Category Archives: Featured

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener If you have ever wanted to grow your own bottle brushes, then you have come to the right place. The Fothergilla latifolia or F. major or the Dwarf Fothergilla (gard...

Announcing Ronnie as our APS Pet of the Week! Ronnie is a big, lovable goofball. He’s an active boy who’ll make an amazing hiking and exploring buddy! As POTW, Ronnie’s adoption fee ...

Joey was nominated by Haley Bain, who says, “Joey deserves to be recognized because he does so much that often falls behind the scenes due to the nature of his job. Being a Wildlife Enforcement ...

Our QDR Gold Star Teacher of the month for October is Skyler Lee, Kindergarten Teacher at Doral Academy of North Carolina. Skyler was nominated by Allison Slominski, who says, “I'm nominating Ms...

Our QDR Hometown Hero of the week is Michaela Pavlik Michaela is nominated by her children, Ansley and Granger. Michaela has been in EMS since she was 15 yrs old, starting out as a cadet. Once turning...

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerI must say that I have rarely written an article about a plant I like but I don’t recommend for WPTF Weekend Gardener listeners. Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clemati...

Despite his name, Edmonton is not a big hockey guy but is willing to become one if that’s important to his furever peeps because this guy is simply…go with the flow. This lab mix adult wei...

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) and Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) are versatile shrubs native to North Carolina. I have seen many of the red varieties, ...

Our QDR Hometown Hero of the week is Shorty Jones, Paramedic with Duplin County EMS! Shorty was nominated by his wife Jennifer, who says, “My husband is the definition of selfless service and co...

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerI have many different species of plants in my landscape. However, I do not own a "Clethra alnifolia" or "sweet pepper bush" or "summersweet". I bet if I were to ask ...