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[GWL]: A "news for gardeners" newsletter
dear all,
Last week someone asked what sources of information people on this list
"used".
Perhaps the free weekly newsletter I put out may interest some.
It is called OGMAIN - On-line Garden Media And Industry News -
subtitled ClippingZ.
It is basically "News for Gardeners". Each week it contains short
summaries of about 30 - 40 stories about or related to gardening and
the gardening "industry" from on-line media sources with a link to
each story.
Categories of news covered includes - Gardening and Plants,
Environment, and Business and Technology. I also scan and link
to general gardening stories from major newspaper and other sites.
And, when time permits,I throw in a site review.
I source these stories by visiting about 50 sites each week
and from the 30-40 newsletters I receive daily. Currently coverage
is US/North America and Australia. I hope to expand to include UK
news asap.
Basically I sort through the trash to find the diamonds
You can subscribe to the list simply by visiting here:
http://www.topica.com/lists/ogmain/subscribe/
or by sending an email to:
ogmain-subscribe@topica.com
To give readers an idea I have included some of the last edition
(23 August) of the newsletter - each edition runs to about 6-8
pages so I will not impose on list members and include the
whole thing.
Here goes-----------
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ON-LINE GARDENING MEDIA AND INDUSTRY NEWS
News for gardeners.
Number 6, 2001
August 23, 2001
Please send me to a friend!
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S O M E S T O R I E S I N S I D E
Tree Symposium, GardenWeb Announcements, Beans Treat Nematodes,
Hortus Closes, Liberty State Park, Land Care, Etera is Back,
Celery and Cousins, SF's Hidden Gardens, Poinsettia Tune-up,
Daylillies, Sunflowers, City Kids In the Garden,
Farmer's Market Boost, GM News, 'A' Class Coconuts
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Table of Contents
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1. NEWS STORIES
Gardening and Plants
Environment
Business and Technology
2. GARDEN READING ON-LINE
3. SITE REVIEW
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1. N E W S S T O R I E S
Gardening and Plants
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Tree Symposium Proceedings Now Available
The Montreal Botanical Garden has announced that the Proceedings
of the 4th International Symposium on the Tree entitled "L'Arbre
2000 The Tree" are now available! The International Symposium on
the Tree series takes place every five years with the objective
of gathering scientists from various disciplines who have a common
interest in the biology of trees.
North American source http://www.genpub.com
Europe source http://www.gazellebooks.co.uk
Garden Catalog Guide Revised
A newly revised Garden Catalog Guide is available from Mailorder
Gardening Assoc. It contains descriptions and contact
information for over 125 garden catalog companies and
magazines, as well as tips for ordering garden products
through catalogs.
http://www.mailordergardening.com
Garden Gate No. 40 Contents.
You can find out what's in the latest issue of Garden Gate on
their web site.
http://www.gardengatemagazine.com/main/gg_toc.html
GardenWeb Announcements
GardenWeb.com have announced the winner of a poll they
conducted on the Best Mail Order Source for Irises.
The winner was Superstition Gardens. This month they
are conducting a poll on Best Mail Order Source for
Carnivorous Plants.
http://www.gardenweb.com/vote/
Hortus Closes
Gardeners throughout Southern California are mourning the
loss of Hortus Nursery. The Pasadena-based business
closed Tuesday 21 August. In its nine years Hortus developed
a reputation for being one of the premier nurseries in
California. Even Martha Stewart's magazine featured it
on its pages. (DailyBreeze.com, August 21, 2001)
http://www.dailybreeze.com/content/blf/nm11932.html
Call It Seed Money
The Washington State government is spending $150,000 over
the next two years on a small-farm and direct-marketing
program intended in part to help get new farmers markets
off the ground. At farmers markets growers sell directly
to the public. That keeps farmers in business, and land
in agriculture. Farmers markets also provide more
opportunities for consumers to buy fresh, local produce.
(Seattle Times, August 20, 2001)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134331563_farm20m.html
US Biotech Turns Tobacco Onto Tumours
A California biotech company believes the tobacco plant
could have a role in helping cancer patients. Large
Scale Biology of Vacaville, California, has built a
commercial "biopharmaceutical production facility" and
is one of a handful of companies harnessing plants to
produce useful human proteins. (NineMSN, August 16, 2001)
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/story_17131.asp
Mao's Revolutionary Base Produces Pollution-Free Vegetables
Yan'an City in northwestern Shaanxi Province, the capital
of the Communist Party of China's revolutionary base in the
1930s-40s, is now becoming a major production base of
pollution-free vegetables. (People's Daily, August 18,
2001)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200108/18/eng20010818_77596.html
Biotech Tomato In Search Of a Market
Plant bred to grow in salty soil may never flourish because
of public Wariness. (This is a longer story about a news
items from last week.)(Seattle Post Intelligencer,
August 18, 2001)
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/business/35657_tomato18.shtml
Environment
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Water Slides, No. Waterfowl, Yes.
That's the gist of a long-awaited recommendation from a
panel studying the future of the largest undeveloped
tract of Liberty State Park, the most heavily-used in
New Jersey. The Interdisciplinary Planning Committee,
a working group of preservationists, environmentalists
and development advocates, will recommend that the
251-acre tract remain largely as is--a haven for migratory
birds and other wildlife. The only significant change
would entail ringing it with walking trails and low-level
recreational uses such as playgrounds or ball fields.
(Newsday.com, August 21, 2001)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--libertystatepark0821aug21.story
PGE Seed Saving Pay Off
Pacific Gas and Electric Company plans to reseed company
lands that were burned over in a wildfire, using seeds
banked by the company for just such a need. Environmental
News Service, August 20, 2001)
http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2001/2001L-08-20-09.html
Focus Needed To Save Forests
Efforts to save the world's last, critically important
forests, should initially focus on just a handful of
countries, a new report has found. A unique satellite
based survey of the planet's remaining unbroken forests,
which include virgin, old growth and naturally regenerated
woodlands, has found that more than 80 percent are located
in just 15 countries. (Environmental News Service, August
20, 2001)
http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2001/2001L-08-20-06.html
Study Shows Perils of Importing Non-native Species
The ecological perils of introducing non-native species to
control pests were highlighted by researchers who have
found that parasitic wasps brought to Hawaii as part of
sugar cane farming had become the dominant players in a
native ecosystem. The parasitic wasps transplanted from
Texas and China into Hawaii more than half a century ago
to prey on pests that devour sugar cane have emerged as
commanding figures in the complex food web of a boggy forest
on Kauai island, many miles (kilometres) away from where
they were introduced. (Planet Ark, August 20, 2001)
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12075/story.htm
A Biotech Pesticide Alternative?
Corn engineered to kill common pest stirs hope. (This is a
longer story from The Washington Post following up a news
item from last week.) (MSNBC August 18, 2001)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/615796.asp#BODY
Is Land Care Worth It?
Researchers at the Australian National University will
undertake an evaluation of the biological conservation
value of the billions of dollars spent on land care in
Australia. Funded by Land and Water Australia, the three-year
study will target the Riverina area. "Enormous amounts of
money have been spent on land restoration programs such as
Land Care, Greening Australia and Bush Care," the ANU's Dr
David Lindenmayer said. "It is time we assessed their
contributions to biodiversity at an appropriate scale."
(The Farmshed, August 17, 2001)
http://www.thefarmshed.com.au/news/news.jhtml?NewsKey=35192&new=n
Roundup Ready Soybeans Contain Unidentified DNA
Belgian scientists have found DNA from an unknown source
in Roundup Ready soybeans, a genetically engineered crop
produced by U.S. based biotechnology giant Monsanto. The
announcement comes as the Bush administration places
increasing pressure on other nations to relax food safety
laws seen as threatening U.S. economic interests.
(Environmental News Service August 16, 2001)
http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2001/2001L-08-16-06.html
"Flora for Fauna" Program to Promote Nature in Australian
Backyards
A campaign by the Australian Nursery and Garden Industry
called "Flora for Fauna" that encourages building urban
backyard havens for the continent's unique birds,
butterflies, frogs and lizards by putting in attractive
plants and creating the right habitat is about to come
to fruition with the announcement by Environment Minister
Robert Hill of a half a million dollars in government
funding for the proposed national program. Amongst other
things the funding will pay for a national marketing
campaign and an online website containing a database
listing, by region, climate type, and soil type, a range
of appropriate Australian plants as well as the animals,
birds and insects they attract, feed and shelter.
(Environmental News Service August 16, 2001)
http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2001/2001L-08-16-01.html
Federal Loophole Hits San Francisco Pesticide Reductions
Efforts by the city of San Francisco to protect residents
from toxic chemicals are running into problems due to a
loophole in federal labelling requirements. The city and
county of San Francisco have cut back pesticides used on
municipal properties by more than 50 percent as part of
its innovative pesticide reduction program, but these
figures could be meaningless due to inadequate labelling
requirements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). (Environmental News Service August 16, 2001)
http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2001/2001L-08-16-09.html
$28.8 Million to Renovate Urban Parks
The National Park Service (NPS) is awarding $28,817,310
in grants to help rehabilitate public recreation facilities
across the nation. The Urban Park and Recreation Recovery
(UPARR)grants will benefit 95 cities and urban counties in
31 states and the District of Columbia, by providing capital
funding to renovate or redesign existing recreation areas
and facilities located in poor urban areas.
(Environmental News Service August 16, 2001)
http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2001/2001L-08-16-09.html
Business and Technology
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Hortus Closes
Gardeners throughout Southern California are mourning the
loss of Hortus Nursery in Pasadena which closed Tuesday 21
August. In the nine years since it opened, Hortus developed
a reputation for being one of the premier nurseries in the
state. Even Martha Stewart's magazine featured it on its
pages. (DailyBreeze.com, August 21, 2001)
http://www.dailybreeze.com/content/blf/nm11932.html
Biotech Gets Korean Budget Ministry Funds
The South Korean government has decided to focus on
biotechnology and the genetic industry by earmarking
larger budgets for related areas of research next year.
The Ministry of Planning and Budget yesterday said it
would put priority on such high tech industries to help
them prop up the economy in years to come. "For one
thing, the government will provide substantial assistance
to set up infrastructure facilities and to educate human
resources while encouraging R&D projects," said a
ministry official. (Korea Times, August 19, 2001)
http://www.korealink.co.kr/kt_biz/200108/t2001081916504443110.htm
Etera is Back in Business.
Wholesale perennial plant grower Etera has resumed operations
after being shut down nearly a month. The company filed for
protection from creditors on July 27 under a Chapter 11
bankruptcy. In Mount Vernon, Etera has rehired about 80
employees to plant perennials at its growing operation on
River Bend Road.
(SkagitValleyHerald.com, August 17, 2001)
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=575&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=359077&om=1
"A" Class Coconuts
In northeast Brazil the luxury car manufacturer
DaimlerChrysler is at the forefront of a project to
use natural fibres in its cars while aiding in the
preservation of the rain forest. It is using coconut
fibres and natural latex rubber from the Amazon rain
forest in seats for its Mercedes-Benz A-Class as part
of its partnership with a Brazilian group called Poverty
and the Environment in Amazonia (POEMA). (Popular
Mechanics, 2001)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/2001/7/brasil_poema/print.p
html
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2. G A R D E N R E A D I N G O N - L I N E
Celery and Cousins
If it were more often grown in the home garden, celery might
enjoy quite a different reputation than as a secondary ingredient
in soups or stews or as the dieter's badge of self-denial.
Adrienne Cook puts in the good word for celery and some of
its relatives. (Washington Post, August 23, 2001)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47091-2001Aug22.html
The Art of Stone
Some of the best stone craftsmen and women in the country
descended on a field outside Charlottesville to build a dry-laid
stonewall three feet high and 90 feet long reports Adrian Higgins.
(Washington Post, August 23, 2001)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/home/garden/
Hidden Gardens Provide Islands of Serenity
Jerome Gagnon looks at some special small urban gardens tucked away
in San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle, August 22, 2001)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/08/22/HO108728.DTL
Nothing Common About Sunflowers
Gregg Pasterick takes a look at the many varieties of native
sunflowers and their interesting backgrounds including uses by
Native Americans. (Suite101.com
- Wild Flowers in North America, August 21, 2001)
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/wildflowers_north_america/77726
Daylillies to Dazzle
Nina Koziol has written a special feature on daylilies -
varieties (Lilting Lavender, Purple Pinwheel, Pardon Me,
Swirling Waters and Egyptian Spice) history and tips. (Chicago
Tribune, August 19, 2001)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/home/chi-108180309aug19.story?coll=chi%2Dleisurehome%2Dhed
Earthly delights - Gardeners share the pleasures of their private
refuge
Marge Colborn takes a look at 5 special gardens. Includes photos.
(Detroit News, August 18, 2001)
http://detnews.com/2001/garden/0108/23/e18-272245.htm
The Magic of Early-Blooming Bulbs
Imagine: You coax your small children outdoors one early spring
morning to behold a small miracle - their names spelled out in
flowers growing in the lawn. Or, for the youngest, a giant smiley
face in living colour grinning at them from the grass. It's easy
to perform this kind of magic with early-blooming bulbs. Denise
Cowie gets into early-blooming bulbs and runs through sources and
suggested varieties. (Philadelphia enquirer, August 17, 2001)
http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/08/17/magazine/YARD17.htm
Poinsettia Tune-up.
Tom MacCubbin has a few tips to get the best out of your
Poinsettia
(Orlando Sentinel, 17 August, 2001)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/shopping/homegarden/orl-homesquick18081801aug18.column?coll=orl%2Dshoppinghg%2Dheadlinesaround
City Kids In The Garden
"At first the kids just stood there looking shy and uninterested.
Okay, so that's a tomato plant. Big deal. Then I showed them how
to tell which ones were ready to be picked, and the ice was
broken." Leda Meredith recounts an afternoon in the garden
with some city kids.
(Suite101.com - Urban Homestead, August 17, 2001)
http://suite101.com/article.cfm/6152/77643
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3. S I T E R E V I E W
There is no site review this week.
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Happy Reading.
greenthumbZ
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I hope that this blatant plug for my newsletter may help
GWL members.
For those upset by the long post - sorry.
Regards,
Michael Elliott
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