Dr. Gro Torsethaugen is a Norwegian plant physiologist. She earned her PhD from the University of Oslo, where she also taught. Currently, she teaches at both Penn State University and University of Maryland University College and resides in Howard, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bill Fatula (of Mudslinger fame), and son…
The front of my lot has a north-west facing steep slope. It isn’t large, maybe 1/16 an acre. The first land owner, in the 1980s, covered it with a dense geo textile and small rocks and planted trailing junipers. In the years since, the junipers have died and opportunistic species…
Before life on Earth! There’s a theory that life came from the stars. It’s a beautiful idea, especially if you’re a stargazer like me. Panspermia The term has been around since the Greeks (Anaxagoras, 5th Century BC) and has been used with increasing scientific rigor into modern times. The…
Pros, cons, and recommendations You have a vision of green pastures a-buzz with bees, leaping antelopes grazing on native prairie grasses. Or maybe you are sick of seeing the eroding barren soil on the abandoned lot that you pass everyday. Seed balls might be the solution. There are a few…
