CEDAR RAPIDS  -  Need a place to drop off your old computer, power tools or cabinets? How about worn-out blue jeans, golf balls and crayons? Recycling collections this week will allow area residents to dispose of these products and more in an environmentally friendly way. Green Iowa ...

When I have gardening questions and need a quick answer I turn to the Master Gardeners "Hort lines."  Master Gardeners volunteer their time in both Linn and Johnson counties to offer Hort lines for people stumped by problems in gardening, lawn care, landscaping, trees, shrubs, fruits,vegetables, insect,weed and pest control, ...

   Marion-based Trees Forever is offering a free class about beautifying and enhancing parks, community entryways, roadsides, schools, backyards or farms by planting native grasses, trees and wildflowers.    Residents of Benton and Linn counties and surrounding areas are invited to discover how Iowa’s native plants ...

  Jason Grimm, food system planner for the Iowa Valley RC&D, based in Amana, sent the following today about an idea to start a food buying club cooperative in the Linn and Johnson county area, similar to one in Des Moines. Jason told me that anyone interested in helping get the ...

Women who own or manage farmland in three eastern Iowa counties – Johnson, Jones and Linn – are invited to participate in a free conservation tour on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. The tour is for women who are farm partners, sole owner-operators, or inheritors of ...

Due to the weather this week, the following program was postponed until February. This update has the new dates.    UPDATE - Introductory meetings will take place: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m., Marion Library, 1095 6th Ave. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1:30 p.m., Anamosa Library, 600 E. 1st St. Thursday, ...