Polish sculptor Czeslaw Dzwigaj shapes a statue of John Paul II, 'the greatest Pole in history'. Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images Karol Wojtyla is back.

Christine Welker, 96, formerly of 124 Wescott St., Jamestown, passed away Monday, , in the Chautauqua County Home, Dunkirk, N.Y. She was born May 18, 1914, in Cervenka, Yugos-lavia, the daughter of the late Daniel and Marguerite Goettel Hinkel.

The products of urban gardening efforts can be donated to help feed the hungry. John Steinbach, right, helps plant an urban garden.

Isles, Inc.'s Community Gardening Program, supporting community gardening efforts in Trenton since 1981, invites you to experience farming the old-fashioned way.

The springs from an old baby crib is used to hold cards. A farm funnel is transformed into a planter when a doorknob is fastened onto the spout.

He said that having chickens enriched the neighborhood, despite laws banning them.

The widespread Internet posting of a letter by a retired Purdue University researcher who says he has linked genetically modified corn and soybeans to crop diseases and abortions and infertility in livestock has raised concern among scientists that the public will believe his unsupported claim is true.

Bonsai is a gardening technique whereby nature’s designs in trees is being curve and contained by man with the use of containers and this art of tending miniature tree was traced to have been practiced in China more than two thousand years ago and is continuously turning many people around the globe to try it as their hobby and source of livelihood for others...

In general, the term organic means that there are no chemicals or other stuffs included There are many organic fertilizers that are widely used by agriculturists, farmers and gardeners These include worm castings, manures, food wastes, leaves and plants that are rotting, and other things that are biodegradable and are rich in mineral deposits and nitrogen that are needed by plants to grow healthy...

Organic farming has been used since the beginning of time when mankind toiled the ground in order to feed himself and his family The use of organic fertilizers and manual labor is evident on every account However, as men became more intellectual, they began to develop several methods on how to make farming much easier and more convenient to farmers...

Ever since we were kids it has been a must to eat out greens Sure we didn’t like it then but now that we’re growing older, we start to realize how we really need them and how delicious and efficient they are Now, buying vegetables is great, but growing them is even better...

Almost everybody loves pumpkins simply because they are delicious and nutritious too They are also baked into the delicious and popular pumpkin pies that every kids love Pumpkins are gourd-like squash that have yellow or orange thick shell that contains seeds and has pulps...

Wet concrete, also called mud, can have a pattern pressed into the mud before it dries This is called stamped concrete The design can be just about anything you imagine and you can even add color to it so that it looks more realistic...

The spirit of a gardener is not dampened by the lack of big spaces where to exercise his hobby of planting more so with the unavailability of space because the available space is concreted so that planting vegetables or herbs is next to impossible Not anymore with potted plants, the gardener has come up with this technique of using containers to plant his pet crops including herbs which are now the favorites of most kitchens as added ingredients to most healthy foods You can now plant on used containers big or small or you may buy the standard sizes for house plants which could be used for other planting materials like herbs and other vegetables with tall bushes like eggplants and okras...

To maintain your soil organic matter levels, work in a thin layer of compost or aged manure.

Whether the quest is for a shade-loving perennial, a hardy blueberry bush or something more unusual - such as a lavender plant that smells like oregano - Northeast Georgia gardeners will find it at Athens' first "Plantapalooza." http://images.morris.com/images/athens/mdControlled/cms/2011/04/04/809959625.jpg DAVID MANNING University of Georgia ...

Johnny Dollyhigh gets ready to attach one corner of a planter as Johnny Dollyhigh Jr.

We've seen all kinds of weather this weekend, but gardening experts say there is good news with out precipitation.

Gardening involves a lot of spadework with sweat but it’s fun-filled and full of excitement It is a hobby you would not miss every morning to see if what you’ve done yesterday is developing or growing You are always excited to look at your plants every day and observe how the seed you have planted a couple of days ago has already came out of the ground and seeking for your beautiful hands...

Surrounded by songwriter Steve Bogard, left, and publishing exec Robert Ott, Mary Haller of Acton, Mass., participates in a baseball-themed songwriting contest.