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From the garden: Rites of spring

...too are emerging from winter's torpor, filling beds with new soil, renovating their vegetable patches and burying their potatoes...chives, parsley and oregano, all tenderly tucked into fluffy soil beds for a vigorous spring season of vegetative growth. Peas...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-24/garden-rites-spring
Outdoors
Colorful 'little people'

...origins of many primroses, how many live in the Himalayas, how they are sprinkled across alpine areas and how they like moist soil that doesn't stay water logged."The whole family just likes wet ground," he said.A fitting Juneau resident, indeed...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-24/colorful-little-people
Outdoors
Spring Plant Sale signals the start of gardening season

...are now about 20 chances to purchase, the offerings include young perennials, vegetable starts, fruiting trees and shrubs, soils, garden art, spring flowers and who knows what will appear this year.The vendors begin assembling the evening before the...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-10/spring-plant-sale-signals-start-gard
Outdoors
Scientist takes closer look at Sunday landslide in Sitka

SITKA - A buildup of moisture in the soil likely caused a large landslide near the...southeast Alaska.U.S. Forest Service soil scientist Jacquie Foss told the Daily Sitka...that melted snow on the mountainside. The soil on top of the underlying bedrock was unable...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/scientist-takes-closer-look-sunday-land
State
UAS Sitka offers Natural History Seminar Series talk on April 28

...guest speaker is Dave D'Amore, a research soils scientist with the U.S. Forest Service's...Juneau. D'Amore is working on a variety of soils research, including carbon movement from soils to aquatic systems in the Tongass National Forest...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-26/uas-sitka-offers-natural-history-sem
Outdoors
Study: Heat pumps make sense in Juneau

...but they've been viewed skeptically as a viable option in the cold soils of Alaska. They use an elaborate system of underground tubing to capture heat from the surrounding soil, which is transferred into a home with an electric pump.The study...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-04/researchers-say-heat-pumps-only-margina
State
Academic recognitions for May 19, 2013

...science, graduating magna cum laude; Aubrey Hulse with a bachelor of science degree in general science; Lindsey Kato with a bachelor of science degree in public health; and Jennifer Olarra with a master of science degree in soil science.

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-19/academic-recognitions-may-19-2013
Neighbors
Architect: Capitol renovations to begin in weeks

...this summer with the idea that it will be completed sometime in October," said Jensen, referring to the removal of concrete, soil and other materials that will be replaced during the first phase of the project.The renovation is expected to be done in at...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-15/architect-capitol-renovations-begin-wee
State
Buyarski to present a lunchtime lecture on primroses and poppies

...expert Ed Buyarski on Wednesday, Dec.12, from 12:05-12:55 p.m. at the JACC. Buyarski will discuss using potting soils, cold treatment, and lighting for seed starting success. This free opportunity is sponsored by the Southeast Alaska Master...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-12-06/buyarski-present-lunchtime-lecture-primro
Art
On the Trails: Nectaries - A plant protector

...where air temperatures are cool; they are also uncommon where soils are wet. If there are few or no protective ants (or other...region, despite the high latitude (and in Southeast, the wet soils) and the paucity of ants. Members of the genus Populus (cottonwoods...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-05/trails-nectar-pollinators-and-produc
Outdoors

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