This story was originally published in March 2020.
Youâve heard of topsoil and potting soil and maybe even seed-starting soil. Did you know there also are organic soil, vegan soil and soil blends just for hanging baskets or cannabis? Chances are some of the bags of soil in your garden shed are made in Lancaster County. Frey Group in Lancasterâs southern end makes soil and sends it throughout the East Coast and into the Midwest.
Itâs a family business that started with a metal shop, added a sawmill and started selling the leftover bark as mulch. Now the third generation is part of the team coming up with new soil blends.
Rainbow trout are back in Maryville, ripe for catching and greater in number than in 2019.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency on Friday restocked Greenbelt Lake and a portion of Pistol Creek in downtown Maryville, this year with even more of the colorful fish than last year.
TWRA, the city of Maryville and the Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited (LRCTU) teamed up for the first time in December 2019 to put 400 fish in the lake and 300 in the Jack Greene Park portion of Pistol Creek three times from December through February.
On Friday, the agency brought 600 trout for the lake and 300 for the creek. Once again, the two bodies of water will be stocked once each month through February.