A friend sent me this link to an article about Monsanto and genetically altered seed: 4 Steps for Keeping Monsanto OUT of Your Garden!
Read moreBeware genetically altered seed
Posted March 28, 2013
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The art of Kusamono
Posted March 23, 2013
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Young Choe demonstrating how to create a Kusomono container at the Lahr Native Plant Symposium. Check out the Trillium…An exhibit of her work is currently on display at the Bonsai Museum at the National Arboretum. Inspiring...
Read moreWho says global warming is all bad…
Posted March 21, 2013
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Just harvested this broccoli for dinner. It grew through the winter with no protection….
Read moreWeakened Clean Water Legislation Alert
Posted March 20, 2013
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According to ‘Beyond Pesticides’ ‘U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) re-introduced legislation that would reduce the review requirements for pesticides applied directly to water.’ Kudos to MD’s...
Read moreWhy are Canandian doctor’s lobbying for a ban on lawn and garden pesticides????
Posted March 18, 2013
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According to an article published in CBC news March 5, 2013: ‘A group of Canadian doctors and citizens concerned with rates of diseases thought to be caused by chemicals are calling on the B.C. government to institute a ban on all...
Read moreThe Soil Chronicles: Episode 5: Waste is a Human Term
Posted March 15, 2013
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In nature, everything is re-used. Lots of organisms beyond earthworms live in soil. These organisms decompose organic material, grab nitrogen that might otherwise head to the groundwater, fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, make the soil more...
Read moreThe Soil Chronicles: Episode 4: Know the Power of the Light Side of the Fungal Force
Posted March 14, 2013
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Basil and a lot of plants grow better when there is good fungus and active biological activity in the soil. Pesticides, road salt, run-off from your roof after a heavy rain storm will destroy the life in your soils. Compost tea, a brew of fungus...
Read moreThe Soil Chronicles: Episode Three: Compost and Musical Chairs…
Posted March 13, 2013
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Plants need minerals to grow. Back in the ‘better living through chemistry’ days, we’d add a bunch of nitrogen rich fertilizer to the soil and wait for the plant to take off. A lot of that fertilizer never got absorbed by...
Read moreSoil Chronicles: Episode Two: Know what plants will thrive in your soil
Posted March 12, 2013
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Imaginary experiment: Get two colanders and two large bowls. Fill the first colander with sand and the second with clay. Place each in a large bowl. Pour a quart of water over the sand in the first colander. Pour a second quart of water over the...
Read moreThe Soil Chronicles: Episode One: Fight Compaction
Posted March 11, 2013
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Did you know that plant roots don’t grow in dirt? Soil is actually a mix of Water, Air, Organic Matter and Minerals. Roots grow in the space between particles- or air pockets. When heavy pressure from water or machines presses down on soil...
Read moreOrganic Gardening: Its mostly about the dirt
Posted March 9, 2013
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Yesterday, I was part of a panel at the American Film Institute in downtown Silver Spring talking about community gardens and organic gardening with to a group of high school students from Montgomery Blair and Sherwood. Students watched a...
Read moreWaiting for spring
Posted March 5, 2013
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You would never know that Amsonia will be blooming under this Serviceberry in a few months…all the more reason I love coming home to Hellebores right now. This one, a Hellebores niger cultivar, has upright flowers and it’s foilage...
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