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We're right in the middle growing season! Many plants keep producing throughout the season, but you have time to plant a second round of crops if you wish. Peggy also shares advice on how to protect your plants from deer, and to how to start prepping for fall planting.

Artsline || Jul 25: Local arts and culture events, performances, classes, and exhibitions for the Richmond area, curated each week by VPM's Artsline.

Dr. Leanne Pettit Clement knows how a single experience can shape a life. “I grew up in Louisa County, which is, of course, right next door. It's very rural. And when I was in sixth grade, Virginia Opera came to our middle school,” recalled Clement, the new General Director of Charlottesville Opera.

Artsline || Jul 18: Local arts and culture events, performances, classes, and exhibitions for the Richmond area, curated each week by VPM's Artsline.

Did you know that some insects walk on water? Find out how with entomologist Dr. Art Evans and VPM radio producer Steve Clark as they explore the science of water striders.

Artsline || Jul 11: Local arts and culture events, performances, classes, and exhibitions for the Richmond area, curated each week by VPM's Artsline.

The VPM News team won 2 awards from the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA).

VPM, together with its producing partners, has received six regional Emmy Awards from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Artsline || Jul 4: Local arts and culture events, performances, classes, and exhibitions for the Richmond area, curated each week by VPM's Artsline.

Clara Elliott is the founder of Arm Trans Women Firearm Instruction, which offers free firearms training to transgender and nonbinary people in Virginia. As a firearm instructor and transgender woman, Elliott said she saw a need for access to these services in her community.