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New Mexico State University professor awarded grant to digitize New Mexico filmmaker's collection.

IN THE GARDEN | Divide plants to increase stock — or share with gardening friends PREMIUM By Julia Smith - 24 April 2021 When plants reward you with a multiplied stock there is an unspoken code among gardeners that you should share some of that bounty... This article is reserved for DispatchLIVE subscribers. Get access to ALL DispatchLIVE content from only R45.00 per month. Already subscribed? Simply sign in below. Already registered on HeraldLIVE, BusinessLIVE, TimesLIVE or S...

Burglars may not know the name Ecephalartos horridus, but they would never forget an encounter with its thorny armour. The cycad’s stiff and treacherous razor-like spines of tough blue-grey foliage rip the skin when you get anywhere near it. That’s the reason our neighbour planted this cycad below their bathroom window.

IN THE GARDEN | Green security: The art of defensive gardening PREMIUM 10 April 2021 Burglars may not know the name Ecephalartos horridus, but they would never forget an encounter with its thorny armour. The cycad’s stiff and treacherous razor-like spines of tough blue-grey foliage rip the skin when you get anywhere near it. .. This article is reserved for DispatchLIVE subscribers. Get access to ALL DispatchLIVE content from only R45.00 per month. Already subscribed? Simply si...

Who is the new drug dealer in EastEnders? Who plays him?   Who is the new drug dealer in EastEnders? Let’s get the character explored and consider who plays Caleb? The soap star should be familiar. Emerging to make a scene on the square, audiences have found themselves intrigued by a recent addition to the EastEnders cast. Created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland, this beloved british soap has been at home on BBC One 1985, inviting audiences to bask in the drama of Albert Square’s various r...

Growing your own vegetables for the table instils a sense of living well. Produce straight from your garden is tastier and healthier than store-bought greens; menus are more inspired — and what is grown in excess is gladly received by friends and neighbours. It also affords one a sense of purpose as attested to by Nelson Mandela in his recollections of obtaining permission to grow a vegetable garden during his cruel imprisonment on Robben Island.

It was in the gardens of late Princess Diana’s childhood home, Althorp House, where the sweetpea variety we know — for their pretty late winter flowers in the pastel shade version of all colours of the rainbow — was first nurtured into being

It was in the gardens of late Princess Diana’s childhood home, Althorp House, where the sweetpea variety we know — for their pretty late winter flowers in the pastel shade version of all colours of the rainbow — was first nurtured into being

HALSTEAD has been named as once of the nicest towns to live in the county, according to property experts.

Nurses starting their careers last year faced low staffing and high burnout, just as nurses have for decades. But a pandemic was making it worse.