Growing up in rural Washington state, she never had any inclination to garden. “It was dirty and laborious when I would rather be playing,” Maranhao recalls. “We always had a veggie garden, fruit trees and berries. I liked to eat…
By Kai Umeda A strategy can be implemented to control the purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus), the “world’s worst weed.” Due to regulatory constraints from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, only the use of MSMA (monosodium methylarsonate) herbicide on golf courses,…
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should…
By Alice Newton Alkalai sacatone grass, Sporobulus airoides, is also known as giant sacatone, dropseed, alkalai dropseed, or finetop salt grass. It is a tough perennial bunchgrass with flat, quarter inch wide leaves, commonly growing three to four feet high…
