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Sweet Soil is a project that raises frugality to the 100th power. It represents not the sort of hoarding that results in cupboards stacked with newspapers from 1956 but the kind that turns newspapers into a useful product that enhances the environment. The scope of this project is so huge that you keep expecting to […]
I left you with a picture of a composting toilet last month that was taken at one of the lodges in Yellow Creek State Park near Indiana, PA. Except for a sign that advised that the lid be kept down and the lack of a flushing mechanism this unit closely resembled standard bathroom equipment. At […]
The growing season is upon us again and the search is on for the new, the unusual, the plant that will draw the eye. Here are a few for discriminating gardener’s contemplation. Persian ConeflowerCentaurea dealbata Consider the Persian coneflower; this plant is a close relative of the blue bachelor button, Centaura montana. The flower is […]
Magicicada Some time in May or June of this year (2004) the periodical cicada population known as 17-year Brood X will begin to emerge. It is the largest of the 17 broods that have been tracked since 1952. This year’s brood began in 1982 as eggs laid in Y shaped nests in the twigs of […]
Do you know there are 15 official divisions of tulips? Knowing their characteristics and blooming times makes it possible to get a succession of tulips through out the spring. It also insures against the possibility that your shorter varieties will wind up at the back of the border. Division 1: Single Early This is a […]