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Story Archives of 'Gardening'
Here's What's Awesome: Color-Changing Windows, Refrigerators That Garden
By Brady Carlson on Monday, February 15, 2010.Most of the time I go hunting to find the links that end up as part of Here's What's Awesome; every so often the awesomeness just reaches out and grabs me. As I write this, my cat is recovering from a medical procedure to deal with an overactive thyroid gland. The procedure involved some radioactive stuff or other, so he has to essentially be quarantined for a few days til the stuff washes out of his system. We can't visit him, but we can watch him thanks to the hospital's kitty patient webcam.
Are there any agricultural programs in US prisons?
By EarthTalk on Sunday, January 24, 2010.
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From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Are there non-lethal ways to keep squirrels and other pests out of the garden?
By EarthTalk on Sunday, October 4, 2009.
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From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What would you recommend as a non-toxic/non-lethal way to keep squirrels, gophers and groundhogs away? -- Faye Gillette, Coarsegold, CA
Farming From A Truck
By Jessica Ilyse Smith on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
Rev up that engine, throw the truck into gear and be careful not to shake the tomatoes off the vine. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, the filmmakers behind the documentary King Corn have redefined the term truck farming. They've planted rows of vegetables in the back of a Dodge pickup in New York City to show that food can be grown just about anywhere.
Welcome to the Veggielution
By Robert Rogers on Friday, September 4, 2009.Politically aware, environmentally conscious young people are creating their own take on the back-to-the-land movement. Robert Rogers, a high schooler in San Jose, California, joined the "Veggielution" by helping grow organic crops in a local urban park.
Late Blight Has Come Earlier Than Ever
By Rick Ganley on Thursday, August 20, 2009.The word blight might make you think of the Great Irish Potato Famine of the 19th century. But it’s still with us today. And in fact it’s still causing problems for home and commercial growers alike. So called Late Blight has appeared earlier and become more widespread this season.
Cheryl Smith is the plant health specialist with the University of New Hampshire. She explains why this was the earliest appearance on record of Late Blight in New Hampshire.
Why and how should I start a rooftop garden?
By EarthTalk on Sunday, August 9, 2009.
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From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Gardens are Growing....in Number
By Mark Bevis on Thursday, July 30, 2009.On Saturday, Governor Lynch is scheduled to announce at the Concord Farmers Market that August is Eat Local month.
It's an attempt to promote local farms and locally grown foods.
But as NHPR's Mark Bevis reports, the governor does not have to do a lot of convincing.
The state is witnessing a surge in local vegetable gardens.
Patricia Klindienst – The Earth Knows My Name
By Monadnock Summe... on Saturday, July 25, 2009.Patricia Klindienst talks about the ethnic gardener as a culture bearer and citizen of the land community, one who, in healing the wounds of displacement--whether by injustice, poverty, or war--brings a wealth of traditional wisdom to the task of healing the land as well. Patricia addresses where we might begin the work of remembering who and what we are. Patricia Klindienst earned a Ph. D. in Modern Thought & Literature form Stanford University in 1984 then began her career as an interdisciplinary scholar at Yale, publishing ground-breaking feminist re-interpretations of classical myths and biblical stories. An award-winning scholar and teacher, she left the academic world to write for a broader audience. Her first book, “The Earth Knows My Name”, tells the stories of ethnic Americans who transmit their cultural heritage through their gardens. She received an American Book Award for 2007.
Gardening Behind Bars
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.County jails from Colorado to Florida are facing mounting deficits. Some are releasing inmates early and others are considering closing specific jails altogether. One Ohio jail is cutting costs by asking inmates to pick up a shovel, plant some seeds, and work for their food.
Prison gardens are nothing new. Inmates at the San Francisco County Jail have been gardening since 1982. Their produce goes to local farmers’ markets and community centers. But in Sandusky County, Ohio the tomatoes, green beans, and carrots don’t travel further than the jail’s kitchen. In order to help cut costs, Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer came up with the idea of converting an acre and a half of unused outdoor space into a garden.
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