Here’s a EPA/clothianidin/bee update
Just go over to our friend Jeff Gillman's post at The Garden Professors. He and other scientists seem skeptical that clothianidin is the culprit behind colony collapse disorder, but that doesn't make ...
Testing Pollinator Plants at Penn State
Connie Schmotzer is Principal Investigator for pollinator research. Just in time for National Pollinator Week, my Garden Writers region planned a fabulous outing for members – to see the Penn State Trial Gardens near ...
From green to brown in the Caribbean
A view of St. Lucia, which wasn’t in the path. If you want to get a dramatic sense of hurricane Irma’s worst devastation, visit this site, which offers before/after satellite images of ...
The Pin Oak vs. Statues of Dead White Men
Mike Hayman photo Since the tragic weekend in Charlottesville, I have wondered why so few people have paid so little attention to trees. Much attention has been given to the argument about ...
The “Queen of Green”? You be the Judge
Cheap-shot alert! Because yes, we’re all sent cheesey emails from publicists that could be posted here for a laugh. So we resist-resist-resist until along comes one that makes me say HOLD ON, ...
Scary House
It may be spooky, but it’s mine Since we don’t know each other very well, I am going to start my association with the venerable Garden Rant with a confession. My house ...
