzards Bay itself is an estuary that is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway system. It is connected to Cape Cod Bay by the Cape Cod Canal and is located between Cape Cod, the Elizabeth Islands, and mainland communities of southeastern Massachusetts where it connects to the Rhode Island Sound. The bay covers roughly 250…
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