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ODOT: Expect a long Monday commute on I-5 through the Rose Quarter
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (326+ words) Southbound traffic congests Interstate 5, just north of the I-5 southbound closures through the Rose Quarter for five weeks, on the first full day of closures in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 12, 2026. “Give yourself that extra time to prepare,” said Rose Gerber, spokesperson…...
Massachusetts residents can claim free trees this fall to cool homes, lower energy bills
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (552+ words) Massachusetts residents in several Greater Boston communities have an opportunity to bring more shade to their neighborhoods — and potentially cut down on home cooling costs — by claiming a free tree. The Mystic River Watershed Association is pointing out the available…...
Keep berries firmer and less shriveled after harvest
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (282+ words) Surface barrier and water loss Soft fruits spoil quickly because their skin is a thin barrier that must hold back water, bruising, and microbes. In blueberries, 55–69% of water loss has been estimated to occur through the cuticle. Once that barrier…...
Resilient Pears Gaining Ground in Southern Gardens
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (223+ words) A Zone 8b property report documents low-spray pear performance in the South, underscoring practical options for warm-climate plantings. The account cites disease-resistant pear varieties and low chill hour pears as workable choices for warm climate pears with minimal intervention. Named cultivars…...
Blueberry seeds pulled out of five wolf scats in northern Minnesota germinated at 96 percent against 69 percent for seeds taken straight from the fruit, and half of them had sprouted by day 19 rather than day 26
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (721+ words) The difference is real and the size of it is not settled: measured against the best of the study's three control batches, the advantage shrinks from 27 percentage points to five. By Natural History · Edited by Chris Jeremia Published September 12, 2026 · How…...
HAPPENING NOW: Second West Seattle Junction Sweet Stroll
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (81+ words) The second-ever West Seattle Junction Sweet Stroll continues until 8 pm, and you can still get a ticket – just go to the check-in table in front of KeyBank at California/Alaska: Above is one of the four treats your ticket is…...
What actually IS that white coating on blueberries?
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (1071+ words) SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 - 9:04AM Have you spent time picking through a punnet of blueberries wondering why they are often coated in a strange dusty silvery white substance? In the past I have speculated: is it flour? Some sort of spray? Or perhaps I…...
Wild Blueberry Association of North America Launches Phytonutrients Toolkit for Nutrition Reporters and Educators
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (284+ words) Maine-based registered dietitian Jenny Shea Rawn and her 9-year-old daughter, Lexi Rawn, helped translate complex plant science into easy-to-understand food language WBANA tapped registered dietitian Jenny Shea Rawn, MS, MPH, RD, and her 9-year-old daughter, Lexi, to collaborate on the…...
Blueberries reveal hidden secret in fight against gray mold
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (325+ words) Hortidaily Botrytis cinerea is a broad-host-range necrotrophic fungus that causes gray mold in more than 1,000 plant species In blueberry, it can damage flowers in the field and later emerge as fruit rot after harvest, reducing shelf life, shipment quality and…...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8988: Instability Assessment and Control of Floor Abandoned Roadways During Longwall Mining: Coupling of Floor Failure Depth and Plastic Zone Evolution
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (337+ words) Floor abandoned roadways (FARs) act as mechanically weak discontinuities in floor strata and may induce severe instability during upper longwall panel face (ULPF) mining, yet the interaction between mining-induced floor failure and FAR plastic zone evolution remains insufficiently quantified. This…...