Shark Research In Seattle, And Greendays Gardening Panel (KUOW-FM)
**This Day In History: ** We listen back to notable events that happened on
January 24 in years past: the execution of Ted Bundy, the death of Winston
Churchill, and the first day of O.J. Simpson's murder trial.
**Sharks Of The Northwest Pacific: ** Sharks swim in Northwest waters
including the Salmon Shark, the Sleeper Shark, the Dogfish Shark and the Six-
Gill Shark. The Shark Research Lab at the University of Washington studies the
health of these predators. Shark expert, Professor Vincent Gallucci shares
some stories of studying the shark on the next "Weekday."
**Greendays Gardening Panel: ** Gardeners! The time has come to resume our
explorations in the garden. Marty Wingate and Greg Rabourn join us to answer
your gardening questions. Everything has been buried in snow. What survived?
What has been lost? What will become of the potted plants we forgot to bring
inside?
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ABCs of West Coast Gardening $67.47 Gardening on the west coast can be a frustrating undertaking. The adverse weather and wildlife in our region can be enough to turn some off for good. With the right information in hand, however, gardening in our luscious region can be as rewarding as anywhere else on the planet. The key to obtaining that ever-elusive west coast green thumb is Mary Palmer s ABCs of West Coast Gardening. Here is a gardening book encompassing the broad spectrum of plants available to west coast gardeners, with handy tips on adapting a garden to the extremes of this place we call home. By following her advice, Mary Palmer believes that any piece of west coast ground can be made endlessly bountiful, productive, glorious and satisfying. After six decades of gardening-running a nursery in Seattle, working as the gardening columnist for the Seattle Times and homesteading on a British Columbia Gulf Island-Mary Palmer has gained the experience to turn even the most infertile ground into a thriving garden of vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs - whatever your preference may be. There are sections covering every aspect of creating a garden from initial soil improvements to final landscaping and beautification techniques. This unique book offers tips on how to deal with the worst in west coast idiosyncrasies. Moss, deer and blackberries will become obstacles of the past. The only problem left to tackle may be finding enough friends to share the bountiful harvest with. |
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Gardens of the World $45 Why have the peoples of the world made pleasure gardens, and why have they made them in such different styles? Here, author Rory Stuart explains how all pleasure gardens derive from one of the world''s six great gardening traditions -- Italian, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, English flower garden, and the English park -- making them the subject of this book. To create this mammoth resource, Stuart traveled around the world, from Buenos Aires to Vancouver, from Seattle to Cape Cod, from Ireland to India, to China, Japan, and Australia, touring and examining the differences in garden styles. Now he explains them here, abetted by beautiful full-color photos, approaching pleasure gardens as works of art and placing them in their historical and cultural context. |