Your September calendar of gardening chores
Gardeners can't wrap it up just yet. It's time to harvest and transplant to allow roots sufficient time to settle in before frost, and weed, water and clear. (Maryna Iaroshenko/Dreamstime/TNS)
3 column photo. The Soles prepare their children for the Meet Mark’s Friends at the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. The children were friends with Mark Fike, an 11-year-old who was killed in a January accident and loved insects. Photo by Nathan Duke.
3 Column Photo. Butler County children and their parents showed up for the Fike bug walk, named in memory of 11-year-old Mark Fike, who was killed in a January accident and loved insects. The event was held Saturday morning at the Butler-Freeport Community Trail and drew hundreds of children. Photo by Nathan Duke.
3 column photo. Andy Johnson, 7, (left) displays a cicada wing during the Fike bug walk at the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. The event was held in memory of Mark Fike, an 11-year-old who was killed in a January accident and loved insects. Photo by Nathan Duke.
3 Column Photo. Andy Johnson, 7, (left) displays a cicada wing during the Fike bug walk at the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. The event was held in memory of Mark Fike, an 11-year-old who was killed in a January accident and loved insects. Photo by Nathan Duke.
3 Column Photo. The Soles prepare their children for the Meet Mark’s Friends at the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. The children were friends with Mark Fike, an 11-year-old who was killed in a January accident and loved insects. Photo by Nathan Duke.
garden flowers
Grow a small herb garden for yourself and the bees in a long colorful container or in vintage buckets. (Courtesy Bonnie Plants/bonnieplants.com/MCT)
On Gardening
Fuzzy deutzia flowers are star shaped, lightly fragrant and bring an assortment of pollinators. (Norman Winter/TNS)
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Will Scvhwalm,11, of Butler helps clean out the rabbit pens at the Butler Fair, Saturday, June 29.
Residents from Butler County and beyond dropped by the 164th annual Big Butler Fair this past weekend. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Harrisville volunteer fireman, Jouhua Burton, attempted to drum up some business for the fire company's fundraiser Saturday, June 29. The volunteers cooked 250 chicken halves during the event.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: The 44th running of the Butler Road Race took place Saturday, June 29.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: The 44th running of the Butler Road Race took place Saturday, June 29.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Jake Taciuch of Chicora won the men's division of the 2k race.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Samantha Cornell of Chicora won the women's 2k race.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Nick Edinger, 27, of Mars won the men's 5-mile race in a time of 27:14:27.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Becca Pennington, 19, of Karns City won the women's 5-mile race in a time of 31:43:77.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Emmaline Blatt, 9, of Butler snuggles with Layla, an English Spot rabbit, at the Butler Fair, Saturday, June 29.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Emmaline Blatt, 9, of Butler with Layla, an English Spot rabbit, at the Butler Fair, Saturday, June 29.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Emma Snow, 9, of Boyers rides her horse, Charlie, a 12-year-old, Colorado Rangebred, in preparation for the pleasure riding and game competition at the Butler Fair, Saturday, June 29.
