Farmers hope for home run with Sox maze Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
Bangor Daily News Tue, 02 Aug 2005 5:27 AM PDT
CORINNA - For three generations, the Peavey family has farmed vegetables in the rich soil along the Sebasticook River at Thunder Road Farm. But peas and pumpkins just don't make it anymore in a competitive market, so this year, Charlie and Barbara Peavey have decided to bet on the Boston Red Sox. |
Time is ripe for Milford-area gardeners
Delaware State News Mon, 01 Aug 2005 8:49 PM PDT
MILFORD — The dew is still on the lawn most mornings when Rodman Mills, 87, ambles out to his garden. Although he's long-since retired from farming, Mr. Mills is still a sturdy man. And he still loves working with his hands and the soil. |
War of the exotic species in the West
USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News Tue, 02 Aug 2005 4:15 AM PDT
Bug scientists in seven states will unleash swarms of hungry Asian beetles tonight on a stubborn tree species that is choking life out of the West's waterways.The beetles, no bigger than pencil erasers, should assault tamarisk, also known as salt cedar. |
War of the exotic species in the West
USA Today Mon, 01 Aug 2005 8:19 PM PDT
Bug scientists in seven states will unleash swarms of hungry Asian beetles Tuesday on a tree species that is choking life out of the West's waterways. The beetles should assault the salt cedar. The bushy tree sucks up hundreds of billions of gallons of water a year and crowds out native plants. |
Farm expert: 'We dodged a bullet'
Gazette Extra Sports Tue, 02 Aug 2005 5:25 AM PDT
Desperately needed rains across much of Wisconsin and cooler temperatures in recent days have bolstered hopes for salvaging at least average corn and soybean crops, farm experts said Monday. |
Louisiana Agonizes over the Future of its Majestic Cypress Forests
Environmental News Network Tue, 02 Aug 2005 4:18 AM PDT
Bald cypress, Louisiana's state tree, has never been sacred. If anything, using the great wood has always been the Louisiana way. But that could change if Gov. Kathleen Blanco decides that Louisiana's sinking and disappearing coastline just can't take another culling of its majestic delta forests. |
Worm farming gains state recognition
Corvallis Gazette Times Tue, 02 Aug 2005 0:43 AM PDT
OREGON CITY EEUU, Yuck! There they sit, a squiggly, slithering mass, in a tub in Dan Holcombe's yard maybe 4,000 to the cubic foot. |
Too much mulch!
The Morning Call Tue, 02 Aug 2005 0:25 AM PDT
Mulch! Mulch! Mulch! |
Study debunks myths of organic farm
This Ithaca Journal Tue, 02 Aug 2005 2:33 AM PDT
ITHACA — Troy Sherman remembers his first year of growing organic corn as a disaster. Four years later, the Dryden farmer can't imagine ever going back to using herbicides and pesticides. |
Logging threatens Louisiana's bald cypress
CNN.com Mon, 01 Aug 2005 7:58 AM PDT
Biologist and anti-logging advocate Michael Greene points to a row of bald cypress trees that are in danger of being logged. MANCHAC, Lousiana (AP) -- Bald cypress, Louisiana's state tree, has never been sacred. If anything, using the great wood has always been the Louisiana way. |
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