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What a Wonderful Daylily Season!

By CJoseph | November 4, 2010

Our first daylily bloomed on Mother’s Day, May 9. There were daylilies blooming in our yard every day except two from then until September 15. The Bitsy daylily rebloomed twice and is blooming today, November 4. I am always amazed by daylilies, but this was an exceptional season, with the extreme heat and dry spells, [...]

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A Solar Powered Water Purification System You Can Build at Home

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | May 31, 2010

That’s right folks! With very little skill you can build a system in your yard that will help purify streams and lakes. It will prevent many toxins from entering the waterways and improve water tables. But that’s not all! It will help freshen the air and provide shelter for some of God’s creatures. It can [...]

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Rain Barrel Workshop

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | May 25, 2010

Last Saturday  I went to a rain barrel workshop at Edge of the Woods Nursery put on by the Saucon Creek Watershed Committee. For $35, they provided the tools, the materials and help to build a 55 gallon rain barrel. Rain barrels help slow down the flow of water off of roofs. Suburban sprawl with [...]

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Going Native

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | May 13, 2010

I made my first trip of the season to Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery in Orefield, PA, with my daughter, April, and her three boys. What a wonderful place! They have over 300 species of trees, bushes, plants, flowers and ground covers, all native to this area. Louise and Susan, who own and [...]

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Positive, Greener Alternatives to Mowing Lawns

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | February 28, 2009

The greenest, positive alternative to mowing a lawn is to do away with it by letting more green grow. I am not suggesting that you just stop mowing and let whatever is there just grow up, as if your place were abandoned. Land needs maintenance. Man is part of the ecosystem. Our responsibility since Creation [...]

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“How Green Was My Valley”?

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | August 21, 2008

About 40.5 million acres of land are used for lawns in the United Sates. About 300 million acres of land are used for harvested crops each year in the United States. American homeowners spent about $2.1 billion in 2001 for over 30,000 tons of herbicides (i.e., Roundup), insecticides, fungicides, etc., for their lawns. Lawn care [...]

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Are Lawns Green?

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | August 12, 2008

From the time I was six until I was twenty, we lived in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Golden Valley is a suburb of Minneapolis. In the 1960′s and 1970′s, it was home to General Mills, Honeywell’s MIRV control plant (making it the #16 strategic nuclear target for the Russians), Carl Sandburg Junior High (right across the [...]

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Installed my first Window Sash Replacement Kit

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | August 8, 2008

The sash kit came in two boxes. I had failed to specify low-E, argon glass, and I didn’t order it exterior primed, but it came with all of those options. I am not complaining. The instructions were thorough, with the exception of trimming the excess off the foam strips. I had to move both the [...]

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The Transfiguration of Christ

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | August 6, 2008

August 6th Troparion (Tone 7) When Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, O Christ our God, Thou didst show Thy glory to Thy disciples as far as they could bear it. Let Thy everlasting light illumine also us sinners through the intercessions of the Mother of God. Giver of Light, glory to Thee. Like at His [...]

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Automatic Dishwasher (and Car) Detergent

By Cranford Joseph Coulter | August 4, 2008

The recipe for a cheap, environmentally safe, effective automatic dishwashing soap is really simple. Mix equal measures of Borax (Twenty Mule Team or not) and Washing Soda (most likely Arm and Hammer) together. Label your container. It is environmentally friendly. That doesn’t mean that you want to eat it. Use two tablespoons per load in [...]

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