Monthly Archives: April 2017
Drain the Swamp
Drain the Swamp! It’s the refrain of a U.S. President who prefers time on the barren grass of golf courses to life’s abundance in natural wetland. Calling somewhere a swamp is never a compliment, and it’s not a pretty phrase … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Nature, Other
Tagged George Washington, Great Dismal Swamp, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Hart, Kitty Hawk, Lake Drummond, Robert Frost, Swamp, Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Tillage, Cover Crops and Soil
Every episode of an old TV series opened with people staring at an object streaking across the sky. One man called it a bird, another a plane, and finally a smart-ass proclaimed, “It’s Superman!” No one said it’s Clark Kent! … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, garden
Tagged Clark Kent, Cover crop, Dustbowl, Edward Faulkner, No-till farming, organic farming, plowing, Plowman's Folly, Superman, topsoil erosion
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 