Home and Garden

Mosquitoes have been around for thousands, maybe millions, of years.

And these winged blood suckers have no intention of taking off this summer.

With the pop-up thunderstorm season now in full swing, it doesn’t take much to create a mosquito nuisance, said Sue Ferguson, an environmental health manager for S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

That’s where a little routine yard sprucing-up comes in.

In the late 1700s, there were no neighborhood grocery stores for food or seasonings or pharmacies for medicines in the Waxhaws.

Self-sufficiency was a critical element of survival for the Scots-Irish settlers who were carving a way of life out of the wilderness.

That meant most families had a kitchen garden close to the house, where vegetables, fruit and herbs were grown. 

Growing up, Stuart Graham attended Van Wyck Presbyterian Church with his family.  
Just two doors down from there stood a bright yellow home known throughout the tight knit community as the old Hyatt house.  
At the time, Graham never realized the keys to the 1898 Victorian-style home at 5154 Old Hickory Road would one day be in his pocket.
Graham had always admired the house and was excited to learn in 2003 it was to be sold at an auction.

Childhood memories mean a lot to David and Tammy Funderburk.
That concept is what the Funderburks focused on when landscaping their yard at 610 W. Shiloh Unity Road.
They are hoping that vision goes a long way in helping their children, Holly, 28, and Rod, 21, and grandchildren, Gunnar, Drake and Alyson, build some special memories, too.   
They had no idea their efforts would get them recognized in the local community.
The Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs selected the Funderburks’ yard as  Yard of the Month for October.