Poison hemlock spreading in Pennsylvania Share Updated: 9:48 AM EDT Jun 9, 2021
Poison hemlock spreading in Pennsylvania Share Updated: 9:48 AM EDT Jun 9, 2021
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Show Transcript KELLY F.: STATE AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT AN INVASIVE AND DANGEROUS PLANT THAT’S BLOOMING RIG NHTOW, AROUND THE STA.TE IT’S THE POISON HEMLOCK PLANT, WHICH IS POISONOUS TO BOTH PEOPLE A ANDNIMALS. PENN STATE EXTENSION SAYS THE PLANT HAS A SMOOTH, HOLLOW STEM, AND CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY PURPLE SPOTS ON ITS STEMS. IT TENDS TO GROW NEAR MEADOWS AND STREAMS. IT ALSO SMELLS LIKE PARSLEY ENWH IT’S CRUSHED. PENNSYLVANIA’S BOTANY AND WEED SPECIALIST SAYS IT SPREADS EASILY, AND THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN GET RID OF IT SAFE. I DO ADVISE PEOPLE TO WEAR LONG SLEEVES, LONG PANTS, GLOVES IF WORKING WITH IT PREFERABLYON D’T MOW IT IF YOU CAN AVOID IT BECAUSE PARTICLES CAN BREATHE IN THOSE PARTICLES. KELLY F.:HE T STATE ALSO SAYS ANOTHER INVASIVE PLA
LOWER PROVIDENCE — The future of the former St. Gabriel’s Hall may be uncertain, but for now the rich farmland on the sprawling Pawlings Road property in Audubon will be
As the days are warming, many people are excited to start a family garden. The beds may be prepared with soil and plant food, and families will soon be selecting their favorite vegetable seeds or plants to add to the gardens. The benefits of even a small garden go far beyond just the crop it will produce. A garden can influence wellness across many dimensions.
Various sources break wellness down into four to 11 dimensions. The 2016 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration article, âCreating a healthier life: A step-by-step guide to wellness,â describes these eight dimensions in its wellness initiatives on its wellness wheel: social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, financial and occupational. This column will highlight six of these dimensions of wellness and how a family garden can influence them.
Pennsylvania Survey to Assess Student Internet Needs
The Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units and Penn State Extension are gathering data about numbers of students, household devices and Internet access that may later aid the distribution of grant funds.
June 02, 2021 •
Shutterstock (TNS) School districts across the state could benefit from a survey that collects broadband connectivity data to help determine whether families have sufficient Internet access.
The survey was created by the Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units and Penn State Extension as a way to help districts across the state, including those in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, have Internet-related data readily available for use in grant applications, including those like the upcoming $7.1 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund.
School districts across the state could benefit from a survey that collects broadband connectivity data to help determine whether families have sufficient internet access. The survey was created by the Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units and Penn State Extension as a way to help districts across the state, including those