Tag Archives: environment

Beautyberry:
Fall Color at its Finest

The seductive combination of intrigue, history, and utility is why beautyberry is one of those plants that make autumn tolerable for me. So let me tell you a bit about it.

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A Visit to My Kitchen: Eugenia Bone,
Food Writer and Journalist

Guest blogger Eugenia Bone discusses her love of mushrooms, home-canned tuna, and the importance of clean water.

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Octobrrrrrrrrrrr

15 1/2 inches of snow (yes, records were broken), STILL no power (although the generator does power the coffeemaker—priorities, people!)

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GROWING GREEN: An Environmentally Friendly Summer Camp

by guest blogger Marcia Theodoredis Anyone who has experienced summer camp holds those memories near and dear. They are precious to us and enduring. That experience should be available to all children. At the Growing Green residential camp, located in …

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Earthquakes and Hurricanes

I don’t mean to glom on to the frenzy regarding natural events of late, but it’s not every week in Pennsylvania that we get both an earthquake and a hurricane. And I did the first draft of this on a …

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Bob and Irene were Farmers

by Wendy Gordon Bob and Irene were farmers in upstate New York. To me, they weren’t hurricanes–they were dear family friends. Actually, they sold their farm to my husband in the late ’70s, and in the years to follow, Bob …

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Where Have All the Apples Gone?

By guest blogger Emily Vaughn, biodiversity program manager of Slow Foods USA Extinction isn’t just for dodos and dinosaurs: Since 1900, 97 percent of the plant species on the planet have ceased to exist. Factors like rainforest depletion, intensified land …

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