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New building, familiar topics at Ag Progress Days crops and soils area
Ag Progress Days visitors looking for the Crops and Soils Tent this year will not be able to find it — instead, they will find a Crops, Soils and Conservation Building. The new J.D. Harrington Building, named for the late Joseph D. Harrington,...Tags: Conservation, Agricultural Research and Technology, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture
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Council looks to trim tree ordinance
If a tree falls in La Caņada Flintridge, there's a pretty good chance a city staffer will hear it. But officials are tweaking the city's tree ordinance, looking to make it easier for residents to work with local rules. The moves the city is...Tags: Science and Technology, Science
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SDSU Extension Northeast Research Farm hosts summer tour July 11
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State University's Northeast Research Farm near Watertown, hosts its summer tour on July 11. The event begins at 4 p.m. at the farm, which is located 2 miles west of the South Shore exit off Interstate 29. Tours and...Tags: Watertown, South Dakota State University, Arable Farming, Fertilizer, Chemical Industry
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Occupational licensing necessary but not always fair
I am writing in response to your article "Too many occupational licenses?" (Commentary, May 31). Specifically, I am writing about the licensing of tree experts. The work of a tree expert is very dangerous; rates of fatality and injury are among the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber, Forests
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Rabbit repellent, chicken wire to save shrubs
Our two ninebark shrubs have been eaten to the ground this spring by rabbits (we think). Can they be saved? (email reference) A They very likely will recover on their own. Get some rabbit repellent, such as Liquid Fence, Plantskydd or a similar product,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Memorial Day, Forests, Forestry and Timber
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Freezing Temperatures Threaten Rare Bloom
FOX40 NewsLocal tree and plant experts are telling FOX40 that the blooming of area trees and plants is something they haven't seen in decades. Normally, bloom time for seasonal plants and trees is in March or February at the earliest. But this year, because of the...Tags: Science
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Take special precautions to avoid tomato diseases
HORTISCOPE I have been reading your columns and enjoy them very much. I am wondering if you can help me with a problem that I have been having with my tomato plants for the past four years. I buy them through a reputable garden center in Minot, so I...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Science and Technology, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Tomatoes, Fertilizer
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Trees linked to less crime, research finds
Who doesn't love a tree? Apparently, criminals. Researchers have found that leafier places in Baltimore tend to have lower crime rates than those with few or no trees.
A new study looking across Baltimore City and Baltimore County has found that with few...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, University of Pennsylvania, Computer Crime, Theft, Criminals
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100 gardening tips from the newest and latest and best gardening books
Here are 100 tips from 13 new gardening books; read about those 13 books at www.roomandyard.com. These books, which cover vegetable gardening, rain gardens, green roof gardening, flower gardening and flowering shrubs are chocked full of valuable...
Tags: Arable Farming, Gardening, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hampton Roads
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Snow Storm Damage to Trees
Lehigh Valley Master GardenersWe lost a lot of beautiful trees in the storm last weekend. There was a truly magnificent magnolia framing a neighbor's historic stone home that I admired every day on my way to work. It was lovely in bloom, but...... -
Review: 'American Canopy' by Eric Rutkow should get out more
Special to the Los Angeles Times-------------------- American Canopy Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation Eric Rutkow Scribner: 407 pp., $29 -------------------- Every book has its quirks. In the case of the newly published history "American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the...Tags: Ecosystems, Weyerhaeuser Company, New York Public Library, Agriculture, Science and Technology
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City official responds to tree fines
The city of La Caņada Flintridge has been a participant of the “Tree City USA” program for approximately 25 years. The city takes pride in preserving and protecting trees because trees provide significant benefits to the community....Tags: Science and Technology, Science
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