Garden Showplace: Visitors tour university's botany exhibit in Brooklyn (Norwich Bulletin) A healthy garden and lush, green grass don't become that way overnight. It starts with the soil....more...Open gardens (Barossa & Light Herald) Garden lovers need to visit the gorgeous Jaensch and Stokes cottage garden in Seppeltsfield to revive their gardening spirit. Jaensch and Stokes garden is a celebration of spring....more... Bisbee Farmers Market offers more than fun this weekend (The Daily Dispatch) Octogenerian grower, Leo Dunaetz shows Douglas High School students how to select a really ripe watermelon on his Dragoon Road farm last week during their field trip to two organic growers. (Leo's watermelon picking tip: look to see that the second tendril on the vine is brown and dry.)...more... Getting a positive I.D. on a pest in the garden (Daily Local News) When I go out on interviews, I?m often offered something from the garden. ...more... Consider composting yard, kitchen waste (Lake County News Sun) The leaves are falling and the garden is getting cleaned up. It's time to think about composting that yard waste. ...more... Legendary food: Corn, beans and squash (The Burlington Free Press) Garden of the three sisters sustain life...more... Light, motion in the garden (The Union) On a warm afternoon recently, I sat in one of my new garden areas. A low, folding chair allowed a different perspective than walking along the path and through the gate. ...more... Nursery owner says health begins with soil (The Olympian) Walk into Black Lake Organic and you're likely to receive a lesson in soil health from nursery owner-manager Gary Kline....more... At home: Here's a house that's 'ecological and fabulous' (USA Today) To revel in the airy home of Zem Joaquin, House & Garden magazine's eco-editor, is to experience somewhat contradictory epiphanies. The first is the realization that creating a haven with an ecological ethos takes a keen understanding of how average household goods can be harmful to the planet....more... |