What's New on Sustainable-Gardening
New Hort Research that Gardeners Can Use, December '08 Roundup by Jeff Gillman - first edition! The good professor has culled the most relevant of research resu
lts from those super-geeky academic journals we'd never read ourselves.
The December issue of Sustainable Gardening News is up!
Contributor Jeff Gillman opines on Hardy, Disease-Resistant Roses, and No-Till Gardening. Coming soon from Jeff is the first of his quarterly reports of Hot Topics in Research.
BIG LAWN SUBSTITUTION PAGE MAKES ITS DEBUT!
Finally it's altogether - the theory and practice of lawn substitution, with examples from all over the United States, stories of meadows for those with serious acreage, lots of contrary opinion, and where to go for more information. There are LOTS of new garden stories with LOTS of photos. Find it all here. Included are new lawnless examples from Cape Cod, Dallas, and the story of my own garden in Maryland.
Linda Chalker-Scott explores the myths and realities of Wood Chips as Mulch.
How to Attract Hummingbirds dishes the dirt about feeder care (what a hassle!) and plants that'll do the trick and look pretty, too.
We welcome two first-time contributors from The Scott Arboretum in Swarthmore, PA:
- Curator Andrew Bunting writing about "Peat-Free Potting Soil"
- And Gardener Liz Haegele on Kitchen Composting"
What IS Sustainable Gardening?
For answers to that question, start here. Then go to Sustainable Gardening 101 for lots more.