Brummet's Conscious Blog

Eco- Events: Audubon Spring Plant Sale When : April 21 - 22; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Where :  Audubon Society of Portland, 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland, OR (USA) Would you like to see more wildlife in your garden? Are you looking for a low-maintenance landscape options? Are you concerned about local ecological health and habitat loss? If so, consider adding native plants to your garden.  All proceeds go to maintaining the beautiful 150+ acre Nature Sanctuary. -- Overmountain Conservation  BioBlitz When : April 22; 9 am - 12 pm Cost : free; volunteer ...a sneak peek of the lastest conservation project during a guided hike in the Overmountain Conservation Area. Participants can help identify wildlife, insects and more during the events - aiding the organization to identify and know more about the biodiversity of this area. Info :  https://clctrust.org/event/earth-day-bioblitz/ -- ...

Eco-Events: 38th Annual Tryon Creek Trillium Festival and Native Plant Sale When : Saturday, April 7 , 10:00 to 4:00 pm. Where : 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, OR (USA) ...an educational event for the whole community that celebrates spring.  -- Invasive Species Removal When : April 7 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am Cost : Free; volunteer event Where : Siegel-Kline Kill Conservation Area, 1452 Garage Place Road - Ghent, NY (US) Details : Get down and dirty removing invasive weeds at our first volunteer workday of 2018! We’ll be removing invasive Japanese Honeysuckle at Siegel-Kline Kill, continuing our habitat restoration project led by Master Gardener volunteers Tim Kennelty and Glenda Berman. Please be sure to register for this event so that we can be in touch if the details change. https://clctrust.org/event/invasive-species-removal/ -- Backyard Habitat Spring Plant Sale When : April 13 - 14 Whe...

It’s Alive! The Living Soil  * Today's article, written by Andy Lopez of the Invisible Gardener, will help us understand about the relationship between the nutrients your plants need and biological activity in the soil. The article was edited by the blog owner, however, and a few corrections made. There are two ways to get minerals needed by plants: The first and fastest as well as easiest is to apply through foliar spraying onto the leaves and trunk. Trees and most other plants are much like humans in that they can absorb nutrients thru their "skin". Another way to get minerals to the plants is to provide it in the soil by adding compost, which is rich in minerals and bacteria. This is the main reason we make compost piles or bins - to provide the proper condition for bacteria and minerals to get together and produce these nutrients in the form that the plants can then use. ( *Blog Owner's Note: Remember a few days ago on this blog we talked about t...

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