Lessons in landscaping You dont need a green thumb to grow grass
A homeowner shares practical tips from a summer of yard work on restoring a bare lawn. He details soil prep with a tractor, raking clay, straw versus peat moss, seed mixes of Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass, and patching damaged areas. He recounts drought, multiple seasons, and adding trees, shrubs, and a small vegetable garden to create a thriving landscape.
Tony Dension Chronicle-Telegram Copy Editor
Tony Dension works as a copy editor for the Chronicle Telegram, handling diverse subjects and ensuring accurate, polished pages across the daily edition. He contributes to newsroom workflow, editing copy for correctness, clarity, and consistency.
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ABCs in Color Lesson and Books for Primary Grades
ABCs in Color offers a classroom activity package to teach letters sounds color recognition drawing and word search tasks. It includes stories and more than 40 children's books to support early literacy for primary level students through engaging newspaper based activities.
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Butterflies attracted by native plants in home gardens
San Jose a guide to attracting butterflies with nectar plants and native shrubs. Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford notes butterflies visit gardens with yellow orange red and mauve blooms and nectar rich natives. Include thistles wildflowers and non native nectar sources, avoid pesticides, sow seeds after fall rains.
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