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War and compost
Have you ever wondered where chemical fertilizers came from?One evening, while working at my computer I heard gunfire and mortar shells exploding in the living room. I poked my head around the corner. Black and white images of men and machines were blasting across the TV screen. My husband looked up from his chair. "It's that documentary by Ken Burns about World War II." As soldiers stormed the beaches, I had a feeling there was one battle the 7-part series would not be covering. It's a bat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What Makes Gold Valuable?What is more valuable, a plastic ring from a Cracker Jacks box or a gold wedding band?An REI tent or a 3-bedroom house?A sweater from the Salvation Army or from Nordstroms?An heirloom rose or a fern?Gold is not valuable in itself. It is valuable because there is so little of it. If sand were found only in small quantities, people would treasure it in their safe-deposit boxes; they would buy sand certificates, on important occasions they would exchange a little sand, and they would have the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Are You Withering Like a Leaf?With fall around the corner, I noticed the leaves are starting to turn. So I started wondering...Like leaves on a maple tree, we come into this life, are here for a few days, and then are gone. Nobody remembers us, and nobody misses us, except maybe the gardener that rakes a few leaves into the compost pile. [Oh, say can you hear? Would you rather listen to this article? Subscribe to my podcast feed so you can open the attachment below or simply Download/listen here to the mp3. Or, for that ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Weeding Tips from ShakespeareIn Richard II, Shakespeare uses a garden metaphor to explain the political problems of the day: England is wasting away as a result of the royal family's greediness. In one scene, the gardener instructs his helpers about weeding and pruning. The garden is England and the plant that needs weeding and pruning is the royal family. By the same token, many plants and shrubs become thin and straggly, even choked out of existence, if left to grow without weeding from time to time. Weeds rob valuab ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Want healthy kids? Turn off the TV!While growing up, we weren't allowed to watch much TV. Mom said it dampened a child's creativity and made kids lazy--mentally and physically. That was back in the 1950s. Since then, thousands of studies have looked at how TV affects kids' grades, sleep, behavior, and health.TV has become a public health issue. First of all, kids get lots of information about health from TV, much of it from ads. And children tend to believe what the ads say, even though they might be untrue or unbalanced. If ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Time to dump your rototiller on eBayBack in the days of Thomas Jefferson, it was believed that plant roots actuallyatesoil particles. Therefore, the more you pulverized soil, the easier it was for roots to eat it. Thus it seemed logical to till the earth. Centuries later, scientists now say tilling--specifically rototilling--doesn't improve the soil, it destroys it. Now what do we do?[Tolistentothis article, a 3-minute audio file, subscribe toto mypodcast feed(so you can open the attachment below) or simply listen to it the m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Switching to organic gardening is like giving up smokingThe number of organic gardeners is predicted to increase about 10 percent a year. What about you? If you choose to switch from chemical fertilizers to organic ones, keep in mind that the process is compared to giving up smoking...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
How do I love seaweed, let me count the ways...I confess. I hold a special place in my heart for seaweed. Once when I running on the beach I sliced my foot on a shell. "Wrap it in seaweed," my Mom said. The wound healed quickly. Then, after moving to Alaska I discovered the magic of using seaweed in the garden...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Why Captain Cook always sailed with cabbage on boardDuring Captain Cook's first voyage in 1768, a mighty storm came up, injuring many sailors. To save the men from gangrene, the ship's doctor made a poultice of mashed cabbage and applied it to their wounds... Learn more about Cook's cabbage, why cabbage was named Plant of the Year by the National Gardening Association and how it inspired one of the most notorious weapons of World War I...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"No more bad lunches!"cried 5th grader Rachel BiccumRachel Biccum, a fifth-grader in Chico, California, was sick and tired of school lunches, so she decided to take action. She handed out fliers to her classmates, promoting a boycott."No more bad lunches!"the flier stated. Rachel also encouraged fellow students toboycott the cafeteriaandbring their lunches from home. They told school officials,"get rid of the processed junk, we want more fresh foods."For Rachel and friends to ask for more fresh foods is encouraging news, sincechildhood obesi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Mow your lawn (and cut your hair!) by phases of the moonWhat if I told you that by mowing the lawn during certain phases of the moon meant you didn't have to mow as often? What if I told you the same system applied to cutting your hair?HAH! Before you think I’m crazy, let's turn to the National Geographic, which saysmore gardeners today are turning to the moon for advice on the best time to do yard chores. The practice, calledgardening by the moon, centers on the moon's gravitational effect on moisture flowing in soil and plants. The moon also ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Sleepless in HawaiiDid you know Hawaii is at war? Not with people, with coqui frogs. Here's a lesson on what to do when a tiny brown frog keeps you, and everyone else, awake at night. Wouldn't you get a little grumpy?My husband Marty just spent two weeks in Hawaii. A good place for Alaskans to thaw out. We stayed with friends on the Big Island, near Hilo. All was bliss, until nightfall. As soon as I put my head on the pillow, I heard a strange chorus outside...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
SAVE MONEY, LOSE WEIGHT by growing your own seedlings [what the---?]I'm amazed at the power of small things that make a big difference. Maybe that explains why I'm so jazzed about starting plants from seeds. You know, small seeds that grow into big plants. Every chance I get--in my columns, podcasts, workshops, website, blog, newsletter--I spread the good word about growing your own. Here's the latest headline I used [don't laugh]: SAVE MONEY, LOSE WEIGHT by growing your own seedlings! Okay, sounds a stretch, yet it's not far from the truth...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Finding warmth, simplicity and our grandparents love in a potatoMaybe you've decided for this year, to treat yourself better. Or maybe you've come to the conclusion that your family ought to eat together more regularly, and that fast food several times a week is simply bad for both wallet and waistline. Sound too lofty? Too hard to implement with your busy schedule? Nahhhh. Let's start with fast food and go from there... [FUN STUFF! Listen to my audio article, a 3-minute, mp3 file which includes an on-scene interview at Seattle's Pike Place Market, by ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Don't check your email on Sundays: 12 little New Year's resolutions that produce big resultsWhat is it about making New Year's resolutions? We decide to exercise more, eat better and weed the garden more often--knowing full well that these decisions will come and go like the weather. So why do so many New Year's resolutions fizzle? Experts say change is possible, but to succeed, our desire for change must come from within, not from peer pressure. I'm sharing four simple steps to help you make--and keep--your New Year's resolutions. Even better, I've come up with a short list of 1 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Little green balls of death": Brussels sprouts hold lessons of lifeSeattle's Pike Place Market is an open-air, farmers market buzzing with activity. You can find Alaska salmon and dried flowers; T-shirts and olive oil. Vendors do whatever it takes to get your attention. It worked for me. I spotted a sign that read, "Brussels Sprouts: Little Green Balls of Death." I decided to ask the guy standing behind the vegetable display. Mike Osborn's his name... "So Mike, what's with the sign next to your Brussels sprouts?"Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Charles Kuralt's Miracle Christmas TreeCharles Kuralt wrote about a special outdoor tree that came more alive during the holidays. "Trees just don’t grow up here on the high plateaus of the Colorado Rockies--everybody knows that. Trees need good soil and good weather and up here there's no soil and terrible weather. That's why the tree is a kind of miracle..." Plus, are you considering a live Christmas tree this year? From a tree's point of view, it's sheer torture...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Charles Darwin's love affair with earthwormsOnce upon a time in 1837, after returning from his 5-year trip aboard the Beagle, Charles Darwin took some time off. One day, while roaming the countryside with his uncle, they stopped to watch an earthworm s-l-o-w-l-y pull a leaf into its burrow. Fascinated, Darwin fell in love with worms. How could such a lowly creature capture the attention of a distinguished scientist like Darwin?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Spinach scare: A lesson in disguise for you and meThe recent spinach scare, where E. coli-tainted spinach killed one person and hospitalized hundreds more, brought to the table the importance of food, that is, where it comes from and why we should care... Most of the food we buy travels great distances to reach our plate. A head of lettuce for example, travels about 2,000 miles from farm to market. These distances, measured in “food miles,” reveals how most of us are overly dependent on outside sources for breakfast, lunch and dinner. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
100 years ago, iced tea--not beer--was the beverage of choiceWhen iced tea was introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, Americans fell in love with it. In fact, iced tea became a status symbol. A perfectly brewed pitcher of tea was the mark of a successful hostess. Women’s magazines provided tips on how to brew tea correctly, and offered recipes for “Tea Punch” a sweet beverage for summer tennis and golf gatherings. Learn how iced tea drinkers battled it out with beer drinkers, and won! Listen to this article in the form of a fun, 2-mi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
If a watermelon seed could talk (fruitful wisdom)You know how the smallest experience can stop you in your tracks? Recently, my life was changed by a watermelon seed. Actually, it was William Jennings Bryan's take on the watermelon seed. Bryan served as Secretary of State under President Wilson. What's a guy like this doing talking about a little black seed? Listen to this 2-minute podcast. I promise that not only will you nod your head in wonderment, you'll never look at a watermelon seed the same way again. To listen to the podcast, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
So who invented toilet paper, anyway?The use of toilet paper dates back to sixth century China, though in most parts of the world, paper was a rare commodity until the 17th or 18th centuries. Before this, people used a variety of devices for the purpose. In ancient Rome, public toilets were equipped with a sponge on a stick, which sat in a bucket of brine... SPECIAL NOTE: You can listen to the 2-minute audio-article by subscribing to my podcast feed (so you can open the attachment below) or just download/listen here to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Gardening and giving from a wheelchairWhen
you think you're having a bad day, think of Jill Weiss. She not only
gardens from a wheelchair, she donates her vegetables to people with
AIDS...
First, let's go back to the
Torino Olympic Winter Games Closing Ceremony, where Canada invited the world
to ‘come play with us’ at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
One of the special moments in the closing ceremony occurred when
Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan accepted the Olympic Flag, using a
specially modified wheelchair.
Vanc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
When grandparents fill vital role as caregivers for childrenAcross the country, grandparents are stepping in to care for children of parents that
are drug addicts, in prison, working as a single parent, or simply need
help caring for their kids.
Operating out of a van, a special program in Hawaii called Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool
visits community centers, schools and churches, bringing
grandparents, caregivers and kids together for two hours of science,
reading, history, Hawaiian traditions and even gardening. ("Tutu" means grandparent in Hawai ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
How to De-Code the Stickers on Fruit and VegetablesHungry, you grab an apple from the fruit bowl. You look for the little sticker and then scrape it off with your fingernail. Then it hits you: "What do the numbers on the sticker mean?" As much as we don’t like them, the stickers attached to fruit do more than speed up the checkout process. The PLU code, or price lookup numbers tell you how the fruit was grown. By deciphering the numbers you can tell if the produce was grown with chemical fertilizers, is genetically modified, or orga ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What national resource are we wasting?What national resource are we wasting away at an alarming rate? Oil, you might say. Perhaps. Try manure. [Listen to the 2-minute audio article by subscribing to my podcast feed -- so you can open the attachment below -- or simply listen to the mp3 file now by clicking here]. Otherwise, heck, just keep on reading... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Gardening Provides Freedom for Incarcerated WomenWomen are the fastest-growing group of people going to prison. Some say the system is broken. In a Michigan state prison, women get a taste of freedom through working with plants... According to Christina Rathbone, author of A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars, "The U.S. incarcerates more people each year than any place in the world other than China. The fastest-growing group within those incarcerated is women. Women who are mothers, primary care givers between the ages of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Purple Haze" Carrots Honor Jimi Hendrix“'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.” If you play professional football, you’d like to win the Super Bowl; if you’re an actress, an Academy award would be nice. But if you’re a vegetable, flower or herb, the title of “All America Selection” winner says you’re the best of the best, garden-wise. This year’s winners include a very unusual carrot called "Purple Haze," named after the song by Rock 'n Roll legend Jimi Hendrix. [Please Note: I produced a fun, 2-minute audio piece f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What are you doing for the next 4 minutes? Breathing, I hope.We can live four weeks without food, four days without water, four minutes without air. For sure, air tops the list as the most essential requirement to our physical health. Yet air can be rather unhealthy this time of the year. With doors and windows closed, indoor air pollution levels can rise to dangerous levels. While air fresheners cover up the smell of stale air, this does little to improve the indoor air quality. However, there is an effective solution to this problem, plants. [Spec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Gardening On the Web: What's Old Is New AgainThanks to the Web, there’s a new way to find old seeds. It's 15 degrees outside. I'm checking my garlic, which is covered with plastic and frozen in the soil. The sun hits my cheek, but there’s little warmth in its kiss. To me, nothing provides more comfort on a winter day than sipping coffee and cruising through seed catalogs. In those pages rest the promise of spring and childhood memories of my Grammie's beans, hot and seasoned with bacon, salt and pepper. Today, it's easier to s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
How to Keep Cut Flowers Looking Fresh (it's not reincarnation, but it helps)Are you jazzed when you get a bouquet of flowers only to feel a little sad as they fade? While you can't bring cut flowers back to life, you can prolong their freshness... This year, the average consumer will spend about $100 on Valentine’s Day, according to the National Retail Federation. Topping chocolate, more cut flowers are sold for Valentine’s Day than any other holiday. Okay, let’s say you receive a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Now what? We all know those blossoms will eventu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
How to Grow a Mango HouseplantWhen is garbage not garbage? Why, when you look at it with a gardener’s eye. Those seeds and pits that you usually throw away? You can turn them into fruitful houseplants. Take a mango, for example. In the center of the mango, there is a large, hairy husk with a pit in it. To prepare it for planting, scrape off the excess flesh from the husk. Wait a second! Let’s back up. First you EAT the mango, THEN you scrape off the excess fruit. [PSST! To listen to this article, which is only 2 m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Grumpy, Tired or Bummed Out? Let There Be Light!Feeling a little grouchy these days? Perhaps you're a tad sluggish, less creative or anti-social. Join the club, the one with 6 percent of the U.S. population who live with Season Affective Disorder, or SAD.
A type of depression, SAD is caused by shortened exposure to daylight,
says Dr. Norman Rosenthal, the nation's leading SAD expert and author
of the newly revised book, "Winter Blues."
Listen and learn
as Dr. Rosenthal shares his winter blues solutions with you and --
surprise, surprise ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Simplicity, Courage and Frozen LettuceIn my early 20s I purchased every back issue of Mother Earth News. I devoured every article written by Helen and Scott Nearing, back-to-the landers who lived in Vermont and Maine. The authors of 50 books, Helen and Scott (they both lived long lives: Helen 91, Scott, 100) cleared brush, built stone structures, and raised most of their own food in gardens that were amazingly productive for New England. Today, their lifestyle continues to inspire and teach, like how to grow lettuce when it's f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Wild Kingdom in Your Living RoomIf you’re
concerned about your kids spending too much time playing computer games
or watching TV, consider another form of home entertainment:
carnivorous plants. Carnivorous plants are fun and affordable. Plus, you don't need batteries! What makes
them cool? Listen to this interview with Jessica at Seattle's
Indoor Sun Shoppe by subscribing to my podcast feed (so you can open the attachment below) or simply download/listen here to the mp3.
Venus fly traps and other carnivorous pl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
There's Life After Christmas: Recycle Your Christmas Tree!When a Christmas tree is no longer magical with ornaments and lights, it’s all too often tossed unceremoniously into the garbage, over a cliff or in a ditch right after the holidays. But there’s no reason that holiday greens can’t be allowed to serve long after the merry-making is over. (Consider it your responsibility to give the tree another life!) [To listen to the podcast version of this article, subscribe to my podcast feed so you can open the attachment below or simply listen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Aging Wine In a Pyramid: You Be the Judge...Cheers!During holidaysand special events, sales of alcohol tend to peak. For Stephen Cipes,“to peak” is an everyday thing. The Canadian winemaker ages his wineinside a pyramid, a 4-story replica of the Great Pyramid he built athisSummerhill Pyramid Wineryin British Columbia. Cipes says thepyramid clarifies liquids like wine, bringing out their finestqualities. (The photo at right, taken at night with a special digital camera, shows the pyramid's energy)Whether you’re a believer or not, Summe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Dear God: What Is Figgy Pudding?You singsongs as a kid and often have NO idea what the words mean. Christmassongs are especially bad."Here we go a'wassailing..."Huh? Wassailing?Frankincense? Myrrh? How about: “We wish you a merry Christmas…oh bringus a figgy pudding.” Figgy Pudding?What, on God's green earth, is figgy pudding?To win bets during the holidays, load up with fun factoids from my audio article:Subscribeto mypodcast feed(so you can open the attachment below) or simply listenhereto the mp3 audio file. [SPE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Wooden You Love It: Life After Brain SurgeryTwo years ago, doctors toldDennis Nixon of Olalla, Washington he had just two months to live.Today, Dennis not only makes wooden toys, he owes his life to wood.TO LISTEN to this heart-warming interview, subscribeto mypodcast feed(so you can open the attachment below) or simplylistenhereto the mp3 audio file. [SPECIAL NOTE:To see Dennis'selection of wooden toys, visitwww.countrytoys.net. And hey, if you'd like a text version of this audio interview send me an email: marion@ptialaska.net]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Alien LettuceHave you ever cried over a tomato or grown weepy over fresh corn? Howabout a head of lettuce? As I faced the displays of well-groomed fruitsand vegetables, cradling a head of romaine lettuce in my hands, tearswelled up in my eyes. What was happening? Why was I getting soemotional over a vegetable?To listen to the whole story (warning: itwill change the way you look at food)subscribeto mypodcast feed(soyou can open the attachment below) or simplylistenhereto the mp3 audio file. [INVITE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Mission Impossible: Liberating Frozen CarrotsWinterarrived early and the carrots are frozen in the ground. What?s more,it?s snowing and the weather man is calling for a foot or more of thewhite stuff, enough to bury any chances of fresh carrots over thewinter. What's a gardener to do? Get your hands on the world's largesthair dryer! Listen to how we solved THIS problem!TWO WAYS TO LISTEN: Subscribeto mypodcast feed(so you can open the attachment below) or simplylistenhereto the mp3 audio file. [Ifyou'd like a text versionof this audio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Why Do Beans Make Us Fart?Beans. We love themin soups, salads and salsas. But beans have one social drawback--theirdramatic effect on human wind production. Good news. A British plantbreeder has developed fart-free varieties, to the relief of baked beanfans and their families everywhere. (No more fear of being around other people!) Listen and learn about these new, wind-freebeans and why--oh why--beans give us so much grief.TO LISTEN: Subscribeto mypodcast feed(so you can open the attachment below) or simplylistenhe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Mr. Potato Head hired to repair spoiled imageUh, oh. The Potatoindustry is on hard times; mostly due to low-carb diets and consumersbecoming more health conscious. To improvetheir spoiled image, theUnited States Potato Boardhas launched a new ad campaign, starring Mr. Potato Head. To promote thebenefits of one of the most popular vegetables, theplastic potato first shed some pounds.But does remaking one of America?sicons provide enoughumphto encourage us to eat more potatoes? Truthis, potatoesaren't bad. They provide us with fiber, vi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Tiny Garden Makes a Big DifferenceIt's a tinygarden, sandwiched between two park benches and surrounded by apartmentbuildings. And though picking cucumbers is not exactly anurban activity, Shannon Bradley, a food systems manager for Vancouver,BC, would like you to think so. Following more than a decade ofcommunity organizing efforts, Vancouver?s city council adopted a"just and sustainable food system"which includes planting fruit trees,and establishing community gardens and edible landscaping, like the oneyou see here.Liste ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Hey Honey, Let's Make a 250-Pound Cinnamon Roll!Cinnamonseason kicks off in the fall with pumpkin pies, cookies and of course,cinnamon rolls. Speaking of cinnamon rolls, something sweet happened inEverett, Washington recently. Bakery shop owners Wayne and Anita Warrendreamed of baking a 250-pound cinnamon roll -- a pastry they hoped wouldbe big enough to earn a spot in the Guinness Book of Records. Listen tothe story behind cinnamon and this Mother-of-Them-All roll. Place your bets! Was itbig enough for the record books? And what do you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Halloween candy is scaring us to DEATH!Halloweennight can be really scary. It?s not about ghosts and witches prowlingaround in search of treats. It's the treats themselves thatmake the event scary. What's more, consumers -- that?s us -- arespending a record $3.3 billion this Halloween season, most of that oncostumes and candy, in a time when 7 percent of Americans havediet-related diabetes.So what should you do when the doorbell ringsand you hear,"Trick or Treat!"? To learn how you can become aneducated, non-candy giver, listen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Houseplants are"in"and they improve your life!If you thinkhouseplants aren?t worth the trouble, think again.In his book,How to Grow Fresh Air, Dr. BC Wolverton, an environmentalconsultant and retired NASA scientist, describes how houseplants filtertoxins from the air inside your house or office. Plants become the lungs of abuilding, much like the tropical rainforests are the lungs of theEarth. Learn how houseplants improve the overall quality of your life.Subscribe to mypodcast feed(so you can open the attachment below). If you can't w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Captain Cook's Miracle Spruce BeerTwo hundred years ago, scurvy was the scourge of long ocean voyages andnot a pretty sight. After two or three months at sea, sailors developedswollen legs, puffy and painful gums and large discoloured hemorrhagesover the whole body. The sufferers fainted easily and experiencedspasms of shivering and terrors.By the mid 1700s, authorities knew this had something to do with thelack of fresh food on ships, as mariners made miraculous recoveries onland when they were fed fresh produce. Listen an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Great Debate: To Rake or Not to RakeAsthe fall season progresses, so does the great debate: To rake leaves,or not to rake leaves. At stake are tons of leaves filling up municipallandfills. Which explains why some folks, like Anchorage, Alaska gardenwriter Jeff Lowenfels, say you shouldleaveyourleaveson the lawn. (Try sayingthatafter a couple beers!). Then again, if you let them pile up on your lawn,will they kill the grass? Listen and decide for yourself... But first,subscribeto ourpodcast feedso you can open the attach ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |
