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Keep Your Grass Green in the HeatMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:54PMIt's hot outside for people, pets, and for plants.

Vintners Welcome HeatMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:01AMAt least one group of area growers welcomes the current record heat wave.

Japan Nuclear Disaster Update 31: Radioactive stuff spreads, questions multiply [Greg Laden's Blog]Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:17PMThe International Atomic Energy Association has issued its last report on Fukushima on June 2nd and appears to not be keeping their web site up to date any more. This is the last time I'll be checking with them unless I hear otherwise. The email scandal reported last time continues "Analysts say the scandal reflects panic in Japan's atomic power industry, long coddled by political, corporate and ...

Bout with drought: Garden growing painsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:07AMMany people in the South enjoy fried squash — just not fried while it's still on the vine.That seems to be the fate of most gardens during this hot, dry summer.

Sec-22 resident develops his own parkSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:34PMFed up with the condition of parks in Sector-22, a retired government official V P Thagela developed a small park on his own on the green belt opposite his house.

Lawsuit and investiation reported over use of DuPont herbicide (See letter to growers)Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:33AMDuPont, regulators and lawyers continue to look into reports that a new herbicide is causing problems to pine and other types of trees.

Weimer an online soccer journalist, but a soccer player firstSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:20AMCARSON, CA - APRIL 19: Tiffany Weimer #8 of FC Gold Pride follows the ball the ball against the Los Angeles Sol during the WPS match at The Home Depot Center on April 19, 2009 in Carson, California.

National Cemetery undergoing facelift to realign gravestones, install new turfThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:40PMNew Bern’s historic National Cemetery is undergoing a facelift to realign grave markers, level the ground and install new turf. The work, which began earlier this year, is part of an ongoing nationwide Millennium Project from the Veterans Administration National Cemetery Administration.

Some patch diseases hard to controlThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:44AMPatch diseases of lawns have or will soon make an appearance in susceptible turfgrass.