Dave Egbert News Today

Dave Egberts decision seven years ago to move to a remote patch of land overlooking Shasta Lake, Calif., seemed counterintuitive for an avid gardener. The property had limited access to water, but Egbert, who shares his gardening adventures on Instagram beartrapgarden, had a plan for how he could make the site work for him: a gravel garden.

BELMAR - From home plate at Memorial Field you can see the American flag fluttering in the distance, beyond the center field fence and across Main Street. Beneath the flag, at the corner of 13th Avenue, is the borough’s post office. It’s a long, long way from the batter’s box. You wonder: Did a man really hit a baseball that far? “If you walk it off, it has to be one of the longest home runs hit anywhere, anytime,” said Spencer Heulitt, president of the Belmar Historical Society. The...