Posted: 05 Sep 2015 08:49 AM PDT
By Susan Taylor
Traditionally Labor Day weekend is the harbinger of fall in much of our nation. The eastern states put away their garden furniture, barbeques, and lawn mowers and locate storm windows and heavier jackets. Here in the sunny southern California clime, we expect at least another six weeks of warm weather, beach parties and more clear, warm days and nights. In San Diego, most would agree that the August heat was epic for people and gardens alike and maybe summer has just begun! I am a fickle home gardener and confess I gave up on my whole tomato crop, picked as many as I could and ripped the rest out. [Read more...]
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Posted: 05 Sep 2015 08:48 AM PDT
Trees 'store huge amounts of carbon, are essential for the cycling of nutrients, for water and air quality, and for countless human services'. By Andrea Germanos / Common DreamsThe good news: there are over 3 trillion trees covering the Earth—that's far higher than the 4 billion estimated just two years ago, a team of international researchers has found. But here's the bad news: there were far more trees—46 percent more—before human civilization got hold, with an estimated 15 billion trees being lost own each year, with just 5 billion replanted. [Read more...]
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