| Home Grown: Have a winning lawn by fertilizing correctly
Texas Cooperative Extension has a new publication, E-436, to help you achieve those goals. It's downloadable on the Web from http://tcebookstore.org/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=2435. One thing to keep in mind is that when excessive fertilizer and/or water applied, the grass becomes weaker and more susceptible to disease and insect problems. Lawn attacked by disease or insects can lead a homeowner to treating with chemicals that harm the ecosystem. If your lawn has been mowed twice this spring, then next week might be the time to start applying fertilizer. When applied too early, fertilizer helps the cool-season weeds more than the grass, and some of the fertilizer washes away with rainwater, actually becoming a pollutant that contributes to pesky algae. The following tips will help you manage your lawn correctly.
Rule breakers hinder planners
Frustrated with rule-breaking builders not complying with plans as approved, some Medford planning and site plan commissioners complained to the City Council that deviations from plans go unpunished. But the planning director says with the hiring of a new city planner, enforcement has come to town. Jon Elliott, chairman of the Site Plan and Architectural Commission, told the council Thursday that some builders find out that they can stray from the codes and conditions of approval for their projects. "We essentially don't have a compliance factor," said Elliott, adding that the planning and building departments need to work more closely together. The Medford City Council met Thursday with the Planning Commission and Site Plan and Architectural Commission to review city planning priorities and concerns.
Bamboo’s thousands of species are divided into two main tribes
Bamboo has been used in Chinese gardens since 2000 BC. The Japanese, who started trading with China around 1000 AD, used bamboo to enhance temple gardens or the gardens of wealthy traders. Bamboos were chosen to symbolize a human relationship with nature.In 1827, black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) from Japan became the first bamboo introduced to the west.Bamboo is native to Asia, North and South America, and South Africa. Most bamboos that we grow in our gardens come from Asia.A member of the grass family, bamboo is a monocotelydon, which means that one seed leaf emerges from the seed. Its thousands of species are divided into two main tribes: woody bamboos and herbaceous bamboos. However, Sunset's Western Garden Book classifies these plants into four groups based on growth habit. The book's categories include dwarf or low-growing types; clumping bamboos with fountain-like growth habits; running bamboos with more or less vertical growth; and giants for grand-scale planting.Bamboo has underground stems called rhizomes that have buds and roots.
Sanger Powers inmate walks away from job site
Area law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for a Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center inmate who escaped from a work site early Wednesday. State Department of Corrections officials say Jerome Cornelius, 22, left a community service work site in the Green Bay area at about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Cornelius was working outside with nine others on a landscaping and cleanup project at a non-profit site, Sanger Powers Superintendent Patrick Melman said.
The crew was supervised, Melman said, and its not clear how Cornelius walked away from the scene.
Cornelius was community eligible, meaning he was able to work at any business in the community with minimum supervision.
Authorities arent sure whether hes still in the area.
United Industrial's AAI Subsidiary Wins $14.1 Million Army Order ...
HUNT VALLEY, Md., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Industrial Corporation (NYSE: UIC) announced today that its AAI Corporation subsidiary has received an order from the U.S. Army for production of 266 additional One System remote video terminals (OSRVTs). In addition to calling for an added number of OSRVT production units this year, the fully funded $14.1 million contract provides the balance of funds for an initial 51 units ordered in 2006. Deliveries have begun and will continue through October 2007. As part of this order, AAI will provide 147 extended-range mobile directional antenna systems, spares, training, and contractor logistics support. The contract has options for an additional 779 OSRVT production units and 199 mobile directional antenna systems with a total potential contract value of more than $60 million.
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