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Find zen in your garden with zinnias

WPTF StaffAug 24, 2025
Find zen in your garden with zinnias

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener My mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetables and flowers and how they co-exist in…

Hurricane Erin still stirring up dangerous waves while it moves away from the East Coast

Hurricane Erin still stirring up dangerous waves while it moves away from the East Coast

By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin kicked up big waves Thursday along the mid-Atlantic coast and began a slow march out to sea after pelting North Carolina’s Outer…

Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast

Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast

By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping closer to the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing waves that have closed beaches from the…

Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin

Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin

By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast were met with rip current…

Hurricane Erin’s massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Hurricane Erin’s massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press There’s a popular T-shirt on Hatteras Island along the North Carolina Outer Banks that says: “One road on. One road off (sometimes)” — poking fun at the constant battle between Mother Nature…

‘Naked lady’ spider lilies bring surprise blooms

WPTF StaffAug 17, 2025
‘Naked lady’ spider lilies bring surprise blooms

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener Every regular co-host on the WPTF Weekend Gardener has discussed with delight, at one time or another, the attributes of the “naked lady” spider lily or Lycoris radiate. I…