Article Archive (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Soil is the foundation of a lawn. Just like your house or any building needs a foundation to survive so does GRASS. Build the proper foundation, ie soil, and the PERFECT LAWN is as easy as 1,2,3!
WaterSANA (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
How your roses thrive depends on many factors, the most important of all is having the right kind of soil. For those who are new to growing and taking care of roses you are probably unsure of what kind of...
Articles Database (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Here are 5 simple tips to help you grow and take perfect care of an aloe plant. 1) - You should always place Aloe Vera plants in a spot, which allows for daily sunlight and a warm temperature. 2) - Make sure that your aloe vera plant is standing in a place with good sandy soil [...]
a garden of nna mmoy (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
If you've been reading along for even the past six months or so--and certainly if you've been reading for longer--then you will already know that one of my favourite places on earth is my grandparents' cottage. It was a...
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Last week I got drunk on the New Mexico landscape, at once violent and austere, colorful and stark, framed by...
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that the Tucson shovel-nosed snake warrants consideration for protection as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act and began a one-year status review.
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
In Florida, Global Renewable Energy has planted a 10-acre test patch of sweet sorghum and said that it plans to expand to 10,000 acres and buld an ethanol plant if scientific tests reveal sufficient sugar yields per acre. The project is one of at least four proposed sweet sorghum projects in Florida. The state government has [...]
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
TRAFFIC is being diverted away from Ferry Road in Southwold after the road was blocked by a large articulated lorry which got stuck in soft sandy soil while trying to do a U turn.
Hecate (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
This is Sage Bergarten, German Mountain Sage. It is mad for the mix of sandy soil and wood chips in my herb bed. In late October or early November, I'll cut it and hang it up to dry. I'll burn it all winter in a tiny incense burner that my world-traveler brother gave to me, on a small block of charcoal. It will purify the air in my ritual room, ground me, remind me that summer is coming, when the sun...
My Wonderful World Blog (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Subscribe to this blog's feed If any of you have seen the movie “Sideways,” or watched an episode of “the Bachelor” when Andrew Firestone was the show’s eligible star (and heir to a vintner’s empire), you may know that Napa...
Rob Edwards (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
from Sunday Herald, 19 July 2008 Vast areas of upland Scotland are vulnerable to landslides in bad weather, putting many of the country’s vital arterial routes at risk. A map produced by the British Geological Survey (BGS) shows that stretches of the A9, M74 and many other major roads pass through zones where there is a “significant” potential for landslides. Yet a study promised four years ago by...
10,000 Birds (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
In my walk around Jamaica Bay today I saw many cool birds, some neat bugs, and, best of all, a Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) burying her nest. Unfortunately for her eggs, she chose to bury them right in front of a bench on the trail around the West Pond (a not uncommon occurrence at Jamaica [...]
A Simple Life of Luxury (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
All gardens have a unique set of parameters that will determine whether or not a particular plant will thrive, merely survive or perish. Most of these, such as the amount of sunlight, soil type and drainage are fairly obvious and well documented. Other equally important parameters include the amount of time, energy and money you [...]
Lightwater (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A characteristic of blogs is that articles, called posts, are often short. Mostly makes a blog more appealing. A weakness of blogs is that they’re not good for posting long articles. A technology restriction doesn’t help, in not being able to attach a print file to this blog. Blogging has been light for the past few days to [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
South America bound Westfalia and crew in search of adventure, and decent food. Beer and wine tasting not optional. Dog on board. Don't Panic.
