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Environ-man's 10 most wanted list.
Sep 01, 1998 ... SPRAY-IT-AGAIN SAM Using a chemical sprayer like a machinegun, this character tries to rid the world of weeds but the pollutes air, water and trees in the process. JOE BLOW Noise pollution is this villain's crime, along with the other problems he causes by misusing a ...
Who needs weed seeds? (Plans for Budding Gardeners).(weed seeds have been adapted by nature to sow themselves)
Nov 01, 1996 ... A famous American author, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once described a weed as "a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." Gardeners spend a lot of time and money getting rid of weeds to make room for the plants they want to grow. Many of these same weeds growing in meadows, fields and ...
Plant a pineapple. (Plans For Budding Gardeners).
Feb 01, 1996 ... You may wonder why something that neither smells like pine nor tastes like an apple is called a "pineapple," but that's not all that's unusual about the name of this fruit. The botanical name of pineapple is Ananas; look closely and you'll see that's "bananas" without the B. Both fruits ...
Grow a topiary Valentine. (Plans for Budding Gardeners).
Dec 01, 1995 ... Formal gardens of long ago looked much different than the garden your family has today. Growing and trimming plants to resemble precise geometric shapes was a specialty of gardens during the 17th and 18th centuries. Very wealthy landowners even had certain plants, like yews, boxwoods and ...
Start a tree. (Plans for Budding Gardeners).
Jun 01, 1995 ... Trees do more for the Earth than almost any other living thing on the planet. Animals of all types depend on trees for shelter and food; humans make use of trees for even more purposes. But in addition to everything else they do for the inhabitants of our planet, trees help to purify our ...