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Why Are You Working So Hard? Blow Up Your Rototiller

BillyGoodnick, contributor | September 4th, 200916 comments

Skip the soil amendment, toss the slow-release fertilizer, make your rototiller into a sculpture. Sustainable landscaping means responding to what nature gives you. Let's start using plants that are adapted to the soil and climate of your yard.

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Computer-controlled Cauliflower? When Software Meets Spinach

BillyGoodnick, contributor | August 20th, 20095 comments

Wouldn't it be totally cool to be a professional futurist? You'd get a paycheck for predicting what the world will look like in a hundred years, then wait for everyone to die before they can tell...

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Snakes In Your Garden

BillyGoodnick, contributor | August 17th, 20098 comments

You’ve probably heard people singing the praises of drip irrigation, which was developed in the early 60s in Israel. I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread when it arrived on...

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Irrigation Gizmos & Gadgets -- Part II

BillyGoodnick, contributor | August 5th, 20094 comments

The Brainiacs of Irrigation Timers How close are we to living in a Jetson's futureworld? When it comes to irrigation technology, pretty darn close. "Smart controllers" represent the next wave of...

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Irrigation Gizmos and Gadgets - Part I

BillyGoodnick, contributor | July 31st, 20093 comments

Have you ever looked at the surface of your soil and thought, “Man, that looks dry; I’d better break out the hose”? If so, I envy your moisture-sensing x-ray vision! How else would you explain your super hero ability to know the amount of moisture below the soil just by observing the top 1/16” of crust?

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Part II -- It's Like Road Rage, Only Wetter

BillyGoodnick, contributor | July 20th, 200919 comments

Road rage: A motorist's uncontrolled anger usually provoked by the behavior of another driver. The affliction is officially recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. "Water rage," however, is not yet listed. But if it were, I'd probably be the poster child.

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Part I -- When The Well Runs Dry

BillyGoodnick, contributor | July 9th, 200921 comments

Perhaps it’s just a passing cycle, just a blip. Maybe next year the skies will open up and we’ll all be fine. I’m usually a cockeyed optimist, but not anymore—not when it comes to the big unknowns of climate change.

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Too Bad My Dog's Color Blind - Sizzling Hot Colors of Summer

BillyGoodnick, contributor | June 26th, 20094 comments

I was walking my dog the other afternoon and as is frequently the case, I had my trusty camera with me. Biff the Wonder Spaniel is a patient soul, waiting as I compose my shots. We were just taking a short neighborhood walk as the sun was shooing away the last of the gloom when I noticed that we were surrounded by all the hot colors of summer.

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Flowers From A Bad Sci-Fi Flick

BillyGoodnick, contributor | June 19th, 200912 comments

Every once in a while I run across a plant I just can't figure out how to use. The other-worldly flower of Puya alpestris dazzled and confounded me once again.

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You Love To Garden--Are You Ready To Turn Pro?

BillyGoodnick, contributor | June 13th, 200918 comments

The big news from my San Diego visit was that this professional economist, wife and mother had just enrolled in the horticulture program at Cuyamaca Community College, majoring in landscape design! There’s an enthusiastic “I can DO this” demeanor that pours from Roberta Correia and convinces me that she will soon be a force to be reckoned with.

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Why Not Replace Your Plants With Styrofoam?

BillyGoodnick, contributor | June 5th, 200926 comments

Maybe I’m missing something and you can straighten me out. I’ve been under the impression that people put plants in their yards because they want to bring a little bit of nature into their lives.

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Do You Suffer from One-of-Each-itis?

BillyGoodnick, contributor | May 27th, 200921 comments

For gardeners, impulse shopping is hard to avoid when everything at the nursery is calling to you. Don't distress. There's a cure for what ails you and it doesn't require the use of pharmaceuticals.

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Welcome to Cool Green Gardens - A view from the Left Coast

BillyGoodnick, contributor | April 29th, 200940 comments

Please allow me to introduce myself. Billy Goodnick here. I'm a landscape architect, educator and writer living in Santa Barbara, California. I'm about one hundred miles north of L.A., right on the...

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