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Biochar Application - A Practical Guide for Improving and Constructing Soils for Urban Trees

DEC 17, 2024

Arboriculture Horticulture Plant Health Care Tree Health Sustainability Tree Preservation

WHAT IS BIOCHAR?
Biochar is a type of charcoal produced from exposing organic
materials (woody or agricultural waste products) to heat of around
450-650°C in a low- or no-oxygen environment through the p...

A Stroll Along The High Line in NYC

SEP 3, 2023

Nature Buckeye Yard and Garden Line Sustainability

The High Line is a reclaimed elevated train line turned lush park in the Concrete Jungle of New York City. With native plants and wild naturalistic landscaping as a theme, this unique park features ...

Rainwater Mitigation â€“ Is it effective?

SEP 3, 2023

Buckeye Yard and Garden Line Sustainability

Rainwater mitigation is a challenge. With initiatives and programs like Ohio Department of Agriculture’s H 2 Ohio, water quality is important.

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August 10, 2023

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On Sad Cemeteries and Greener Alternatives

JUN 23, 2023

Environment Horticulture Nature General Sustainability Garden Rant Blog

Home/Gardening on the Planet/On Sad Cemeteries and Greener Alternatives

While cycling past multi-million-dollar homes and upwards of million-dollar landscapes in Henlopen Acres, Delaware, I came upon...

More abuse of Trees You're Killin me Smalls!

JUN 17, 2023

Arboriculture Tree Health Sustainability Tree Preservation Tree Biomechanics Biomechanics Pruning

It’s sad to see more trees headed for the burn pile. Some will die a slow, painful death. Others will suffer from pruning wounds, wrong selection, but most will eventually perish!

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City Scape temperatures with no trees vs. trees

Trees are cool! Really!!!

MAR 27, 2023

Arboriculture Environment Sustainability Global warming and climate change

Solar Panels Plus Farming? Agrivoltaics Explained

DEC 10, 2022

Horticulture Sustainability

It Pays to Care for Trees!

JUN 20, 2022

Arboriculture Tree Health Buckeye Yard and Garden Line Sustainability

Over the past several years, The Ohio State University Extension has partnered with Holden Forests and Gardens to promote the benefits of trees. Using i-tree, calculations can be made on the economi...

The Nationâ€™s Corn Belt Has Lost a Third of Its Topsoil

APR 22, 2022

Environment General Sustainability

An ear of corn sits on topsoil in Nebraska, part of the nation’s Corn Belt. Scientists estimate the region has lost about 35 percent of its topsoil.

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Will the best mulch please stand up

MAR 17, 2022

Horticulture Plant Health Care Tree Health Sustainability

Foundational to plant health care is healthy roots and healthy soil ecology. Surprisingly, many of the mulches we have been using in our landscapes are not as wonderful as we think. Very finely ground...