The Brandywine Conservancy is the recent co-winner of the Quality Vegetation Management Project Habitat award for invasive weed management. The Chadds Ford-based conservancy shares the award with Weeds, Inc. of Aston and was earned for invasive weed management at the conservancy’s Waterloo Mills Preserve in Devon. According to a press release, the QVM ...
Archive for March 17th, 2010
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Adopt-A-Pet
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 17th, 2010
Stripe is a three year old male dwarf mix rabbit that is available for adoption through the Chester County SPCA. He came to the shelter on November 9, 2009 because their owner felt like they were not giving him enough attention. Stripe is a very sweet rabbit who gets a long with children and would make a great pet for a first time rabbit owner. Stripe loves his ...
Police Log for March 17, 2010
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 17th, 2010
Someone stole a .40 caliber Glock 23 pistol with a full 12-round magazine from a 1999 Nissan Altima parked at the Shops at Britton Lake on March 13 between 6 and 8 p.m. Also taken was an IBM Thinkpad. A police report said the perpetrator broke through the rear passenger window to get access to the interior of the car. Anyone with information regarding this incident ...
Blogging Along the Brandywine: “Staging the Micro Condo”
Posted by Sally Denk Hoey on March 17th, 2010
I’ve always been envious of friends whose homes look like designer showcases. You walk in and are greeted by the exotic aroma of a Patchouli candle; their living area is inviting with nary a stray magazine nor PECO bill; their den has a computer station with not an ounce of work to be seen; their bedroom boasts a king bed, adorned with quilts topped with half a ...
The Garden Path
Posted by NancyS on March 17th, 2010
Gardening for butterflies We have many species of butterflies in the Chadds Ford area. If you would like to encourage these beautiful creatures to visit your yard, consider making your garden butterfly friendly. It’s relatively easy to find plants with nectar-filled flowers that attract butterflies. But why not go a little further. Here ...
Blame it on freedom
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 17th, 2010
A guest editorial by Jacob G. Hornberger One of the distinguishing characteristics of statists is their inability to take responsibility for their failures. The fault always lies elsewhere. Two of the best examples of this phenomenon are the welfare state and the warfare state. For more than a century after the founding of the Republic, Americans had lived with ...
Mind Matters — Hugs and Health
Posted by Dr. Kayta Gajdos on March 17th, 2010
Who knew? That hugging and kissing is good for the brain! Good for health over all, in fact. The feel good feeling you get from a hug goes beyond the ephemeral moment. Evidence from scientific research shows that, when stressed, we produce the biochemical cortisol, which can have a cumulative negative effect on our bodies and brains. On the other hand, the ...
