ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Garden with a truly green thumb
Advertiser Staff and News Services
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Green gardening tips from TV gardening personality Jamie Durie, left, of PBS' "The Victory Garden": Keep about 5 inches to 6 inches of mulch on your garden to conserve water, insulate soil, help control weeds and improve soil condition; harvest rainwater; and select native plants, which in turn can aid in pest control.
— USA Today
SAVE THE PLANET
BIG PROBLEM CALLS FOR BIG MEASURES
The red border on the April 28 Time magazine turned green in honor of its special report on the environment, "How to Win the War on Global Warming," which identified several national initiatives, among them:
— Advertiser Staff
FINAL WORD
"I've known more new moms who were a little embarrassed by what motherhood had turned them into. Women who once enjoyed foreign films, presidential politics or the latest Cormac McCarthy novel find themselves wondering: Did I really just spend half an hour weighing the relative merits of rubber pacifiers over silicone ones?"
Margaret Renki | in an essay for Parenting magazine
