Begonias, fuschias, and dahlias should be brought inside garage
Environment
Media outlets criticize Forest Service for film and photography regulations
As conservationists celebrate 50 years since the passage of the Wilderness Act, a U.S. Forest Service proposal to make certain wilderness area regulations permanent has brought forth accusations that the agency is infringing on First Amendment rights.
Gardentalk – Repurposing fall leaves
Uses include composting, insulation, weed cover
Gardentalk – Creating your own root cellar
Plus, garlic planting
Gardentalk – Keeping the slugs at bay
Slug bait and garden clean up can help
Ernest Leffingwell, scientist with a fan club
Ernest Leffingwell lived for nine summers and six winters in a cabin made from the ship that brought him to Flaxman Island in 1906.
Gardentalk – How to avoid the flood
Cover or support your plants during late season rains, install drainage
Researchers seek funding for buoy providing vital wave data in the Bering Sea
Funding is set to expire at the end of this season, which means the buoy is in need of a home and money to keep it operating.
Gardentalk – Late summer harvesting
Apples and potatoes
North slope ravens force researcher to go incognito
Some biologists hang from ropes to study birds. Many rise painfully early in the morning. Stacia Backensto disguised herself as a man.