organic a natural home AUTUMN The Autumnal Equinox occurred in California on September 22 when night and day are nearly of the same length and the Sun crosses the celestial equator (i.e., declination 0) moving southward. Fall is here. or·ganic (ôr gan´ik) adj. 1 of or having to do with a bodily organ 2 inherent; inborn 3 systematically arranged 4 designating, or of, any chemical compound containing carbon 5 of, like, or derived from living organisms
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be a hypocrite"As we move forward, there's one thing I will always keep in mind: the changes we make in how EPA goes about its work are designed to reach one major goal — to leave America's environment cleaner when we're done than it was when we started." The Environmental Protection Agency, responding to complaints from mining interests, on Tuesday March 20, 2001, suspended standards aimed at reducing the levels of cancer-causing arsenic in some 3,000 municipal water systems, primarily in the Rocky Mountains. Mining runoff has been identified as a major source of arsenic contamination in drinking water supplies. Read the complete story at Excite News under Bush To Undo Environment Rules from Associated Press (AP). UPDATES natural | 02/10/02 | 1st sun – January 19, the first day this year that I sat in the sun. It's my one guilty pleasure. Don't smoke, drink only now and again and always in moderation, exercise regularly, eat right, but I just can't stop laying around in the sun... | dave nutrition | 01/27/02 | simple – The story was on about page 12 of the newspaper. Little more than a footnote really, compared to the huge holiday ads that filled the spread. Bt corn has been discovered growing openly in Mexico... | dave bicycle | 01/05/02 | the times they are a changin' – Cracked a rim last week. Third one in as many years. Strange. I never used to crack rims. In fact, prior to these three rims, I'd never broken a wheel in 30 years and not for lack of trying either... | dave garden | 01/05/02 | happy new year! – The shed is in! Thanks so much again to our friend Catherine who gave us her retired shed. Reduce, reuse, recycle! We painted it celery green... | dave garden | 11/20/01 | Wow! that's a big pile of ... – Walked out in the yard early yesterday morning with my giant German Shepherd dog Tomo at my side. He's a big, big guy. There is nothing little about him. It was a cool morning... | dave environment | 11/06/01 | SUV – A song dedicated to my friend Mark who works everyday to help take care of the Earth. | dave garden | 10/24/01 | shelter from the storm – Its been a tumultuous month. Not in the garden... in life. So much going on... it makes me appreciate the quiet solitude, the hard work, the first appearance of the garlic shoots, the organic fragrance of rich compost... everything about our garden, much, much more. | dave garden | 09/26/01 | and now for some good news – Autumn has arrived! The autumnal equinox occurred here in California on September 22nd and despite our fairly warm days, there is a distinct chilly edge in the air... | dave garden | 08/26/01 | year of the compost pile – We took out the remaining corn stalks and most of the tomatoes and okra. Fall is coming and we're getting ready. 2002 will be the year of the compost pile. Sounds weird I know, but last year we didn't have enough and we ran out. That is not going to happen next year... | dave garden | 08/17/01 | winding down early – The garden is winding down early this year. The plants have that tired look and many of them are bolting early. Tomato harvest is already tapering off compared to last year when it ran deep into September. | dave bicycle | 08/11/01 | the downieville classic – I go racing on my birthday and have an absolutely grand time in the sierras. The Downieville Classic – the last of the great adventure races. | dave read more in the archives |
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RECENTLY garden | 07/24/01 | strange days – The average high temperature last week was 84. This is Carmichael for goodness sake! It's supposed to be 100 degrees... | dave garden | 06/25/01 | expanding the harvest – The harvest is gradually expanding. Okra is a steady daily item. Tomatoes are slowly ripening. Eggplant... | dave garden | 06/08/01 | keeping busy – It's been a very busy two weeks. Most notably we lost a large portion of the softneck garlic crop. It seems... | dave read more in the archives |
RESOURCES Bureau of Land Managment (BLM): http://www.blm.gov Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov Justice Department: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/index.html Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): http://www.nrdc.org USDA Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us |
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