TALK ABOUT A SWASHBUCKLING APPROACH TO PRUNING. Apparently Andre the Doodler has a heavier hand than I do in such matters–and a bigger blade. I do hope he’s following the tactics in my Pruning FAQs. That headstrong boy!
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FROM THE WEEKLY PODCAST
how conservation starts in your yard, with doug tallamy
‘NATURE’S BEST HOPE’ is the title of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s new book, and the subtitle reads like this: “A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard.” In other words, you and I are nature’s best hope. Our actions count, and they add up to counteract a fragmented landscape and other challenges to the survival of so many critically important native creatures and the greater environment we all share.
Doug Tallamy’s 2007 book, “Bringing Nature Home,” has been for many of us a wake-up call into the entire subject of the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife, and now with more than a decade of additional research insights, he goes further.
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ahaha I have an antique hand scythe I use for cutting down pesky weeds, and getting some anger worked out at the same time. Never quite thought about pruning with it, though…
Welcome, Claire. Yes, I think Andre’s gone all machete on us. :) Hope to see you soon again…and a scythe is a beautiful tool, isn’t it? A friend of mine actually uses his and is good at it and it’s a gorgeous thing to see, a slice of history or so it feels.
Mm, yes. :D I adore scythes. I should be around, in fact I think I might have commented before, under a different name…hehe. I positively love all of Andre’s work, and tend to stalk everything he does. ^.^
I am not allowed to use the machete anymore.
and the mad bush that cannot be tamed shall soon be no longer ours and so I will just be in charge of the snowblower
Not to worry you Andre (or the missus), but power tools can sometimes have a mind of their own.
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