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Benefits of gardening
A story from earlier this month that I came across on HealthDay confirms that gardening is good for the body and spirit: There are oodles of benefits — both physical and mental — that come from the...
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New tropical butterfly garden at the Smithsonian
Yet another reason to plan a road trip to Washington, DC. I haven’t been in at least 15 years, and I’ve been meaning to go visit the museums. Now there’s one more to add to the list: the Smithsonian is...
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Briggs & Stratton & lawn mower smog
An interesting article in today's New York Times discusses the efforts of a small engine manufacturer and their Congressional patron to keep from having to make changes to lawn mower engines that will...
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Organic/natural sunscreens for gardeners & other sunlovers
Sunscreen is (or should be) a really important to gardeners and other outdoors-people. A couple of bloggers and readers yakked about it this topic this week on this and other blogs, and it was so...
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Natural News Network: RI’s source for natural news
Calling all fellow Ro Dilandahs…Rhode Island has new source for information about nature & the environment: Natural News Network–Rhode Island's "only fresh, local, all-natural news source." RI's...
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Michael Pollan on organic food at Wal-Mart
If any of you have ever read anything by Michael Pollan, you’ll appreciate his recent article in the New York Times on the organic food that’s now available at Wal-Mart. Michael is nothing if not...
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Update: South Central Community Garden
I'm back to the blog after several days absence…I had a visitor from California and no time to blog. Checking the news as I return to my PC, it looks like the long arm of the LA police has finally...
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Kudos for Whole Foods
A tip of the hat to the organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market, which recently took a big step towards supporting the local food movement. It started when food journalist extraordinaire Michael...
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Happy Earth Day!
Have you hugged your planet today? Image courtesy of NASA/National Space Science Data Center
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How did you celebrate Earth Day?
I spent a few hours pruning trees and planting perennials at Cumberland Public Library, a beautiful old building that's a former Trappist monastery. The URI master gardeners maintain a small garden...
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