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Read moreBuilding steps from stone
Posted April 9, 2013
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The gift of an artisan
Posted April 5, 2013
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When Lucas and I go to pick out boulders at the quarry, it’s a bit like walking into a candy store with a 5 year old. He looks at every stone as if it is a person, and when he finds a stone he loves, he’ll pick it, even if it means he...
Read moreWhat’s happening to the bees????
Posted April 4, 2013
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According to the NY Times, 40-50 percent of the honey bee hives needed to pollinate our fruit and vegetable crops have collapsed this year. The suspected culprit: a new pesticide engineered into plants themselves. More info...
Read moreGoodbye, Mahonia…
Posted April 2, 2013
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One of my favorite plants is on the Maryland Invasive Plant list: Mahonia bealei, aka ‘Leatherleaf Mahonia’ or ‘False Holly’ or ‘Oregon Grape Holly’ When I go to a client’s garden and see a Burning Bush...
Read moreBeware genetically altered seed
Posted March 28, 2013
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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 moreThe 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...
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