July 2012
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Biochar'med: A One Stop Shop to Improve Soil...
Finally, an answer I can dig my hands into. It arrived wrapped in a canvas bag with the words BLACK REVOLUTION and an image of a hand making a peace sign stenciled in red. Inside, a plastic gallon ziploc containing a mix of compost, coir (shredded coconut husk) and biochar, the secret sauce of terra preta, the rich black earth that helped pre-Columbian cultures thrive in the otherwise...
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Bouncing Onward: Climate, Consequences, Crops,...
It is amazing what summer soaker can do. Three or four of such storms over the course of a few days can bring back the seemingly dead. For weeks I have given feeble garden hose life support to frying hosta lilies and parched grass, always making sure to water a spot near a robins’ nest so the parents would have a fighting chance of finding a few worms and grubs to feed their peeping young....
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Hot Topics: On Weather, Preppers and the Promise...
It was subtle at first. It stopped getting hotter. It was more comfortable outside at ten in the morning than it had been eight. Winds began to blow life back into Lake Michigan’s tepid water, sending white-capped waves to shore. Sweaty air dried out. Colors returned. Thought was possible.
What difference a few degrees and a good breeze can make. A few days ago, electrical transformers...
