A terrific bunch of contributors to the website have been jumping on board over the last month and it’s high time I make a 
fuss over them! Here’s a little bit about them and their contributions so far.
- Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott is the hort guru who recently helped out over on GardenRant with clarifications about using wood chips as mulch - check it out. But who is she? An extension urban horticulturist and associate professor at Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University. She is the Washington State editor of MasterGardener magazine and for six years she authored an online column, ‘Horticultural Myths.’ She’s also author of The Informed Gardener. And because I asked for a photo, heeere’s Linda!
- The Myth of the Wandering Weedkiller: "Do does Glyphosate (Roundup) really migrate to other plants?.
- The Myth of Staking - Do we really need to stake trees and if so, for how long?
- The Myth of Drainage Material in Container Plantings - Do we really need those chards at the bottom of our pots?
- Renegade Gardener Don Engebretson, is a Minnesota landscape professional and multiply award-winning author.
- 10 Landscaping Blunders and How to Avoid Them - the PowerPoint version is a huge hit on the garden-speaking circuit.
- Myth-Busting: When planting a new tree DO NOT amend the soil is a hot topic, so Don can’t resist.
- Myth-Busting: Moss growing on lawn is a sign of acidic soil - more proof that Don loves a good myth.
- Dividing Shrubs? Don’t DO That! because people need to know.
- Rainy Side Gardener Debra Teachout-Teashon is the online gardening guru for the Pacific Northwest.
- "My Gardening Practices aren’t so ‘out there’ after all," about her lifelong commitment to organic gardening.
- Landscape architect Billy Goodnick, the Garden Wise Guy in Santa Barbara, California writes newspaper columns and locally on television.
- The Pro’s and Cons of Faux Turf" is a fair and balanced accounting from an arid-climate perspective.
- Denver Master Gardener and garden designer Lise Mahnke of Dry Ideas has a clear regional focus.
- 7 Principles of Xeriscaping from a specialist on the subject
- How to Make your own Solitary Beehouse, which she Lise actually did herself.
- Transplanted Gardener Ginny Stibolt, author of the upcoming Sustainable Gardening for Florida, has been vetted by academia, so her writing is certified authoritative.
- Just say no to poisons, which doesn’t pussy-foot around the issue.
- C.Garden Lady C. L. Fornariis a garden consultant on Cape Cod, and a garden writer and speaker nationally.
- Carefree Perennials about her favorites for sustainable gardeners.
- Climate change expert Michael Johnsen contributed "
The Carbon Footprint in your Garden."
- Australian garden writer Stuart Robinson, author of Gardening Tips ‘n’ Ideas is also the mastermind behind Blotanical.com.
- Using Rubber Mulch in your Garden
- Vegetables that MUST be Organic
- Foliar v. Slow-Release Fertiliser - notice the Aussie spelling there?
MORE CONTRIBUTORS?
Know anyone else who writes wisely about sustainable gardening topics, including yourself? Let us know in a comment.
Top photo: Linda Chalker-Scott. Next, clockwise from upper left: Don, C.L., Ginny, and Debbie. Lower composite, same deal: Stuart, Lise, and Billy.
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