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So I haven’t seen the mole in a while and I was walking around looking at some of the trees and my irrigation system and noticed a little hole in the ground. The hole was just about the right size … Continue reading

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Copper on trees.

>> The copper was recommended by the nursery people. My trees have been getting brown disease that … >> Copper, oil, in fact, many sprays if sprayed in the fall to mid spring will kill a lot of beneficial insect … Continue reading

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DDE

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

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Monarch migration falls to record lows – The Washington Post

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!    

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Pesticides: animal models

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

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A kindred soul

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!    

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Success

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

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More burrowing critters

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

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Math is fun

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

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Business Resilience Comes From Working With Nature

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

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