It’s Blog Action Day, so let’s talk climate change

Well, the topic for Blog Action Day this year is one I’ve written about in many articles and here are just a couple (with more assembled on GardenRant): 

• Global Warming in the Garden
• I cover carbon and carbon offsets here:  Carbon Calculations in the Garden. 

And here are some great articles about climate change and gardening by others:

• Global warming’s impact on your garden" in Slate.com by Constance Casey.
• The Carbon Footprint in Your Garden by climate change expert Michael Johnsen.
• How gardening offsets carbon by Amy Stewart.
• The Brooklyn Botanic Garden covers the effects of climate change on our plants.
  

For gardeners, climate change means changes we need to make, like:

• Switching to more drought-tolerant plants.  Especially that thirsty lawn.
• Adding organic matter to make our soil better able to hold water.
• Choosing plants that can tolerate variability in temperature and precipitation.
• Letting our lawns go dormant when there’s insufficient rain.  (Brown is the new green.)
• Catching rainwater for use in the garden.
• Planting shade trees on the sunny side of the house.

Basically the way we should be gardening anyway.