When some friends from the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation and the University of Vermont came to my winter term class to see our group project on Emerald Ash Borer, one of the things that impressed them the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Arbor Day, the film
Tag: Random Thoughts
The Juice Bar at Crossroads Cafe
I make no excuses for not blogging. I’m not one of those super-organized, or super-marketeer landscapers who spends the slow winter writing blog posts to store them for slow release all summer. No, we spent the snowless winter busily pruning … Continue reading →…Continue Reading The Juice Bar at Crossroads Cafe
The Avocado
All the talk around campus seems to be about Avocados. I’d always wondered about them, so I did a little reading. It got racy, I started blushing, and just now finished sputtering my way through the randy history of the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading The Avocado
Squirrel Business
I’m primarily a plant person, because I’m slow on the uptake and not very observant. Someone says “Look at that bird!” and by the time I’m looking even close to the right direction, let alone focusing in on what a … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Squirrel Business
Become a Vermont Tree Steward
This comes to me from a friend of mine-a Kate Forrer, of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program, UVM Extension. There are over 350 SOUL graduates throughout the state, and everyone I know that has taken it has loved … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Become a Vermont Tree Steward
Your resume, your life
Nancy got an email the other day from a former student/co-worker at the Grille asking for help with a resume, and she shared the email with me. Rather fortuitous, as I’d been assigned to write my ‘personal biography’ for my … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Your resume, your life
Flower Show-Sneak Preview
I spent yesterday helping set up the Central Display for the Vermont Flower Show-it’s my spring training like baseball players have in Florida. Shoveling mulch came easier this year than some past years, must be all of the snow shoveling. … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Flower Show-Sneak Preview