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Centre for Alternative Technology
White Christmas takes a warm holiday
icWales - Dec 18 8:14 PM CLIMATE experts say that as the years go by the chances of seeing a white Christmas are diminishing.
Comfrey
What a Waste!
RedNova - Feb 03 3:12 AM By Hannah Stephenson Hannah Stephenson gives a step-by-step guide to making your own garden compost. If you're a newcomer gardener and haven't yet found time to make your own compost, now is the time to start as the autumn clear-up gets under way.
Companion planting
Home & Garden Briefs
South Bend Tribune - Mar 03 4:41 AM Course focuses on organic gardening
Compost
Eco-Friendly Compost is Launched
RedNova - Apr 02 10:29 AM GREEN-FINGERED gardeners are doing their bit for the planet - with the help of an environmentally friendly compost. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's Wild & Free compost is hitting shops in preparation for the forthcoming Easter holiday weekend.
Container composting
Your views for Tuesday, January 24, 2006
La Crosse Tribune - Jan 24 2:59 AM By GALE SHEFELBINE, Holmen, Wis. The question is often asked, Why aren t more young people remaining on the family farm these days? The answer is clear.
David Holmgren
Accusations made during state agriculture board meeting
Reno Gazette-Journal - Mar 07 1:48 AM A meeting of a state board launching a search for a new director of the Nevada Department of Agriculture erupted Tuesday with newly aired allegations of discrimination, obstruction of justice and radically motivated politics. It began when a state lab supervisor, whose May 2006 complaint about alleged gender discrimination prompted an inquiry of the director who resigned last month, urged state ...
Earth Day
Earth Day celebrations on tap for Jackson
The Clarion-Ledger - Mar 26 5:06 AM Coordinators of Earth Day 2007 are gearing up for a day of free events April 22 at Jamie Fowler Boyles Park (adjacent to Smith Wills Stadium) on Lakeland Drive in Jackson from 1-6 p.m.
Forest gardening
GARDENING - Now This is a Real Seat of Learning
RedNova - Dec 04 5:40 AM By BRIGID PRESS ACHILDHOOD crawling amongst the dust and bugs of the red African soil has left me with a stomach of steel and a mighty good immune system.
Fruit tree propagation
Garden calendar
Contra Costa Times - Jan 21 3:11 AM "Fight the Bite: Reduce the Risk of West Nile Virus" -- Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon, Mel's Greenhouse, 25685 Marsh Creek Road, Brentwood. Tips and information to guard against the mosquito-borne virus. 925-634-1463.
German mound
Clubs & meetings
Quad-City Times - Jan 23 10:07 PM Editors note: The Quad-City Times is updating its bulletin board information. Please send the information to: Lynda Booker, 500 E. 3rd St., Davenport, IA 52801 or e-mail lbooker@qctimes.com
Henry Doubleday Research Association
Jane Perrone on ethical solutions to slug problems
Guardian Unlimited - Jan 17 5:50 PM Is there a green way to fight off the slugs? Jane Perrone reports
Marc Bonfils
Innovative agrarian museum in Bekaa survives war intact
The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 21 1:32 PM Terbol is a remote, unusually dry and stultifyingly dull village in the Bekaa Valley. Were it not for the establishment of an innovative museum there, situated amid an otherwise gray and spiritless landscape, Terbol would boast few attractions for visitors, particularly during the hot summer months. The local inhabitants of Terbol are predominantly.
Masanobu Fukuoka
Letter Submissions
Ashland Daily Tidings - Mar 08 11:48 AM Letters should be e-mailed in text-only format to tidingsopinion@dailytidings.com . Please include your address and a daytime phone number where you can be reached for confirmation. Letters are limited to 250 words. At Length submissions are limited to 400 words.
Mulch
'Christmas' mulch available
Post-Bulletin - Mar 19 7:21 AM Omsted County residents may pick up free mulch at the county's compost site on Silver Creek Road in Rochester. The mulch is made from ground up Christmas trees and is not compost, a soil amendment. The mulch can be placed at the
Organic gardening
Organic gardening is good for all
Tallahassee Democrat - Mar 14 11:00 PM What exactly is organic gardening? It's really a very simple concept of growing and farming using natural methods. The term organic gardening was coined in the 1940s by J. I. Rodale in his publication "Organic Gardening and Farming." It refers to growing plants in an environment free of synthetic or manufactured fertilizers and pesticides. For certified growers selling organic produce to the ...
Organic lawn management
Extreme Autumn Temperatures Cause Unseasonable Flowering In The Netherlands
Science Daily - Dec 22 3:16 AM Observers in the Netherlands reported that more than 240 wild plant species were flowering in December, along with more than 200 cultivated species. According to biologist Arnold van Vliet of Wageningen University, this unseasonable flowering is being caused by extremely high autumn temperatures. The mean autumn temperature in 2006 was 13.6°C, which is 3.4°C above the long-term average. It was ...
Permaculture
Forecast Today
Groton Landmark - Jan 05 5:49 AM Reception: 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Library gallery, 15 Main St., Pepperell. Opening reception for Pepperell artist and photographer Gary "Doc" Bisbee, sponsored by the Friends of the Lawrence Library. Free admission and refreshments will be served. Exhibit runs through Feb. 2.
Robert Hart forest gardener
Now available on DVD
Contra Costa Times - Jan 20 8:14 AM "RED EYE": Right after her comedy success in "Wedding Crashers," Rachel McAdams turned intensely dramatic as a threatened airplane passenger in director Wes Craven's tidy thriller. The young woman is horrified to discover her supposedly charming seatmate (Cillian Murphy, "Batman Begins") is a villain who intends to use her as a pawn in an assassination scheme; if she doesn't cooperate, he'll
Seed ball
Herald news ... 100 years ago
Grand Traverse Herald - Mar 19 10:42 PM n Harrison Speer of Summit City has produced from the seed ball a new variety of potato which is said to be immune from blight.
Soil life
Plants Also Need a Little Less Stress
RedNova - Mar 16 1:05 PM By RICHARDS, Wally Stress in plants is the same as stress in us two-leggeds; when we are under stress, our immune systems are weakened and we are more likely to catch colds and have other health issues.
Soil pH
The Prairie Star
Prairie Star - Mar 19 5:04 PM Proper management of phosphorus fertilizer applications is key to optimizing crop yield, says a Montana State University Extension specialist.
Spent mushroom compost
Biological Quality of Potting Media Based on MSW Composts: A Comparative Study
RedNova - Dec 13 1:13 AM By Moldes, A; Cendn, Y; Lpez, E; Barral, M T Municipal solid waste (MSW) compost from aerobic or anaerobic bioprocesses was evaluated as components of substrates for potted plant production.
Square foot gardening
Pesticides Need Sunscreen To Beat The Heat
Science Daily - Dec 18 6:16 AM A pesticide with a new in-built sunscreen could reduce costs to farmers and the environment. Special capsules shield the pesticide from sunshine, which normally causes rapid degradation. This means the bug spray is made more effective. Therefore farmers save money, as they need to use less. This also reduces the risk of excess water contamination.
Three Sisters agriculture
Who is the Northern Parliamentarian or Politician?
AllAfrica.com - Jan 23 10:46 AM By 'Northern' I'm counting the three northern regions of Ghana - Upper West, Northern, and Upper East Regions. Out of the 230 parliamentary seats in Ghana the North has 49, representing 21% or one-fifth the number of seats available. They are therefore, collectively, a force to reckon with.
Vegan organic gardening
Super green me
Guardian Unlimited - Jan 06 6:50 PM Weekend: Alex Jamieson helped Morgan Spurlock back to health after he ate nothing but McDonald's. Now she wants to detox the world, finds Hannah Pool.
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