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All Blog Posts Tagged 'restoration' (4)

Sowing Seeds for Earth Restoration

How many seeds can a man plant in a lifetime?”....Nature can heal if released to its own wisdom.   However in severely damaged landscapes, humans can play a healing role, simply by sowing seeds.  And humans also need to stop invasive actions that use mined energy, ie. stop the mowing, weed-whacking, plowing, & stop adding…

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Added by Heather K on August 20, 2012 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Herbicidal Contamination of our Farmlands & Waters! Enough! (And Say No to GMO!)

Can We Create Solutions to Protect the health of the soils & waters of our homeland? 

Can we resist & eliminate toxic abuse from corporations selling products that do Not have strong scientific evidence showing our lands & waters will be kept pure & safe for the children?…

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Added by Heather K on February 14, 2011 at 7:00pm — 8 Comments

Scything reed canary grass

I wear so many hats, and one of them is as a contractor for a few humble projects along Whatcom County streams where the goal is to eliminate noxious weeds and replace them with large conifers. A worthy goal, you say? A reality check is forthcoming....read on.....


I constantly battle with my use of fossil fuels. Being in this battle, I analyze all my endeavors, as I'm sure you do too at times, for their impact on my own contribution to global warming. I mean, if I was totally…
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Added by Juliet Thompson on September 15, 2010 at 9:05pm — 3 Comments

Cover Crops-Green Manures & Soil Restoration

With Pleasure I Walk through our small garden, tossing cover crops seeds under the still standing fall plants, knowing the seeds when sprouted will protect the soil from erosion, increase soil tilth, increase bio-mass, and result in some food for both the birds & our family.

My Favorite Autumn Cover Crops for Sowing are Crimson Clover, Fava Beans, & Tyfon Greens.



I often spread a thin layer of straw (not seedy hay), onto any bare soil. Be careful not to…

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Added by Heather K on October 11, 2009 at 3:30am — 12 Comments

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