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Knights bingo benefits Biaggini more...
  03/11/2010 3:36pm
The browning of giant sequoias, Sequoiadendron giganteum, around the area has people worried, wondering if their trees are dying. It is not uncommon in dry winters for these beautiful trees to turn reddish-brown in the winter. I have always thought the...
  03/09/2010 5:13pm
Shout hurrah because garden season is here again. At the beginning of winter, the long gray days felt as if they would never come to an end, but spring always arrives. It's time to plant peas. Peas are a cool-season crop and thrive at temperatures...
  03/04/2010 4:14pm
A colleague recently asked me about biochar. I have to confess, I had no idea what it was, so I looked it up online. According to the International Biochar Initiative, it is a burning process that yields a valuable soil amendment while providing a sink...
  03/02/2010 4:12pm
A colleague recently asked me about biochar. I have to confess, I had no idea what it was, so I looked it up online. According to the International Biochar Initiative, it is a burning process that yields a valuable soil amendment while providing a sink...
  02/26/2010 3:41pm
The Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon County received a grant to do series on community-supported agriculture. The goal is to teach people about growing vegetables and fruit in northern Nevada who will then share information within their...
  02/18/2010 5:38pm
Staff Reports

The Thriving Community hosts a workshop 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Sierra Crest Academy in Minden.
  02/15/2010 11:53am
I attended an interesting workshop last weekend in Dayton on community-supported agriculture. The Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon County received a grant to do a train-the-trainer series on community-supported agriculture. The goal is to teach...
  02/15/2010 11:51am
Staff Reports

The Main Street Gardnerville program offers sponsorships of public flower baskets for Valentine's Day. Flowering baskets are hung in June and displayed through the growing season along Highway 395.
  02/11/2010 3:33pm
Staff Reports
  02/11/2010 3:09pm
Staff Reports
  02/11/2010 3:03pm
When I hear people say “I don't have room to garden,” I think of my dad's two tomato plants on a balcony 3 feet by 5 feet. Even though he only grew two plants in pots, he enjoyed his “garden.” He tended his plants...
  02/08/2010 2:09pm
Staff Reports

The Thriving Community hosts a workshop 1-3 p.m. Feb. 20 at Sierra Crest Academy in Minden.
  02/01/2010 1:35pm
We plant, water and fertilize. Then we mow and throw all that green growth away. What a waste. Why not plant, water, fertilize, harvest and eat? I'm not advocating eating grass but, with water such a precious resource in the arid West, can we...
  01/29/2010 3:55pm
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  01/28/2010 4:57pm
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