On The Garden Lady C.L. welcomed Horticulturalist Leslie Halleck, author of Home Greenhouse Revival: Growing Year-Round Foliage, Flowers, and Food. She opened the program with a postcard from biennials, and listeners called in with questions about timing for bulb planting, growing citrus indoors, growing plants under a Norway maple, and how to grow upright Nippon daisies.

A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health has designated alpha-gal syndrome a “reportable condition,” illustrating how serious, and how common, the health problem has become.

Experts estimate food-related deaths and illness cost the economy about one and a half trillion dollars a year. That's like a second defense budget, and then some.

Two women told CAI they were sexually abused by a doctor while living at the Community of Jesus in Orleans. Now, the Provincetown Independent is reporting the stories of even more women who say it happened to them, too.

Four people are dead and dozens injured after a fire swept through a Canadian military training base in Alberta. Officials say strong winds caused the flames to spread rapidly.

Can a cat's coat color impact its chances of getting adopted? Connecticut animal shelter officials share their thoughts.

Hint: It's not only because California counts slowly.