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Category Archives: Environment
Oh Summer! Where is Thy Stinger?
Just received a testimonial from a woman who got stung by a hornet, but the stinger got stuck in her gloves, not her finger. She was so lucky! Her note follows below. As Summer heats up and insect populations soar, …
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From our Blog: The Vegetable Garden in Fall
Just because the temperatures hover around freezing and the sun sets at 5:00 pm, that doesn’t stop the vegetable garden from offering up her tasty treats well past Thanksgiving. With proper planning and planting the harvest season continues on almost …
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Fall Features and Fragrances
As the daylight hours swiftly shrink and creatures shiver in response to the dropping temperatures, please continue to peruse public and personal gardens for the pleasant surprises found in the fall garden. The National Arboretum in Washington, DC, is always …
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Blue Elm Graces Tree Lighting Ceremony
This image from the national tree lighting at the Capitol shows a lovely Ulmus americana lit in a brilliant shade of periwinkle. Four rows of Elms lining the length of the Mall were planted in the 1930′s and through effective disease …
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Orlando, FL – Roof Top Garden
Matt and Meghan got married – causing a quick trip to Florida the beginning of the month. Stayed at the “downtown” Sheraton, which was quite north of downtown by New York standards. Rented a car, ’cause that is what one …
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Awesome Elms at the Hill-Stead
I have had the pleasure of attending several events at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT. A treasure of a place that is combination of historic house museum, impressionist art collection, picturesque landscape and nature preserve. Usually I attend their May …
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Boycott Cypress Mulch
The latest expose of non sustainable practices from the lumber industry come not from some far off forests in Borneo, but from the Cypress swamps of Louisiana. Lumber companies are grinding whole trees into mulch to sell to nurseries and …
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