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surveyEmmaus, PA DISCLAIMER: The information provided in this report has been prepared independent of any consultative or commercial interest in any of the named compost companies. This is a work for hire and the information is released as non-confidential and the information is copyright-free. No liability is assumed by the lab or the publishers of this information, its accuracy or reliability. THE WOODS END REPORT: Analysis of Commercial Bag Compost ProductsWOODS END REPORT 1 How do commercial composts vary with respect to basic scientific traits? The following survey reports double-blind lab results for commercial bagged com-post products collected by a third party from across the US - principally the Northeast- during September 1998 and analyzed at Woods End Research Laboratory in Mt Vernon, Maine in the fall of 1998. Laboratory evaluations and analyses included the following: pH, salt, organic content, Solvita maturity, total-nitrogen, moisture, odor and texture. Total nitrogenPaper/boxes with food, wet or with greasy residue. Learn to reduce your yard waste by composting, Grasscycling and planting techniques. Workshops are held the fourth Saturday of each month at 10:00 AM at Griffith Park Composting Facility. City of Los Angeles residents may also dispose of yard trimmings, free of charge at the collec-tion site at 11201 Randall Street in Sun Valley. The site is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Residents must bring a cur-rent DWP bill, and a picture ID. Materials placed in the black container go directly into a landfill. Residents who need additional containers on a CONTAINER: Black Green Horse Manure Regular basis should call 1-800-773-CITY. There is a monthly charge for additional refuse and or yard trimming Containers. climate_technicalThere are three interrelated phenomena w hich need to be identified in reviewing the potential impacts of climate change on gardens. The second phenomenon is the occurrence of extreme weather events such as floods and droughts. Covering pre v i o u s ly absorbent land surfaces with concrete alters the hydrological balance and exacerbates the severity of floods and droughts caused by extreme weather events. The year to year variation in precipitation will also increase leading to an increased frequency of v ery dry summers and very wet winters. However these impacts will be rela-tively minor in relation to other social and cultural changes affecting visitor numbers. Each major gar-den will therefore have its own set of parameters determining its catchment area and anticipated threats and opportunities arising from climate change. He also pointed out that the climate in England was more conducive to being outside than in any other country but that it was seldom warm enough40001dhThank you to all the young people who participated in Kids on the Move! What do you get when you combine sunny summer days, good food, friends, outside activities, a farmers market and a community garden? The Summer of 2003 was beautiful in Seattle with more warm sunny days than ever before recorded in history. Let's start with a little background. Our goals were to learn about nutrition, eat healthier and get some exercise. Who knew we could have so much fun learning about and doing things that make us healthier! "Gardening is fun and a great way to be physically active and spend time outdoors. Gardening can be fun, but it also takes work. Hammer two boards in a cross, add clothes, gardening gloves, and a pumpkin, or other item, for a head.Ms. Brieger, a long time resident, is a local science teacher and has a Masters degree in Environmental Sciences. She is also interested in xeriscaping. She will provide handouts and will be available for questions after the presentation. presentations at the library for several years and his talks are always full of humor, knowledge and good advice. Please call 817.952.2342 for reservations and information about the programs. Jo Ann Hahn, Master Gardener, will present gardening tips on perennials, plants that live several years without replanting. Peggy Harris is a local gardener who specializes in beautiful irises. Prepare to be amazed. Pre-Walkers: 10:00 to 10:20 am, Walkers: 10:45 to 11:05 am or 11:30 to 11:50 am 0504_00_coverUST AS NEW YORK is an amalgamation of places like SoHo and Tribeca, and Paris a mix of Montmartre and Marais, Portland is merely the name we give to our ever-changing landscape of diverse neighborhoods: Laurelhurst and Alameda, Sylvan and Buckman, Westmoreland and Arbor Lodge. What's more, for all the interest rate and square-footage calculations that go into selecting a house, it's location that really determines whether your house will become a home. Whether defi ned by its proximity to good schools, the availability of French Provincial architecture, or the number of steps required to reach the nearest Starbucks, each Portland neighborhood provides a unique compilation of amenities. It also offers the opportunity to meld your personality with the mores of where you've chosen to hang your hat. As such, a Rose City neighborhood can be a source of tremendous pride, not to mention power, as the McDonald's corporation discovered when it confronted a pack of aging hippies onsunflower seeds that we feed our birds during the winter take root in the spring and start to grow in our lawn. If I let them grow, would they survive transplanting? Answer: Probably. For best results, we'd advise you to wait until they're six to eight inches tall and then move them with a ball of soil around them. You'll have to reseed those patches of lawn, but hey, what's a little less lawn when it comes to flowering plants? If you can't keep your lawn mower away that long, you could try moving some earlier starts, but the longer you wait (until they're up to about 8 inches), the better luck you might have. Be sure to give the transplants full sun in their new location and, if they're one of the large varieties (which is likely), give them a good two feet between plants. Sunflowers raised to be bird food generally have heavy flower heads that can grow up to a foot across. The birds and squirrels will want to clean them out, just as they do your feeders, of course, but the treenewsspring2004Seattle Department if Transportation is pleased to hold our third Streetside Garden Contest this year! This contest is designed to help us acknowledge our outstanding stewards and the unsung heroes of streetside beautification. Competition is easy - just let us know you're interested, and the judges will stop by and check your garden out! No essays to write or meetings to attend. This year we've made two exciting improvements to our growing enterprise. The contest has been expanded to include planting strips and other streetside gardens, and we've put up an online entry form to make submitting your garden even easier. For detailed information on how the contestants will be judged and to fill out an online entry form, visit www.seattle.gov/transportation/trafficcircles.htm or call us at (206) 684-0809. Thank you to Seattle Public Utilities for making this issue of the Neighbors' Gardening Circular possible! SPU has some really great information that is useful to gardeners!untitledWith upgrades at the Mission San Jose Water Treatment Plant (MSJWTP) almost complete, ACWD's first surface water treatment facility will soon be supplying high quality water to the Tri-City area once again. The plant began supplying water to customers in the ACWD service area in 1975. It will now be able to supply our area with water well into the 21st century. Final testing of the newly installed ultrafiltration membranes at the plant is almost complete. Focused on Bay-friendly gardening techniques, the series educated attendees on how to work with nature to reduce yard waste and protect the local creeks, waterways, and watersheds that drain to San Francisco Bay. The four workshop series included Bay-Friendly Gardening Basics; Gardening from the Ground Up; Gardening for Wildlife; and Gardening to Manage Pests Naturally. "People left the workshops excited about incorporating Bay-friendly gardening into their own yards and gar-dens," noted Amy Kirn-Leist, ACWD WaterGrow Irish Potatoes in the Home Garden Irish potatoes are a cool-season vegetable grown in the late winter and spring in Louisiana and, to some extent, in late summer and fall. When grown under favorable conditions, they return a high yield for the space occupied. Potatoes produce best on well-drained soils that are well supplied with organic matter. They respond to generous use of commercial fertilizer, especially on soils of medium to low fertility. Potatoes will tolerate acid soils, that is, soil pH below 5.5; in fact, it is recom-mended that potatoes be grown on soils with a low soil pH to control scab, a disease that affects the tubers. Generally, it is not recommended that acid soils be limed unless the pH is extremely low. In preparing the soil, build a good high bed. Space rows at least 36 inches apart. Formation and development of a new gardening branch - non-traditional fruit growing - should be based on the existing economic situation in the country and in the agricultural sector in particular, which determines the possibilities of attracting investments. Introduction of such crops as Lonicera and Chenomeles should be limited to amateur gardening. The most important task is to create strong logistical support for production of high quality planting stock to provide for amateur gardening and establishing commercial plantations. During the second stage (2005 - 2010), the area of commercial plantations should be increased by 2 - 3 times, individual gardening should be provided with planting stock, the list of new crops should be extended to 12 - 15. The primary scientific tasks for the period of programme implementation are: Creation of storage centres for non-traditional fruit and berry plants at the Belorussian Re-search Institute I thought I would talk in a little more detail about the South Carolina Homegardening Project that is run by the undergraduate Ethnobotany class at the University of South Carolina. This project was begun in 1994 after a trial project in 1993 indicated that the study of local yards would make a potentially great vehicle for teaching ethnobotany. Actually, in 1993 several students decided to compare the landscaping at apartment complexes with the prices of apartments, to see whether there was a correlation between Anicer@ landscaping and higher rental prices. In 1994 I decided to require each student to work on parts of the same project, rather than allow a number of individual or group projects. I presented the students with basic background research and readings on homegardens, and together we compiled a questionnaire with over 40 questions about the personal background of the gardener; gardening methods; and uses for garden produce. Personal background questions are very - - Spring Gardening School REGISTRATION FORM Please fill out this page and mail to: Cornell Cooperative Extension, 423 Griffing Avenue, Suite 100, Riverhead, NY 11901-3071, Attn.: Spring Gardening School For more information, or registration form, please contact : Mary Lou Menga, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 423 Griffing Avenue, Suite 100, Riverhead, NY 1 & 2-D** Starting Vegetable & Flower Seeds Indoors (Riverhead only) 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (Session 1) 1-E My Favorite Perennials 1-F Roses are Easy *1-G Basic Vegetable Gardening *1-H Small Flowering Trees & Shrubs *1-I Introduction to Hydrangeas 1-J Plant Structure / Plant Parts 1-K Garden Ponds *2-H Advanced Vegetable Gardening 3-E** Lucille's Garden (Bellport only) 3-F Organic Vegetable Gardening 3-G Point and Shoot Garden Photography *3-H To Weed or Not To Weed *3-I** Spring and Summer Flowering Bulbs (Bellport only) 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM (Session 4) *4-A Annual Plants and Container Gardening *4-B Weeds We Love to Hate 4-C Their research is presented in the topical sections which follow and are designated as Student or Poster papers. His designs featured carefully shaped land forms with paths and roads to reveal a site's natural character. Because of this economic situation and period of tremendous growth, a current niche market in the landscape industry has evolvedagain. It is that of a professional landscape gardener. The esti-mate is not a computer generated spreadsheet where everything is itemized and every minute of labor is accounted for. Develop a business reputation where clients specifically ask for your assistance and where gardening referrals are the best source of clients. Nature of Work: Botanical gardens have long been gathering plant materials for both scientific study and for the simple enjoyment of their visitors. Just before the turn of the century, a horticultural revolution began which prompted numerous botanical institutions to initiate collect-ing expeditions With this project, we intend to restore around 10,000 square feet of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds. To do that, we will locate denuded sites suitable for SAV growth (good sediment, clear waters and low hydrodynamism) and plant seedlings collected from donor meadows. To avoid inflicting any significant damage on the donor meadows, we will only collect a number of limited seedlings from any donor meadow. Furthermore, we will collect the seedlings from dense areas within the center of the meadow so that the small bare zones created with our collection will be recolonized with new plants in little time. We will use well-established planting techniques to anchor the seedlings in the receiving locations. The choice of suitable sites for SAV growth and appropriate techniques for planting will assure the success of the newly established meadows. Alternatively, or in combination with the approach above, we will target declining existing beds and secure their survival by Who is applying for the Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout Scholarship in Gardening at the Ambler Campus of Temple University, Ambler, Pennsylvania, for the academic year 20__ - 20__, has had five years of Scouting experience, two years of which have been as a Senior Girl Scout. She is presently an active member of the Girl Scout Movement and has been a registered Girl Scout within the last five years. The scholarship of $l000 per annum is awarded for a two-year program of study leading to an Associate in Science degree in either Horticulture or Landscape Design. I the recipient evidences genuine potential and fulfills academic requirements, the scholarship is granted for the second year. Selection is made on the relative merits of each candidate. Scholastic standing, achievement on admission tests, aptitude for horticulture work, and record in Girl Scouting are basic considerations in selection. Each candidate shall be endorsed by her Girl Scout council as having had five years of Guide to info r ma tio n so urces in hortic ulture & flo r is tr y Using the Library Every library has a list of all its books, magazines and other p rinted material as well as audio visual items such as videos, slid es and cassettes. This list is referred to as a catalogue. The library 's cat alogu e can b e search ed in a v ariet y of ways such as by t it le, aut hor (name) or by key word. If y ou have any difficulties ask at the enquiry desk and a search can be carried out for y ou. Classification S ystem Her e y ou will find books such as the RHS Plant Finder 1998-99 and subject dictionaries, such as Stearn's dictionary o f plant names for gardeners and the RHS shorter dictionary of gardening, which are usefu l to aid understandin g of terminolo gy . BBC Gardening | |
