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In the News
- Exciting research from Rodale – how no-till agriculture can combat global warming.
- Next, what we gardeners know, that horticulture ALSO combats climate change, according to an article in the U.K.-based publication Horticulture Week. And food gardening is singled out as extra-helpful because it reduces consumption of meat, which is so resource-intensive to produce.
- What else combats climate change? According to this article [pdf], mycorrhizal fungi. With the addition of our favorite fungi, soils and perennial grasses sequester even more carbon.
- And plant geeks, this is for you: an evolutionary tree of all plant life.
- Fine Gardening has launched VegetableGardener.com to help us newbie veg-growers get up to speed.
- The UK has a Plan Bee (to save the bees). Do we?
On GardenRant
- Seems that Monsanto is at it again – this time keeping plant scientists from even studying their GMO plants.
- Government getting on the sustainable landscaping train? Looks like it. At USDA properties worldwide.
- In Praise of the Bug Man turns us on to a terrific newspaper column with all sorts of resources.
- The World According to Felder Rushing is filled with real-life gardening advice, and amazing photos of his Mississippi garden.
- See the trailer for "Food Fight!"
- The state of Master Gardener Magazine (it needs our support).
On Sustainable Gardening.com
- Green Dumping Must Stop by our newest contributor and my main gardening guru in the world, Ann Lovejoy.
- Ann also brings us How to Keep your Thirsty Lawn Happy.
- Knock Out Roses, the newest sponsor of the website, the blog and this newsletter, get their own page. With full disclosure, of course.
- Like Knock Outs in being easy, disease-resistant and long-blooming, but shorter, are ‘Flower Carpet’ Roses.
My So-Called Second Career, the Update
- My spring garden-coaching article in Organic Gardening Magazine is now on the shelves. Here’s my blurb about it with another photo by Rob Cardillo for the article.
- And, in fact, spring coaching is going strong, and the coaches of N. America have organized themselves in a cool new way – using Wet Paint.
- With my girl-blogger press badge, I attended a whole day of talks about water management (waaay more interesting than it sounds) and another showing the 10-year transformation of a horticulturist’s garden, both at Brookside Gardens in MD. Reports with photos are coming soon.
- Even girl-bloggers have to pay to get into the Philadelphia Flower Show and attend the Garden Writers event but that’s okay; lots to write about.
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Susan: thanks a heap for shining a light on my buddy’s book. I know he’ll appreciate it immensely.
Susan – I hope all is well. You’re as prolific as ever. Just got back from the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show – saw a few GWA cohorts and met a few new ones.
Question about this post – I see the cover art for Owen Dell’s book but no active links or words about it. Did I miss something? Either way, thanks for getting it noticed.
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well, Billy, you’ve discovered a little kookiness about the newsletter – I inject anything I feel like into the sidebar, off-topic or not, with generally no accompanying text except in this case, “Reading.” But I promise a review is coming this week.
Another fantastic and informative newsletter. Thank you for all your time and effort.