June-September ban on certain fertilizers benefits waterways (Sarasota, FL, USA) 31 May 2009, Sarasota Herald-Tribune What season starts tomorrow? Hurricane season, of course. Its arrival will be appropriately accompanied by media coverage, predictions and government warnings. But what other season begins tomorrow, at least in Sarasota and Charlotte counties? It’s “don’t fertilize with nitrogen and …
It’s funny the way the press talks. Always with the negative spin. How often do you see a headline that says funding for or profit from x is up? (Leaving aside for now stories about oil companies.) While the actual funding or profit might be greater than previously, the headline will say, “lower than projected.” …
Tomorrow my family is coming over from the mainland (or as we like to call it, America) to celebrate both my Dad’s and my Step Dad’s birthdays. When I asked Dad what he wanted for his birthday I pretty much knew what he would say. “Clams.” So today I have to dig holes in the …
Once each year, volunteers deploy onto thirty-five Island County beaches for the annual Intertidal Monitoring. Yesterday was the day for the beach I help on. The monitoring program is 14 years old. It originally sprang from concerns publicized after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Before I go on, I have to say that instituting the …