Monthly Archives: December 2015

It is amazing what people will put on themselves. And what companies will sell them. The chemicals below are found in hand sanitizers On the Need and Speed of Regulating Triclosan and Triclocarban in the United States https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974611/#!po=0.308642 I just … Continue reading →

SpaceX launches rocket 6 months after accident, then lands. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/12/21/spacex-launches-rocket-6-months-after-accident-then-lands.html?intcmp=hpbt3 Well I don’t know whether this link will be good for everyone but certainly you can google the title and get a plethora of similar sites. I chose this one … Continue reading →

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35153795 Colistin resistance in bacteria is now in pigs in the UK (and other countries). I wonder why it showed up in animals first. In addition, the problem with getting down to where you only have a single antibiotic to … Continue reading →

I am going to post this in a Permaculture location because I believe that Permaculture is about living sustainably. And I don’t believe that living sustainably is focused on spending time and money and then using chemicals from petroleum and … Continue reading →

[Quote] The idea for L.A.’s shade balls came when a now-retired LADWP biologist learned about the application of “bird balls” in ponds along airfield runways. Airports have detention basins to collect stormwater runoff. As the ponds fill up, they attract … Continue reading →

Diane’s excellent plant guild series has a new addition: http://www.vegetariat.com/2015/12/plant-guild-3-sub-canopy/ Also: I have way of re-purposing that horrible plastic deer/bird netting. Plastic netting is a complete and utter disaster for the environment. First, it catches snakes and lizards and leaves … Continue reading →

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-antidepressant-pregnancy-autism-20151214-story.html Interesting story. I, fortunately, do not have children with autism. However, I know several parents who do and I truly wish them well. I am highly concerned about the neurotoxins that we spray all over our food and thus … Continue reading →

I am going to buy another apple tree and put it in the orchard. I have bought four apple trees over the years and all of them were decimated by the Gophers. Gophers seem to adore apple trees. At least … Continue reading →

http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1204/Habitat-loss-could-spell-trouble-for-91-percent-of-migratory-birds And flooding rice fields that have been sprayed with pesticides and have no ecology and no aquatic animal food chain is not, in my opinion, the best replacement for Wetlands. Why don’t you convert your unused/underused swimming pool? Bob … Continue reading →

Yeehaw. The second of Diane Kennedy’s plant guild series is out. [quote] Canopy provides protective shelter for many kinds of mammals, birds, reptiles and insects as they hide under the leaves. A mature oak is home to over 300 species. … Continue reading →