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Where do I put it? Large-scale composting options

Laura Williams, Vaughn Loeffler, Joyce Hicks, Linda Byington and I attended a weeklong course teaching us about small ...

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Goodnight Irene: Father’s favorite song

“Goodnight Irene” was the headline just after Hurricane Irene tore through the east coast, reaping havoc wherever she ...

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Being outside in order to grow inside

Two weeks ago I completed my 16th summer as the baker at Camp Glen Arden for Girls in ...

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

Nature’s diversity is not a mistake

One morning this week I had the pleasure of driving to work when mist hung over the Green ...

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

Muddy lake: nature pays

The lake at camp has been muddy since campers arrived three weeks ago. We’ve had some hard rains ...

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Why not take advantage of free air for cooling, laundry?

"Conservation Corner" by Betsy Burdett Last week my niece Anne and her 4-year-old son, Mason, came to visit.

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Infrastructure not just interstate highways

"Conservation Corner" by Betsy Burdett The speaker at last week’s Friends of Agriculture breakfast was Lee Mink, and ...

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What jobs will serve us best in long run?

"Conservation Corner" by Betsy Burdett Thanks to a grant from the US Forest Service ( a component of ...

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Answers from the night sky

"Conservation Corner" by Betsy Burdett Last night, on the way to the house, from the barn I stopped ...

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

What we leave behind matters

Last weekend the Bradley Education Fund, of the Polk County Community Foundation, sent me, plus three other local ...

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