Local Pets Available For Adoption

LACEY – The Associated Humane Society shelter at the Popcorn Park Zoo has pets available for adoption.

Get ready for lots of laughs when you welcome Sky into your life! This 3-year-old is the model husky: energetic, happy, fun-loving, and always smiling! We’re glad to see that Sky continues to smile despite the fact that she turned up as a stray twice over the last two years until fi nally, her owner never came back for her. She’s ready to move on to a home where she’ll get plenty of love, attention, and a little training too. Sky is such a good girl but she has no idea what

“personal space” is. She’s immediately your best friend and within seconds of meeting her, she’s trying to wriggle up into your lap or she flops on her back for a belly scratch. Sky walks well on a leash and she knows to sit and take treats gently. Sky loves toys and she’s happy to give a toy right back to you, she loves running and playing too. She can be a little mouthy while playing so a home with older kids is best. She’s happy to meet other dogs too!

Call 609-693-1900, visit ahscares.org/ forked-river-adoptables or email: office@ ahsppz.org for an adoption application.

Become A Veggie Garden Virtuoso

STAFFORD – Vegetable gardening can be a rewarding, nutritious, and economical experience for the whole family. Learn how to start and maintain one at the Ocean County Library Stafford Branch. “Starting a Vegetable Garden? Let’s Pro-Seed!” will take place at 10:30 a.m. May 8.

The program, in partnership with the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Ocean County, will be led by Master Gardener Nancy Osterberg, a lifelong plant enthusiast and retired elementary school special educator. Nancy will take you from placement to harvest.

The Whiting resident traces her agricultural ardor back to her childhood, in which gardening was an activity shared by everyone in her family. The lifelong educator and learner strives to raise awareness of the many benefits that gardening can offer.

Rutgers Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who deliver horticulture programs developed by the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension.

Bring your garden questions and plant or insect samples for diagnosis and recommendations by the Master Gardeners in the OCL Stafford Branch, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month, now through September. Register at theoceancountylibrary.org/ events for this free program. For more information, visit the OCL Stafford Branch, 129 North Main Street, Manahawkin, or call 609-597-3381.