Deb Seibert News Today

Manheim Central High School’s greenhouse will turn into a hotbed of activity May 3-4 and 10-11 for its student plant sale. The annual event attracts a large following of local

The generosity of a few businesses wanting to help hungry neighbors has blossomed into a bounty of more than 32,000 pounds of donated meat.

This year, the Bid Buy Donate program brought in 15,000 pounds of meat that were donated to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank for those in need.

Early May is ground zero for do-it-yourself gardeners. It’s when everyone looks for healthy, starter plants to fill their vegetable and herb gardens. Getting plants into the soil around Mother’s Day has always been a key date for local gardeners in the MidAtlantic region. During the year 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic kept people quarantined at home to stop the spread of infections, many garden centers actually sold out of flowering plants, ground cover and, especially, vegetable pl...