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All the buzz: Marin scientist seeks help to save nation's beesTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:42AMGretchen LeBuhn wants to save the nation's bees -- one sunflower at a time. And she's hoping you'll help. LeBuhn, an associate professor of biology at San Francisco State University, is the creator of the Great Sunflower Project, an effort to

Richard Mabey's 'Weeds' sees a purpose for the plants we demonizeTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:09AMIf you're looking for weed-banishing advice, this is not your book, but this is an excellent volume for anyone interested in green lore.

How dry is it?Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 12:05AMThey even admit it themselves: Farmers are never happy with the weather. Just two months ago, they were complaining that it was too wet to get in the fields to plant. They needed some sun to dry the fields out. Now it's too dry. "Every good flood ends with a drought," said Fred McMullen, a National Weather Service Meteorologist.

Wimbledon prepares for makeover for 2012 OlympicsSaturday, July 2, 2011 @ 8:39AMThe grass will still be green when the Olympics come to Wimbledon in 2012 and that is just about all that will look the same.

Workshop reveals compost how-tosFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 7:17AMTOWNSEND -- Mix food scraps with grass clippings, leaves and cardboard into a pile, turn it over occasionally and in a month, or maybe a few years, you can have your own home-produced compost.

Pretty as a pictureFriday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:31AMVickie Quick began gardening in her “blank canvas” yard about 30 years ago by planting petunias and marigolds. After several years, she got bored, thinking, “Come on, there’s got to be more than this.”

Beautiful yard draws inspiration from book coverFriday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:31AMVickie Quick began gardening in her “blank canvas” yard about 30 years ago by planting petunias and marigolds. After several years, she got bored, thinking, “Come on, there’s got to be more than this.”

Boone County farmers included in federal biomass initiativeMonday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:04PMCOLUMBIA – Wanted: Farmers interested in growing the next generation of biofuels. Tens of millions of dollars in federal subsidies are available for farmers willing to grow biomass, such as grasses, forbs, legumes and trees, that can be converted into pellets and burned in power plants to produce electricity. Missouri is included in three of the five biomass crop project areas in the nation ...

The pundit's viewMonday, June 20, 2011 @ 5:29PMTennis experts opinions on who is going to win in SW19