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Monday 02 Nov 2009
Providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities
This resource presents some clear steps in providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. It is from the Resource Center, a training and technical assistance provider funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service to support volunteer and service programs across the nation.
Providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities
Monday 02 Nov 2009
Late Blight Q&A Planning for Next Year
See this full article from the Northeastern IPM Center’s online newsletter by visiting the following site:
http://northeastipm.org/newsandreports/2009fall/Fall09_LateBlight.html
Monday 02 Nov 2009
Invasion of the Longhorn Beetles
The following story in the Smithsonian magazine provides a well written and interesting account of the history and current efforts to eradicate ALB in the US. It is worth reading.
Monday 02 Nov 2009
Looking at nature makes you nicer
…yet more evidence to support that green space including gardens are a vital human well-being and community resource.
This article is
By Diane Mapes
msnbc.com contributor
“If it weren’t for Central Park, all us New Yorkers would kill each other,” says Ruta Fox, a 50-something jewelry entrepreneur from Manhattan. “It’s the saving grace of this city.”
As extreme as that sounds, Fox may be on to something. In a set of recent experiments, researchers at the University of Rochester in New York monitored the effects of natural versus artificial environments — and found that nature actually makes us nicer.
Monday 02 Nov 2009
Understanding the cancer risk of turf and lawn care pesticides
Click here for the “BCERF Brief for Landscaping Professionals on: Understanding the cancer risk of turf and lawn care pesticides.”
Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators who would like a this brief as a MSWord document in either English and Spanish so you might use “parts” of it, and not all of the narrative those documents are available by contacting Suzanne Snedeker (sms31).
Monday 19 Oct 2009
Green Your Lawn
Green Your Lawn
This segment was on NPR’s Science Friday program in October 2009.
Green Your Lawn
Many home gardeners love a green lawn — but how can you be grow grass that’s green in the environmental sense as well? In this segment, we’ll talk about moving your lawn away from conventional pesticides and fertilizers, and about whether it’s possible to have an environmentally-sensitive lawn. Teachers, find more information about using Science Friday as a classroom resource in the Kids’ Connection.
Friday 25 Sep 2009
Climate Change and Gardening
Check out this piece full of some gardening aim to help you reach carbon neutral. It is from the latest issue of Public Garden:
Friday 25 Sep 2009
Gardens for Every Body
A new Web site developed by University of Missouri Extension provides information on gardening for people with physical limitations, such as arthritis:
Friday 25 Sep 2009
The Garden Professors Blog
We are university professors with expertise in the science behind various aspects of urban horticulture, arboriculture, gardening, and landscaping. Every weekday one of us posts a commentary on something we feel passionately about – and sometimes it’s controversial. Follow our debates, and leave your own comments as well! This is an ideal spot for MGVs to peruse archives or pose questions, as we are all firmly committed to science-based information.
Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions – ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Linda Chalker-Scott
Associate Professor and Extension Urban Horticulturist
WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center
2606 W. Pioneer
Puyallup, WA 98371
Phone: (253) 445-4542