Month: October 2022

Picking a bushel of apples and hauling pumpkins straight from the field works up an appetite, as does sitting in the car inching along Suffolk’s notoriously traffic-clogged roads during fall harvest season. You’ll want a place to eat with a crowd-pleasing menu that doesn’t require reservations.

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Sound Bistro (3225 Sound Ave., Riverhead): With its blue-awning-ed windows and proud yardarm flagpole, the big, rambling Sound Bistro is unmissable as you travel along Sound Avenue. The former Lobster Roll Northside is one of the only places around to find that Long Island specialty, fried puffer fish tails. You’ll also find lobster rolls, fried fish baskets, local clams and oysters and, in season, soft-shell crabs and lobster-stuffed beefsteak tomatoes. The family-friendly menu features roast chicken, seared tuna, linguine and clams sauce, veal Milanese and much more. A terraced patio offers outdoor dining. More info: 631-381-0519, soundbistroriverhead.com

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A participant chooses herbs at a July workshop sponsored by Community Partnerships and the United Way of Mifflin and Juniata.

Invasive plants are those that have been introduced into an environment in which they did not evolve and so usually have no natural enemies to limit their reproduction. Many of these plants have escaped from gardens and landscapes where they were originally cultivated. Purchased at local nurseries, at garden centers and online, these plants have the potential of taking over large areas, affecting native plants and animals and negatively changing local ecosystems.

Joanna, a gardening expert from Gingham Gardens has shared six invasive plants that gardeners may wish they had never planted.

Snow-on-the-mountain

Snow-on-the-mountain or what’s commonly known as bishop’s weed or gout weed is “hands down the worst plant to grow” in gardens, according to the gardening expert.

She said: “I came to hate this stuff. I know hate is a pretty strong emotion when we’re talking about plants, but if you’ve ever tried to eradicate this ‘weed’ from