As we continue on with our warmer than usual winter with the occasional mix of freezing rain while thoughts of gardening begin to bloom, I thought I would post a couple of articles on the subject of planting zones. They’re both by Janice Lloyd at USA Today. They are “Planting Zones Shift to the North” and [...]
Archive for January, 2012
27 Jan
All around us
While these two articles don’t discuss rocks, sewers, etc… they do talk about a couple of chemicals that are/or were at one time, all around us. The first article, “Magi Would Have a Tough Time Finding Frankincense Today” by Elizabeth Weise at USA Today is on resin, made from the gum of the Boswellia Papyrifera Tree. [...]
25 Jan
Rocks and stones and sewers oh my!
After being harassed by a friend of mine yesterday for reading books on rocks (Stones: Their Collection, Identification and Uses by R.V. Dietrich) and sewers (Subterranean Twin Cities by Greg Brick), I felt compelled to start posting again so here we go with a couple of articles on these topics. The first article is for the rocks that [...]
