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370 Lakeside Park Trail Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:25PMThe trail in this three-month-old park in St. Peters circles what is on its way to being an outdoor recreation showplace.
Wet weather worries grass seed farmers Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:27AMRain has put harvest behind schedule, may lead to ruined crop
Local family helps honeybees thrive Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:23AMLocal beekeeper Alfred Brigham, 38, is keeping his family tradition alive in order to do the same for the Island’s bee population. Beekeepers in western countries have been reporting the die-off of honeybees for several years. In addition to his hives on his property on Smith Street, he said he helps out the other Islanders [...]
Rain, cool delays grass seed harvest Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:19AMThird-generation grass seed farmer Austin Sayer of Brownsville calls this year’s late, wet harvest “psychological warfare” between man and nature, as mid-valley farmers nervously wait to fire up combines and get the annual harvest in high gear.
Reclaimer variety in good company Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:14AMTHE top-performing Rhodes grass Reclaimer variety's late-season protein level test has placed it alongside top-quality bisset creeping bluegrass.
Rain Dampens Grass Seed Harvest Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:32PMBy Jeff Skrzypek HARRISBURG, Ore. -- In rural parts of the Willamette Valley, the wet conditions are on the verge of destroying this year's grass seed crop. Normally in mid-July, grass seed fields would be full of combines chopping through the crop. But when you dig in a little, the stalks are soaked and far too wet for harvesting. Each day the piles sit dormant is another day farmers are ...
Biofactors in foods may reduce chronic disease Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:29PMMany foods contain biofactors — biologically active compounds — that may prevent and treat illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to new studies published in the July-September 2011 issue of the University of California's California Agriculture journal.
Teens lead grass restoration study Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:05PMTOPSHAM — On the day after classes ended for the 2010-11 academic year, four local teens spent a day in June knee-deep in river water to initiate a grasses restoration project at the Head of Tide.
Seeding under way on Horseshoe Two burn area Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:44PMWILLCOX, Ariz. (AP) — Recovery and restoration efforts are under way on the Horseshoe Two burn area in southeastern Arizona. The U.S. Forest Service says crews are dumping grass seed over the burn areas on both sides of the Chiricahua's Onion Saddle area using two fixed-wing aircraft. It's hoped that monsoon rains will spread the seeds, grow grass and stabilize the mountainsides burned by a ...
Cooking demonstration: Fresh, local tomatoes add zest to tasty summer dish Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:52AMFood columnist Season Stepp demonstrates how to make fresh pasta using fresh, local tomatoes.
Eco hero The community gardener Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:28AMTony Carroll started the group Garden Gorilla to create instant allotments in schools, on vacant land and in community spaces with volunteers.
Vermont farmer experiments with cold-hardy rice Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:19AM(AP) -- Erik Andrus considers himself a beer and bread man, but he's had limited success growing high quality grains on his sometimes soggy swath of Vermont farmland. This spring, in an effort to turn a liability into an asset, he switched focus and began experimenting with rice.
Blog » BYU Sports Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:37AM(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Unified Fire Authority investigator Ren Egbert, at the site of a hillside fire near Pete's Rock at the trailhead to Mt. Olympus, shows fireworks Thursday similar to the ones found at the scene.
Soderling sinks Ferrer in Bastad final Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:37PMWorld No. 5 Robin Soderling has claimed his fourth tennis title of 2011, winning his home Swedish Open for the second time in three years.
The Veggie Girl: In pursuit of purslane Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:47AMWhat would you say about a plant that sports beautiful flowers, is useful as a ground cover, is drought-resistant, heat tolerant, tasty, edible, easy to grow and contains so many Omega-3 fatty acids that it’s considered a super food?
53 easy ways to torch 100 calories Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:23AMBurning calories needn't be a boring slog. You can melt off 100 calories — and quick — by walking your pooch, helping a pal move, paddling a kayak and hitting the batting cages at the state fair.
Compost to improve your soil, plants Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:41AMComposting can eliminate your dependence on chemical fertilizers, improve the quality of your soil, reduce the burden on your community's landfill and lessen your need for soil amendments and those black plastic bags.
Conservation, fly-fishing tie together Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:40AMLocal fly-fishermen shared their passion for the sport with the younger generation Saturday at Morse Park.
Future of food: Meet the farmers and scientists who could save our fragile global food system Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:05PMWe live in the era of the £1.25 loaf of white sliced bread and the £250,000 bluefin tuna. It's a time when the source of our food, the cost of it, and its effect on our wellbeing and our world occupies us like never before. Across the Atlantic – the home of industrial-scale farms, childhood obesity and all-powerful corporations – the future of food has long exercised bestselling writers such as ...
Pilobolus Tumbles On Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:52PMOn the opening night of its annual Joyce Theater run, Pilobolus showed two of the three premieres it will present this season, and they could hardly be more unalike. One collaborates with a Butoh artist and the other with a rock band.
JAPANESE WALK: Any day Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:33AMIn March, when the massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan, Plymouth resident Jerrine Wire Egloff was visiting her daughter, Ellie, who lives about 100 miles from the epicenter of the quake. Ellie, a Plymouth South High grad, moved to Japan 13 years ago to teach English. While there, she met her husband, Toshi, and they now have two young sons, 6-year-old Yuta and 2-year-old Seiji ...
Consider thinking outside the green lawn - Sat, 16 Jul 2011 PST Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:16AMAre you tired of fertilizing, killing weeds, watering and mowing that lawn around your house? You aren’t alone. A lot of people are ditching the grass for something more sustainable and practical. Giving up grass can be a challenge, though. It has been the standard for so long that getting away from the psychological mindset of having one can be as challenging as the physical effort to remove it ...
Zen and the art of gardening Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:12AMCanada's guru of gardening is in a meditative state of mind. Success in the garden comes down to getting on your knees and paying attention, says Ed Lawrence, the silver-haired dynamo who held his first plant when he was a seven-year-old growing up in downtown Toronto.
Blog TV Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:06AM(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Unified Fire Authority investigator Ren Egbert, at the site of a hillside fire near Pete's Rock at the trailhead to Mt. Olympus, shows fireworks Thursday similar to the ones found at the scene.
In Utah wildfires, culprits get away with their money Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:06AMIn Utah wildfires, culprits get away with their money By nate carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jul 16, 2011 07:58AM MDT Holladay • Ren Egbert paused for a moment before admitting it: Start a wildfire in Salt Lake County, and you probably won’t be caught. “I hate to say that publicly,” said Egbert, an investigator for the Unified Fire Authority, “because I like the idiots to think we’re ...
By Cathy Frisinger McClatchy Newspapers Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:08AMIf you're still bagging grass clippings and fallen leaves to be hauled off to the landfill, make this summer the season you declare your independence from the 30-gallon plastic bag.
Tall grass, wildflowers OK in yard, Saanich decides Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:01AMThe tall grasses and wildflowers can continue to grow in Maleea Acker's yard, Saanich has decided.
Despite weak 2010, outgoing Dem boss leaves behind a stronger party Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:06PMDespite weak 2010, outgoing Dem boss leaves behind a stronger party By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jul 15, 2011 09:07PM MDT Wayne Holland spent years building the Utah Democratic Party piece by piece, shaking the money tree, cajoling candidates into long-shot bids and trying to sow the seeds of a grass-roots movement. Any progress he made was no match for the unprecedented 2010 ...
Public Safety Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:02PM(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Outgoing Utah Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Holland finishes up some work at the party's new offices on 300 West and 825 North in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 15, 2011.
Weeds invading Colusa Basin Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:29PMWeeds are clogging up the Colusa Basin watershed. "A lot of these species absorb a great deal of water and they can deteriorate the natural (landscape) and cause farmers and ranchers a great deal of problems," said Mary Fahey, watershed coordinator...
Soderling, Berdych Clash in Bastad; Kleybanova Diagnosed with Cancer Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:42PMIn what has to be on the of the slowest sports weeks of the entire year - the ATP should hold a Masters tournament this week! - we at least get a decent Top 4-seeded semifinal lineup in Bastad tomorrow.
Monoga Farmers Syndicate wins UNDP plaudits Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:31AMTeamwork, passion and commitment have won Monoga Farmers Syndicate in the Kgatleng District praise from the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Khin-Sandi Lwin.
Fungus Protects Rice from Challenges of Climate Change Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:02AMTo ward off famine and potentially save millions of lives, researchers are looking for a little help from a tiny fungus. By colonizing seeds with spores from naturally occurring fungi, experiments show that rice -- a major world food source -- is able to withstand stresses associated with climate change, such as drought and soil salinity. The results were published by the U.S. Geological Survey ...
Gardening: Keeping your rainy-season lawn from turning into a jungle Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:54AMThe summer rainy season got off to a slow start with an unusually dry June. We were all hoping for rain and we got what we wished for! Last weeks’ rain caused a flush of growth in the garden that will continue through September .During the summer months we can have 20 inches of rain in the blink of an eye. With this in mind, the realities of lawn maintenance during the summer months in South ...
S.D. Farmers Union campers ‘Growing Healthy Cooperatively’ Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:10AMYoung people from across Clay County learned to live healthier lifestyles, make better food choices, and work together to make their communities healthier during the annual Clay County Farmers Union camp held Tuesday, June 21, in Vermillion.
Speak softly and carry a big wrench Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:17AMJohn Davis, a full-fledged U.S. presidential candidate, made an appearance in Ottawa Thursday and claimed he has the tools "to fix the country." To illustrate the point, the conservative candidate constantly carries a huge red, white and blue pipe wrench
Garden tour in Fulda area on July 14 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:01AMFulda Free Press Norma Dittman Jay Faltinson and her husband Mel, have lived on their acreage since 1971. Fulda Free Press Norma Dittman Gail Hopper has many favorite areas of flower gardens on her rural yard.
Oregon's Deborah Kane talks policy with secretary of agriculture, meets President Obama Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:03PMFood activist sows seeds at White House
Patchwork: A profligate gardener reforms her ways Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:53PMEditor’s note: Guest writer Abi Sessions of Cornwall has co-raised three strapping children on the products of her vegetable garden and has taught in local schools for 37 years.
The Invention and Evolution of the Drinking Straw, from Mint Juleps to Milkshakes [Objectified] Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:32PM# objectified Marvin Stone was sipping on a mint julep with some buddies, but he was not enjoying it. In the late 1800s, when this happy hour took place, natural rye grass was the tool used to slurp up your booze. More »
City won't let Santa Barbara man chop down his tree; City Council to decide fate today Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:31AMCooper wants to chop the tree down. The tree, he says, is more problem than picturesque. The local dentist says the tree is a pain to maintain, poses a safety hazard from its falling fronds , and obstructs his panoramic views.
Wolfgang Puck: For sweet relief from summer's heat, serve honey ice cream Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:30AMAs summer really starts to heat up, lovers of good food know one of the best ways to cool down is to have some ice cream. Whether you get it from a supermarket or an old-fashioned truck, a traditional soda fountain or a new-fangled specialty shop, ice cream has the ability to make us all feel like children again, ready to take off our shoes and run barefoot through the grass.
Why the US Open Is the Purest Grand Slam in Tennis Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:15PMThe US Open in the purest Grand Slam in tennis. The Australian Open happens so early in the year that it favors quick starters and the fittest players who don't need long recovery times after the previous season. The French Open is biased towards Rafael Nadal (maybe Spanish players in general, but pretty much just Rafa), and Wimbledon is tailor made for big servers and power games. Recently ...
Pasco community chooses bahia grass seeds as a Florida-friendly landscaping alternative Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:54PMBy Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Roberto Mendez, of Travis Resmondo Sod in Dundee, sprays a fertilizer mixture over grass seed on Tuesday. LAND O'LAKES — It looks a lot like birdseed. But the tiny ovals, when spread over bare dirt, can create an entire field of green grass, if you're willing to wait a couple of weeks. The folks who run the Ballantrae community don't ...
Grain farmers explore future bio-fuels, products Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:08PMSeeds planted during Wednesday's visit by members of the Grain Farmers of Ontario board could lead to a valuable economic harvest for Sarnia-Lambton.[...]
The Open 2011: behind the scenes with the people who keep the tournament on course Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:08PMThe secret army of tireless troops who keep the Open on course.
Presidential candidate sowing seeds for grass-roots campaign Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:00PMJohn Davis captures attention as he travels the United States in a bus emblazoned with his name and the fact that he's running for president. When Davis stopped at Quincy's Washington Park on Wednesday morning, he was immediately approached by Michael Weinstein, who was curious about the candidate.
Rocky Kistner: Kansas Town Builds A Clean Energy Field of Dreams Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:58PMSchool superintendent Darin Headrick remembers the day the massive 200 mile-an-hour tornado struck his small Kansas community four years ago. His school—along with 95 percent...
Column: Lighten up lunch or dinner with easy, tasty meals Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:12AMCOOKS' CORNERBY SARA RAY Several days ago, I was sitting out on our front porch in the late evening. Everywhere I looked I could see the twinkle-twinkle of lightning bugs, also known as fireflies. Their luminescence brought back many memories ... some fond and some not.
Amazing Tastes of Thailand Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:32AMWHEN you say Thai food, one can’t help but think of curry dishes, stir fried vegetables and noodles, and the liberal use of spices and chilies, as well as herbs and fresh ingredients.