Water gardens and the joys of container ponds
English garden writer Vita Sackville-West praised water as essential to a garden. The piece guides beginners to start with container water gardens, choosing pots, seals, and plants. It highlights floaters and bog plants, suggests sun exposure, fish options, and local shops Sunnyside, Palmetto Nurseries, and Lowe's for supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vita Sackville-West
Aiken
Palmetto Nurseries
Sam Stevens
Sam
Laurens
Kelly
Frank
Helen Nash
C. Greg Speichert
Sunnyside
Lowe's
When to harvest money plants Lunaria annua for seeds and bouquets
A reader learns that Lunaria annua is a biennial that self sows, with green to brown pods. For dried bouquets cut stems after pods brown, then air dry. remove the dark membrane to reveal silver coins. Leave some pods to drop seeds for next year s blooms.
Aid groups urge seed for faltering family farms near Fresno
Fresno area rancher Juan Chavira plans to pass his 40 acre chicken operation to his children as groups and studies urge support for small family farms. Nationwide and in California the number of young operators has fallen over 46 percent in a decade, spurring tax breaks, planning aid, and farm transition centers to keep farms in family hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Calif
Juan Chavira
Chavira
US Department of Agriculture
California
America
Steve
Schwartz
New York
Minnesota
Iowa
Dear Abby and Heard Enough column on conversation
In Dear Abby style the writer laments one way conversation and asks how to improve social interaction. The second reader asks for advice about a dangerous car seat for a 12 month old child and is urged to speak up, as silence endangers the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Eau Claire
Wil
Maryland
D.D
Nate
Kentucky crops hold steady despite dry spell across grain belts
In Kentucky a dry spell worries farmers as western and central counties show abnormally dry soil, especially for later crops, while early corn and tobacco show resilience. Agriculture agents note rain deficits since June, with July and August rains crucial to fill tobacco and boost corn and soy yields amid prices. Elsewhere Virginia and Maryland report improvements with sustained rainfall and cooler temps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Tom Priddy
University of Kentucky Extension
Priddy
Caldwell County
Ricky Yeargan
Yeargan
Logan County
Joanna Coles
Coles
Daviess County
County Agriculture Extension
Wayne Mattingly
Foundation to give ten free trees to July joining members
The National Arbor Day Foundation offers joining members in July 2000 ten free wildbird garden trees as part of Trees for America. The Red Oak Sargant Crab Washington thorn 2 Redcedars Bur Oak Arrowwood Viburnum 2 Canadian Hemlocks and Gray Dogwood boost habitat for over 100 bird species. Trees ship postpaid between October 15 and December 10 with planting instructions. 6 to 12 inch trees are guaranteed to grow or replaced. A $10 contribution to Wildbird Garden trees, Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska City NE 68410, by July 31, 2000, secures membership and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Arbor Day Foundation
Trees For America
John Rosenow
Foundation
Arbor Day
Nebraska City
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O&a
By Michael Martin Mils
Knight Ridder
Michael Martin Mills
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia
Millsm
Phillynews.com
Ted Press
Peach Orchard Rd
Sun
Dear Abby
Virginia
Thomas Lutman
Loudoun County
Washington Post
Reagan National
Arlington
National
Neck of the Woods
Jim Travers
National Weather Service
ST. Augustine
Bermuda
Zoysia
Riverwatch Parkway
Carolina Fresh Farms
Two Notch Rd
Columbia
S.C
Neeses
S.C & Spartanburg
RG Korey Nursery
Cypress
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