Gardener promotes soil health and compost education
Allan Balliett, a soil anthropologist from Shepherdstown, plans to educate students at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in Neersville, Virginia, about compost driven farming. He argues ancient societies maintained fertility longer and warns modern methods exhaust soil, endorsing organic practices and soil life.
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Allan Balliett
Blue Ridge
California
Usc
Balliett
Blue Ridge Center
Potomac River
Orchids Rescued Ahead of Bear Lake Road Widening
In Rocky Mountain National Park researchers led by plant ecologist Tom Grants and Denver Botanic Gardens director Carol Dawson move 100 Cypripedium fasciculatum orchids to a pine forest setback as Bear Lake road expands. The mission, budgeted at 8800 dollars, aims to transplant the rare flowers and collect seeds for reintroduction, with tagging and multi-year monitoring to preserve park biodiversity.
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Colo
Popular Bear Lake
Tom Grants
Grant
Carol Dawson
Denver Botanic Gardens
Dawson
Bear Lake
Terry Terrell Wosky
Terrel Mountain National Park
Colorado
Yeltone National Park
Terrell
Dario
Rocky Mountain
Allergy Free Gardening Aids Hay Fever Sufferers
Lindsay Bond Totten reviews Allergy Free Gardening by Thomas Ogren. The book argues gardeners can reduce pollen exposure by selecting low allergen plants and avoiding pollen heavy species. It ranks plants by allergy potential from 1 to 10 and offers concrete Pennsylvania yard examples with zone adjustments and planting ideas.
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Thomas Ogren
Ten Speed Press
Ogren
California
Ten Penmaesia
Gyren
Pennsylvania
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