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Area nursery owners often know a lot about the birds and the bees -- and what plants attract them. 
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WINCHESTER - When Stephanie and Brice Duvall designed their home on Handley Avenue more than five years ago, there were two things Mrs. Duvall says she had to have in it -- a kitchen area that was open to the family room and a large island in the kitchen's center.
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WOODSTOCK -- Despite battles with everything from Indians to time itself, nine consecutive generations of the Sheetz family at some point have called a single house along Narrow Passage Creek home.
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WINCHESTER -- Paul E. Delmerico would fit right in with the AMC TV show "Mad Men," and that's exactly what he hopes will happen.
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Any backyard gardener can help the environment by composting. In fact, it's simple enough that anyone who wants to save money and make a difference can do it.
Posted on Jul 21, 12:15 AM
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WINCHESTER -- Corn stalks and sunflowers tower above squash, okra, cabbage and other vegetables. What sounds like a garden in a rural spot in the Shenandoah Valley actually grows among apartments and homes in the city's north end.
Posted on Jul 14, 12:15 AM
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EDINBURG -- On a hillside off of Swover Creek Road, snorts and snuffles can be heard coming from the woods. A couple dozen of Jordan Green's pigs are sleeping away a near-triple-digit day in the shade of the trees.
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Thanks to a generous grant from Virginia's neighborhood stabilization program, officials in the Northern Shenandoah Valley have acquired a handful of foreclosed properties and are renovating them to give low-, moderate- and middle-income families affordable housing opportunities.
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By Ben Orcutt - borcutt@nvdaily.com "To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life -- this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." - Charles Dudley Warner, from "My Summer in a Garden," Bartlett's Familiar Quotations FRONT ROYAL - Irvin Welch Jr. appreciates the joy of gardening. "You cannot garden and not realize how much God's presence is in the world," he said. Welch, 90, and his wife, Hazel, 87, moved to Front Royal in 1976 from Wilmington, Del. Welch was the manager of textile research and development for Avtex Fibers until he retired in 1982. "When I retired, I was fortunate enough to be able to buy this extra lot and that's when I started to garden," Welch said of the 4,500-square-foot garden in the rear of his house on Ridge Road. A decorated World War II veteran, Welch earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star during combat action in the South Pacific. He's proud of that service. It is with the same pride and dedication that Welch tirelessly tends to his garden, spending about four hours daily keeping...
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