Sustainable Gardening News

In the News

Growing food is all over the news, as seen in this summary.
Are we unintentionally doping our plants every time we water them? Check out this report about PharmaWater.
The New Yorker challenges simple carbon-footprint-per-mile calculations.
Hey, who defines what's a "sustainable plant," anyway? The nursery folks weigh in.
Shearing roses works? Radical notion, but check it out.
How do the candidates compare on green issues?
And check out the cool Sunflower Project.

When Good People Use Roundup laments how hard it is to be strictly anything. It asks: In these particular situations, what else would work?
My first ever (blush) soil test is the story of the test, the results, and the question: Can I still brag about my soil?
There were two meaty dissections of native plant ideology on GardenRant. First Michael Pollan confirmed that he's still Against Nativism. Then Amy Stewart got sucked into the debate, asking if a grove of redwoods is really the best use of her tiny yard, and a lively discussion ensued.
Yet another reason to use compost is its side effect of sequestering carbon.
Confused about invasive plants? Ask THIS guy to figure it all out — John Peter Thompson

What Carries a Garden extols the virtues of the lowliest of all garden "tools" — containers for hauling.

Footwear in the Garden covers what I really wear, and what different choices in footwear other gardeners make, however inexplicably.

Virgin veggie-grower vows to do better next year recounts the seed-choosing dilemma, and how on earth to get them in the ground with the right amount of soil on top and my back intact.

The coaching biz is HOT, thanks to a wave of publicity in the Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek and the Washington Post. Maybe this doing-what-you-love thing could actually work.
I'm shocked to report that I'm doing a bit of public speaking. It began with talks to college writing students about "Writing and Publishing on the Web" and has morphed into a full with-digital projection show given at DC's public libraries. Coming soon — taking it professional through the DC Historical Society's Writer Series. Gulp.