Green-friendly pesticides
BY E/THE ENVRIONMENTAL MAGAZINE
  Synthetic lawn and garden chemicals can poison people and pets alike. American homeowners apply some 100 million pounds of the stuff each year but are fast discovering the benefits of using more natural and less toxic approaches. PHOTO COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES |
What green-friendly lawn and garden pesticides are available today?
Pesticides have greatly boosted agricultural yields over the last half century, so it is no wonder, given the commercial availability of many of these synthetic chemicals, that American homeowners apply 100 million pounds of the stuff each year to make their own gardens grow bigger and faster, too.
But the downside of using such chemicals is that they can poison people and pets as well as backyard wildlife: "Common insecticide ingredients such as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), atrazine, and dicamba have been shown to harm mouse embryos at times equivalent to the first week after conception in humans," says Erica Glasener of The Green Guide. In light of such revelations, home gardeners are fast discovering the benefits of avoiding chemicals in favor of natural, less toxic alternatives.
Before thinking about applying pesticides, gardeners can design (or redesign) their gardens to make the most of native plants that have evolved over eons to thrive in local conditions without synthetic aid or lots of water. Choosing native plants appropriate to your elevation, soil type, drainage, and sun exposure will naturally repel many common pests and also reduce the propagation of invasive exotic species.
Similarly, embedding your plants in healthy soil replete with beneficial insects and worms can also help reduce the need for pesticides. Laura Moran of Mainstreet.com suggests that home gardeners compost their vegetable food waste, which is chockfull of nutrients that plants love, and mix it into existing soil to give the garden a healthy boost. "Aside from stimulating healthy root development," she writes, "the addition of rich compost also improves soil texture, aeration, and water retention." It also provides a nice home, she says, for the beneficial bugs that are destroyed along with the bad ones by chemical pesticides.
If pesticides are necessary, there are a handful of organic varieties available. Bacillus thuringiensis ("Bt") is a naturally occurring bacterium that is lethal to most leaf-eating caterpillars on trees, shrubs, flowers, and vegetables. According to gardening writer Jeff Ball, it is harmless to all other insects, animals, and human beings. It comes in a powder form for use as a dust or, when diluted with water, as a spray. Organic chemists have formulated varieties of Bt to kill mosquitoes or potato beetles as well.
To control slugs in an environmentally friendly manner, The Green Guide's Glasener suggests recycling the black cell packs that vegetables and annuals are sold in by placing them (empty) upside down near the bases of plants. "Each morning, check the containers for pests, and if you find any, simply throw the container away with the pests inside," she says. You can use hollowed-out grapefruit rinds in a similar manner around the bases of plants, disposing of them if they turn up any slugs.
Pet owners may already be familiar with insecticidal soaps used to control fleas. Some of these soaps can also be used in the garden to repel insects. For more information, consult a local nursery specializing in organic methods and native plants. Using the free online Native Plants Nursery Directory, find one near you.
For more information: The Green Guide, www.thegreenguide.com; MainStreet.com, www.mainstreet.com; Native Plants Nursery Directory, www.plantnative.org/national_nursery_dir_main.htm.
Send questions to Earth Talk, care of E/The Environmental Magazine, P.O. Box 5098, Westport, CT 06881 or e-mail earthtalk@emagazine.com.
Just when you think that the perennial garden is starting to fade, fall-blooming anemones add a splash of color to the garden. These prolific bloomers will continue blooming for up to
five weeks.
As a group, the genus Anemone consists of 100 species of plants, including spring, summer and fall blooming flowers. The fall flowering anemones species are the showstoppers of
the group.
Fall anemones, also called Japanese anemones, bloom from late July to early October. None of the anemones originated from Japan so it makes more sense to call them fall anemones than Japanese anemones.
Fall anemones will grow in full sun but prefer a partial shade, performing best with morning sun and afternoon shade. Foliage tends to burn in hot, dry, summer conditions. Soil should be fertile, moist, well-drained and high in organic matter. Plants prefer consistently moist soil, so mulching is beneficial. Plants can be killed by wet winter conditions.
Slow to establish, fall anemones will become prolific when grown in an ideal site. Be sure to give the plants room by spacing them two to three feet apart in the garden. Spring planting is best. Sometimes the plants will start to spill out of their space; in that case, just dig out the unwanted intruders and share them with friends.
Mounded plants will grow two to five feet tall. Taller plants may need staking. Place plants in the mid-border to background of the garden.
The dark green foliage is attractive from spring to fall. Foliage darkens after a hard frost. It is best to remove the foliage in late fall.
Flowers are white, pink, rose or lilac. There are single, semi-double or double cultivars. The slightly cupped flowers are two to three inches in diameter. Flowers don't need to be deadheaded to prolong bloom.
Some of the fall blooming anemone species are Anemone hupehensis, Anemone x hybrida, and Anemonetomentosa. All of these species produce similar flowers but have a few differences.
Hybrid anemones, Anemone x hybrida, are mixtures of several species and are well-adapted to our gardens. Plants can reach five feet in height. Cultivars include Elegantissima, which grows three to four feet tall and has double pink flowers, and Honorine Jobert, which has a single white flower. Discovered in 1858, Honorine Jobert is still the most popular white anemone.
Anemone hupehensis flowers a week or so earlier and is generally shorter (two to three feet tall) than A. x hybrida. A. hupehensis also has smaller flowers and tolerates drier, sunnier sites. Cultivars include Bressingham Glow, which has deep rose-pink, semi-double flowers, Prinz Heinrich (Prince Henry), which has early flowering, rosy red semi-double flowers, and September Charm, which produces single, rose-pink flowers.
Anemonetomentosa is an earlier flowering anemone and more tolerant of temperature extremes than A. hybrida. Called the "grapeleaf anemone," its foliage resembles grape leaves, and has a white pubescence on the underside of the leaves. Robutissima is a cultivar that produces mauve-pink flowers held above the foliage. Adapted to both sun and shade, Robutissima is a hardy selection. (This cultivar is grown in the perennial garden at the U of I Extension Sangamon-Menard Unit.)
Consider adding fall anemones to your perennial garden. They add beauty just as summer bloomers are fading away and just before mums begin to bloom.
Jennifer Fishburn is a horticulture educator with the University of Illinois Extension Sangamon-Menard Unit. Contact her at fishburn@uiuc.edu.
-- Unit Educator, Horticulture University of Illinois Extension www.extension.uiuc.edu/sangamon
City slickers invade Wasilla
September 9, 2008
Democrats understand Sarah Palin is a formidable political force who has upset the Obama victory plan. The latest Washington Post/ABC Poll shows John McCain taking a 12-point lead over Barack Obama among white women, a reversal of Mr. Obama's eight-point lead last month.
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It's no surprise, then, that Democrats have airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers into Anchorage, the state capital Juneau and Mrs. Palin's hometown of Wasilla to dig into her record and background. My sources report the first wave arrived in Anchorage less than 24 hours after John McCain selected her on August 29.
The main area of interest to the Democratic SWAT team is Mrs. Palin's dismissal in July of her public safety commissioner. Mrs. Palin says he was fired for cause. Her critics claim he was fired because he wouldn't bend to pressure to get rid of a state trooper, Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a bitter divorce battle with Mrs. Palin's sister. Mr. Wooten is certainly a colorful character. He served a five-day suspension after the Palin family filed a complaint against him alleging he had threatened Mrs. Palin's father. They also accused him of using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson, drinking in his patrol car and illegally shooting a moose.
Mrs. Palin will return to Alaska for the first time in nearly two weeks on Wednesday night, when she is scheduled to arrive in Fairbanks. Local Republicans will hold a "Welcome Home" rally for her. You can bet some of the Democratic opposition research contingent will be in the audience taking notes. They'll be the ones arriving in rental cars and wearing fancy dress shoes from back east.
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This was the happiest convention I have attended. In seven conventions going back to 1984, I have never seen delegates as happy. I have seen them eager, energized, committed, determined but the underlying mood last night was sheer joy. There was joy that Senator McCain had had the courage to pick Governor Palin. There was joy that she and her family had come through the week of attacks smiling and eager to campaign. There was joy that Governor Palin's Wednesday night speech completely vindicated Senator McCain's choice. There was joy that 37 million Americans had seen her speech. That is almost as many as watched Senator Obama's acceptance speech (39 million). There was deep inspiration from Cindy McCains story of adopting a child from Bangladesh and her commitment to the poor and the weak around the world. There was awe at the film about Senator McCain's service to country and inspiration from the personal parts of his speech. There was joy at Roberta McCain saying "he's a momma's boy" and admiration for her energy and enthusiasm at 96 (sort of knocks down the age issue). Finally there was joy that we had nominated two real people of great authenticity to take on the poseurs on the other ticket. It was appropriate in St. Paul, the city of F. Scott Fitzgerald, that the modern Great Gatsby found himself facing a ticket with a real war hero and a real governor. Obama's long voyage of self discovery and posturing may be about to collide with a team that can't be intimidated and is not afraid to tell the truth. Now that is a cause for joy. The Coming War Against Sarah Palin I am writing this newsletter from St. Paul, MN, where Alaska Governor Sarah Palin electrified the crowd at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night. And I think it's safe to say she showed the entire country a fresh new face of conservative reform. There was a lot of build-up to Governor Palin's speech, both in the media and among the professional Republican political class. Everyone was telling us that the speech was the Governor's big moment; if she could perform well Wednesday night, she would break free of the despicable, sustained partisan and personal attacks being leveled at her by everyone from the left-wing blogs to the elite media.
Palin Survived. Now the Left REALLY Has to Destroy Her But the pundits and the consultants were wrong. Palin's success last week doesn't mean the left-wing is going to give up attacking her. Palin's success means that now the left really has to destroy her. Why? Because she's proved that she is an intelligent, articulate and mortal threat to the left's claim that it is the sole, legitimate voice of women and blue-collar, working Americans. Sarah Palin is a mother of five who is also an accomplished woman. She is a lifelong member of the NRA who is also an intelligent, articulate professional. She is pro-life in her words and in her deeds, and she controls an $11 billion budget and 15,000 Alaska state employees. Simply put, the left has a greater vested interest in destroying her than any presidential or vice presidential candidate the Republican Party has nominated in the last fifty years. The media will try to downplay her accomplishments as when Ron Allen of MSNBC tried to get me to accept that she had too little experience. Watch it here.
Echoes of the Clarence Thomas Nomination We've seen this kind of desperation before, of course. Those of us who lived through the effort by the elites to destroy Clarence Thomas when he was nominated to sit on the Supreme Court by George H. W. Bush have an unsettling idea of the fight that lies ahead. The left and the elites regarded Thomas - an African-American who is also a conservative - as a threat to their ability to be the arbiters of what African-Americans and other minorities should believe. Allowing Thomas to ascend to the high court would show that skin color does not dictate political affiliation - just as allowing Sarah Palin to become vice president would show that being a woman and a blue-collar American does not dictate political party. So they threw mud at Thomas. They called him a traitor to his race. Just like what's happening now with Governor Palin. We've seen this before. If Palin's Still Standing in November, Republicans Will Win the Election The road ahead promises to be bumpy. But the good news is that if Governor Palin survives the next few months as a national figure of competence and reform, then the left suddenly has a tremendous problem. It's a problem that is bigger than just losing the election (which is what will happen if she is a star in November). The left's problem will be that, at 44, Sarah Palin represents potentially 30 years of Republican Party leadership and transforming the party and America. The stakes are high, and the race is on. It's time to brace ourselves for the coming war against Sarah Palin - and its time to win it. Your friend, |
OPRAH'S STATEMENT: "The item in today's Drudge Report is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over." 
BIG DILEMMA: OPRAH BALKS AT HOSTING SARAH PALIN; STAFF DIVIDED
Fri Sep 05 2008 08:55:46 ET
Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America -- but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket!
Oprah's staff is sharply divided on the merits of booking Sarah Palin, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
"Half of her staff really wants Sarah Palin on," an insider explains. "Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama."
One executive close to Winfrey is warning any Palin ban could ignite a dramatic backlash!
It is not clear if Oprah has softened her position after watching Palin's historic convention speech.
Last year, Winfrey blocked an appearance by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, timed to a promotional tour of his autobiography.
Oprah and executive producer Sheri Salata, who has contributed thousands of dollars to Obama's campaign, refused requests for comment.
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There are income guidelines on the credit. Individuals with an adjusted gross income up to $75,000 (or $150,000 if filing jointly) are eligible for the full tax credit. The credit is phased down for those earning more and is not available for those with an income above $95,000 (or $170,000 if filing jointly).
The new tax credit does not have to be repaid if the buyer stays in the home at least three years. But if the home is sold before that, the entire amount of the credit is recaptured on the sale.
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