Monthly Archives: January 2014

The study published by JAMA Neurology reveals that the levels of DDE, the chemical left when DDT breaks down, were higher in the blood of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease patients compared to those without the disease. And DDE is longer lived … Continue reading →

http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/monarch-migration-falls-to-record-lows-according-to-new-report/2014/01/29/a34fc2b0-891c-11e3-a760-a86415d0944d_story.html SIGH Bob 310 429 8477 http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

Director@wildlife.ca.gov fgc@fgc.ca.gov Under the nation’s chemical safety law, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, federal regulators can step in to restrict use of a chemical only after proving it’s harmful. Manufacturers can sell products without first proving they’re safe. “Just … Continue reading →

http://chriscondello.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/land-of-the-fee-home-of-the-grave/ I highly recommend this site. Bob 310 429 8477 http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

Well, I think so. The bugs shown in the first picture are from the tanglefoot stuff I put around borer damage on five fruit trees two weeks ago. About half of them are from stone fruit trees and the rest … Continue reading →

I think I’ve got a mole. :-) I saw little pushed up runs around the orchard the other day. I dug a few up and they were all pretty much on the surface and about the diameter of my thumb … Continue reading →

So I’m watching a bunch of bees using water from my pond and there are at least two groups. One flies west southwest and up my driveway and out of sight. The other group heads south east, up over a … Continue reading →

This is a story about a bioremediation system. A constructed wetland is compared against mechanical filtration. Bob http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4568046 On every important measure — capital expenditure, operational expenditure, and performance — the constructed wetland outperformed the traditional approach. Power consumption and … Continue reading →

sort of obligates one to pay attention to the environment a little bit. I like looking at the tracks on my driveway which is dirt. It finally dawned on me what this one was. Any guesses? Spread the Good News … Continue reading →

Here is another comment on my posting a while back about how a dwarfing root stock will cripple a tree and cause it to be more susceptible to diseases. The next time a nurseryman tells you that the smaller tree … Continue reading →