Keeping memories alive
Laurel Crest garden committee creates pleasant grounds
Contributed by Laurel Crest
     The dining room at Laurel Crest Retirement Home overlooks the fruits of the Garden Committee's labor. The Memory Garden provides a pleasant view for diners.
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In your backyard
Fireflies find the rhythm in Fairfield Co. too
     Dear Star, I read with interest about the fireflies lighting up in a syncopated rhythm, and that only three places are known where this rare species occurs. Well, now four can be known. All around my house this happens. I live in a cabin just off a spring that feeds into a pond in S.W.
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Show us your garden!
     Send a picture of your garden to The Columbia Star,
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The Original Mystery Plant
By Dr. John Nelson
     This orchid species grows wild along the Atlantic coastal plain from southern New Jersey south to Florida and then west along the Gulf into Louisiana. It loves fire-adapted pinelands and is a fairly typical component of damp savannas.
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