"The
North Korean economy is heavily dependent on China and any withdrawal
by Beijing could destabilize North Korea. Based on this, the regime in
the DPRK should be wary of the kind of leverage Beijing may exercise
over them. However, the regime in Pyongyang seems to understand that
maintaining stability in North Korea is one of China’s primary interests
and the DPRK should refrain from any action that may cause
destabilization in the region, for its own sake."
Friday, March 6, 2015
Use Mower To Mulch Yard Leaves
For many years, I have been amused by
people who rake and bag (or burn) yard leaves. They spend money on
fertilizer for their yard (that isn't even properly used by the plants).
Then they get rid off the world's best organic mulch by not utilizing
leaves. Thus, they hamper the build up of humus in the soil and
perpetuate a cycle of foolishness.
http://m.organicgardening.com/organicgardening/#!/entry/leave-leaves-alone,51c1bd92da27f5d9d0e3f6a2
Note: Buy a "leaf blower-vacuum" and instead of using the leaf blower function to blow leaves, reverse the air flow and vacuum the leaves out of your flower beds into the catch bag from non-lawn areas. Dump the now shredded leaves into a leaf composter and use as flower bed mulch in winterizing them next year.
I use a movable wire composter:
https://cherylsgardengoodies.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/wire-mesh-composter.jpg
http://m.organicgardening.com/organicgardening/#!/entry/leave-leaves-alone,51c1bd92da27f5d9d0e3f6a2
Note: Buy a "leaf blower-vacuum" and instead of using the leaf blower function to blow leaves, reverse the air flow and vacuum the leaves out of your flower beds into the catch bag from non-lawn areas. Dump the now shredded leaves into a leaf composter and use as flower bed mulch in winterizing them next year.
I use a movable wire composter:
https://cherylsgardengoodies.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/wire-mesh-composter.jpg
Novarupta: Largest 20th Century Eruption
"For the next 60 hours the eruption sent tall dark columns of tephra and gas high into the atmosphere. By the time the eruption ended the surrounding land was devastated and about 30 cubic kilometers of ejecta blanketed the entire region. This is more ejecta than all of the other historic Alaska eruptions combined. It was also three times. more than the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, the second largest in the 20th Century. Forty years after the eruption, investigators finally realized that Novarupta
-- and not Mount Katmai (6 miles distant) had been the source of the
eruption. The region was so sparsely populated that there were no
witnesses. Because of the reports of the top several hundred feet of Mt.
Katmai being gone, it was assumed that Katmai had blown. It turned out,
however, that about
one cubic mile of material collapsed into the magma chamber below
Katmai -- because Novarupta had stolen vast amounts of magma that had
supported Mt. Katmai. This collapse produced a crater about two miles in
diameter and over 800 feet deep."
Overpopulation: The Real "Inconvenient Truth"
Human
overpopulation is the greatest threat to the well being of our planet
and to our own survival as a species. The global effects of our
activities are undeniable. Will humanity thrive
long enough to evolve into a better species? Or will there merely be
survivors?