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Gardening Map Of Warming U.S. Has Plant Zones Moving North
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:51 AM EST (NPR)
It's official: Gardeners and farmers can count on warmer weather. If that's you, it might be a good time to rethink those flower and vegetable beds for this year's growing season. That's the word from the U.S.
Local News | Longtime Monroe dairy farm now turns manure into money | Seattle Times Newspaper
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:25 AM EST (The Seattle Times)
MONROE — It's 5 a.m. at the Werkhoven Dairy — happy hour for Holsteins. From a 5,000-gallon black tank containing beer and wine, Andy Werkhoven adds two pounds of alcohol to the feed of each of the 1,000 milking cows. "Cow-bernet," he jokes.
Dow and Monsanto Team Up On the Mother of All Herbicide Marketing Plans | Mother Jones
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:06 PM EST (MotherJones.com)
If the agrichemical companies manage to ram through the regulatory process a bunch of patches to Roundup Ready farming, then their herbicide-drenched vision will continue dominating huge swaths of prime farmland throughout the country for the forseable future.
Upcycling's Upshot: How Urban Mushroom Farmers Turned Scavenging into a Business - Business - GOOD
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:06 PM EST (good.is)
In 2009, Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez were recent graduates of the University of California at Berkeley who had both been offered positions in consulting and investment banking.
Calculator: Is Your Food Spending Normal?
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:12 AM EST (MotherJones.com)
Do you have any idea how much you spend on food? A few of us here at Mother Jones tracked our habits and were surprised (and appalled) to see the damage. Suspecting we weren't alone, we decided to do a little research.
Easy DIY outdoor shower project - Sunset.com
Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:05 AM EST (sunset.com)
This weekend project has three basic parts: two wing walls and a center pole with the plumbing attached. All materials are available at the Home Depot.
Backyard Scrabble - Sunset.com
Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:00 AM EST (sunset.com)
"I like areas of double use," says Sacramento architect Kristy McAuliffe, and her 5-foot square Scrabble board rates at least a double-word score on the scale of inventive garden games.
Build a PVC cucumber/vine trellis
Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:50 AM EST (pvgplans.com)
How to build a trellis for vines or vegetables out of PVC pipe. Let cucumbers, grapes, or other vines climb trelliss.
Best Vegetable Seed Companies
Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:02 PM EST (MOTHER EARTH NEWS)
It's seed catalog time. I get a lot of them and I love them.
Surprise!!!(not really) Another 'Public tax payer paid for' item goes to the lowest 'private' bidder/close friends/financial supporters...This time it's WATER...When will we stop this give away of publicly paid for projects that benefit only a 'few'?
Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:20 PM EST
I have been paying attention to the 'water' issue here in California for some time now...and was very upset when this 'inserted' item got passed into 'law'...An article in our 'opinion' section of the paper today lays it out in black/white...Here is the text below... Viewpo …
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