Old and New Science and Methods Happy Trails, Paul Albright: S&S Seeds bids farewell to an industry pioneer What Comes Arundo Goes Arundo The Reality of Going Artificial: Turfgrass trumps plastic in environmental battle S&S Seeds at Upcoming Expos and Conferences 2009 Golf Course at One with Nature: A duffer’s getaway is also an environmentalist’s dream 2008 Landscape Industry Show Slated for February 27-28 Meet the Beetles An Expert Opinion: The Leaf-let Interviews Paul Kephart of Rana Creek It’s Show Time: Join S&S Seeds at Upcoming Industry Events S&S Seeds Shows Off Its Vintage Hydroseeder - Spray Baby to be featured at two industry conferences Tough Turf Delivers Knockout in Global Warming Battle - Turfgrass may be better choice than xeriscapes in fight against greenhouse gases Landscape for a Better Future An interview with landscape architect Thomas A. Lockett Attack of the Superweeds Clopyralid: When the Compost Hits the Fan What To Do When at Weather's Whim New Technology Gives Plants A Shot in the Arm Native Plants Above Par on Golf Courses Volunteers Not A Welcome Sight for American Farmers StarLink Corn and Its Global Impact The Gospel According to Albert Neu S&S Talks To Erosion Control Pioneer Hugo Reynolds, 62 Jack Brem, Grandfather of Landscaping Henry Soto: Remembering A Landscape Pioneer Taking the High Road with Low Bids Genetically Modified Food A Genetic Engineering Grab Bag Native grapevine may be secret weapon in vineyard war Nature's Complexity Defies Engineered Solutions Soil Health is More than Chemistry Science or Grandpa, Who You Gonna Believe? Vineyard and Orchard Cover Crops: Low Investment, High Return Beneficial Insects Bugs Think Twice When Grass Bites Back Miracle Grass Grass in One Size Fits All - Versus Reality Grass and Seed A Sod for All Reasons Native California grass sod a viable alternative Laying the Groundwork: Hydroseeding a cost effective alternative to geotextiles The Myth of Genetic Pollution Planting Seeds of Success: S&S Growing Grounds Tour 2006 Growing Grounds Tour a Field Day for S&S Clients, April 2005 Roundup-Resistant Bentgrass Friend or Frankenweed? EPA Study Finds Bentgrass Blowin’ in the Wind Wildrye Creeps to the Forefront of Grass Swale Filters Native Grasses 101 A Perennial Planning Primer Reseeding After Wildfire a Hot Topic Going "natural" not necessarily best course of action The Natives are Restless These grasses adapt well to fire rehabilitation Hydroseeding Ethics If I Killed It... Why Did the Bermudagrass Come Back? ARENA Perennial Ryegrass Is Winter-Active! S&S Site Supplies Seed Savvy S&S Products In Step with NTEP NTEP National Tall Fescue Test Seed Viability No Guarantee of Success A Young Mind Asks About Swallowing Seeds Seed Inoculant Gives Fast Start, Sustainability Seeds: Going by the Numbers Doesn't Always Add Up Deciding Whether to Drill, Broadcast, Sod or Hydroseed Hydroseeding, Before and After Preplanting Guide for Disturbed Site Left Unplanted One Year or More H-Day Plus...Irrigating the Investment Turf, Soil Needs Aerification to Combat Compaction Overseed, Renovate or Replace? Turf Alternatives Explained Grass Seed Selection, Some Basic Choices Vista Dwarf Fescue Tops Super Dwarf The Mysterious Case of the Super Dwarf and the Endophyte Experience is the Key to Successful Mixes and Blends Grass Mixes and Blends: The Best of All Traits The High Cost of Instant Gratification. To Sod or to Seed? Sometimes Sod is the Best Choice Mediterranean Grasses and How They Got Here. A Fable Controlling Weeds. 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Playing the Numbers Wildflower Mixes Nitrogen: Where It Comes From Matters Albright Seed and S&S Seed in One Location Location Consolidation Leaf Litter - Raking in Notes from All Over June, 2011 Raking in Notes From All Over: Calamari for Everyone!; Crude Awakening; Unbearably Long Time Coming; The Rain in Spain… and London… and Seattle…; Don't Eat Your Vegetables; Bovine Beano January, 2011 Deepwater Wind, McDonald's burger did not decompose, Nitrous Oxide in Rivers, Cow Flatulence Study, Total Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice, Deepwater Horizon and Independence Island, Polar Bear Habitat March, 2010 Raking in Notes From All Over: Eagle Eye; Going Green with Algae; Cows Express Relief; How About a Little Fish with Your Mercury?; You Thought Your Kid’s Room was Dirty November, 2009 Raking in Notes From All Over: Mothman Chronicles; Hey Sugar, Sugar; Thistle While You Work; That’s No Lady; Olive You June, 2009 Raking in Notes From All Over: Hard Knocks for Big Box; Who You Callin’ Shrimp?; GE Brings Bad Things to Life February, 2009 Raking in Notes From All Over: Jelly’s Going to Be Awfully Lonesome; Maybe Al Gore Was Right; Water, Water Everywhere; Please Hold the Bacon October, 2008 Raking in Notes From All Over: Not David Letterman’s Top Ten, L.A. Schools Go Green, We Could Have Told You That, Tortoises Already Have Mobile Homes October, 2007 Raking in Notes From All Over: A Grape Cure for Cancer, Why Did the Endangered Cat Cross the Road?, Popcorn Hazardous to Your Health, The Farm Bill—Five Years Later February, 2007 Raking in Notes From All Over "Forest Identity", Chevrolet Volt, Environmental Whistelblowers in Beijing August, 2006 Raking in Notes From All Over Roads in California national forests; Newfound pollutants in Long Island, NY antiquated drinking water system; Global warming causing increase in number and potency of wildfires. April, 2006 Worms as bio-fertilizer in India, Insecticide spraying causing illnesses in Australia, Black Mesa mine & Hopi tribe & water, Mad cow disease in Alabama, Palm oil & orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo January, 2006 Kraft Says "Soyanara" to Monsanto , Have You Measured the CO2 of a Ford Lately? , Tuna Can Be Dangerous, Water, Water Everywhere So It’s Time to Throw it Out, Who’s Watching the Watchdog? September, 2005 Glycophospahte Resistance in Weeds, Free Lawyers No Oxymoron , New Rules on Organic Milk, Cancer Fish on the Menu , Who Says Turtles Aren’t Sexy? June, 2005 More on Pigs on Santa Cruz Island, Deer at Point Reyes, Buffelgrass in Arizona, Roundup in Australia March, 2005 Pigs on Santa Cruz Island, Genetically-engineered Crops and Baby Rsts, Genetically-engineered Grass Seed Escapes, Apple and "e-waste", Protecting Bonobos in the Congo October, 2004 Toxic algae off Washington coast, CA agriculture grants cut for specialty crops, bear-baiting discussions in Alaska, organic crops in Mexico, tracing ivory with DNA July, 2004 Duckweed thriving in Venezuela, RI adopting CA low emission standards, Fish Slough milk-vetch threatened, don't buy home sites on wetlands, testing mycorrhizal fungi in revegetation of disturbed lands in AZ. April, 2004 Seabird skuas preying on other seabirds, Canadian greenhouse gases, dairy farms and oyster fishermen, the real cost of computers, the fox and the eagle. January, 2004 Bikes in China, Global Warming not Recent, Global Warming causing disasters, Fish against West Nile in AZ, Fox and Eagle in Channel Islands September, 2003 Rhesus macaque monkey shortage, pesticides in Pepsi & Coke in India, PBDEs in the blood of nursing mothers in Bay area, perchlorate in Simi Valley, CA water June, 2003 KFC and humane treatment of chickens, California Breathin', Pesticides & Prostates, Erin Brockovitch vs. Beverly Hills High January, 2003 ALA vs EPA on air quality, deer mouse on Anacapa, funding for fighting forest fires, diesel emissions and health, bear baiting November, 2002 Vintner Conduct, Turtle Eggs, "Moon Plants" July, 2002 Invasive Species in Cheap Flower Mixes, Fried Potatoes, Non-native Plants March, 2002 Mad Cow Disease, Japanese Whale Fishing November, 2001 Genetically Engineered Corn, Irradiation at the Post Office July, 2001 Albright Seed Site Receives Lightspan's Study Web® Academic Excellence Award March, 2001 Grants to restore beaches, genetically engineered food, pesticide poisoning, biodiesel November, 2000 Peat fires, lettuce crown rot, ozone hole, engineered tortilla chips July, 2000 Threat to Chocolate, Butterflies Are Free November 2001 Raking in Notes From All Over November 2000 Raking in Notes From All Over March, 2000 Genetically Modified Rice November, 1999 Extinction not a sure thing July, 1999: Endangered Species on San Clemente Island January, 1999: Albright Seed wins Learning Fountain Award July, 1998 Grazing in the grass

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Unique Products Recycled Newsprint Hydroseeding Mulch Insecta-Flora Pesticides: A Persistently Pesky Problem HYDROPOST Hydroseeding Compost Perfect for Erosion Control, Revegetation Bed Spread is Here! Effective, Safe and Easy Nature's Super Glue Spice Up Your Life With Pelletized Seed The Hand of Government Critical Habitat Creates Criticism ESA Behaving Badly The Changing Landscape Profession BMP Why Best Management Practice Doesn't Always Work Construction Site Pollution Federal Priority A Dam Site Better? Reversing the Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers' Legacy A Prescription for Failure: Revegetation Resists Regulation Politics of Plants: Hits and Misses for Rare and Endangered Plants Green Aliens Invade the US Government Policy Ignores Genetic Realities Santa Cruz Island. A Distressing Situation Conflicting Regulations Create Waste, Confusion When Reality and Regulation Collide... Watch the Dust Fly Prescriptive Specifications Erosion Get a Swell Swale with Living Channel Liner Proper Erosion Control Methods Win By a Landslide S&S Seeds a Proud Supporter of the Walters Creek Restoration Project This Matrix is Better than the Movie Going Native in SoCal Go Coo-Coo for CocoFlex™: Flexible Growth Medium gives 2-year protection in a superior hydraulic application. Living Channel Liner: Biotechnology for Channel Stabilization Problem as Old as the Hills Becomes Potential Water Over the Dam - Wildfires, bare hillsides, and floods A Seedy Proposition - Simi Valley Multi-hazard Mitigation Plan Bioswales Change Channels Turn your runoff hazard into a dream environment Don't Dawdle - Install a Wattle "SID" Captures and Keeps Sediment on Slopes Nip Erosion in the Bud Got erosion control questions? Get Bruce! Wildfires Dont Have a Goats of a Chance Erosion Control Products Put to the Test Mugu Lagoon: A Study in Erosion Topsoil Erosion Topsoil Erosion Expensive and Preventable Construction Site Erosion Costly, Illegal Keeping Soil in Place Preferred How Much Water is Too Much Water? Erosion Control: Compatibility of Elements Essential For Success Erosion Takes Top Soil, Leaves Liability S&S Seeds' Living Channel Liner Erosion Control Using Pioneer Grasses, Legumes Prepares Site for Native Revegetation Sweeping Erosion Under The Rug Water Water, Water Everywhere? 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Understanding Nature's System for Successful Germination Water Audit. Using Evapotranspiration Numbers to Save Water The Right Amount of Water. Paying Attention to Seeds' Needs Watershed and Flood Plain Regional Watershed Plans Needed for Flood Plains Regional Watershed Plan. Ventura County's Approach for Calleguas Creek Politics, Economics Complicate Regional Watershed Plan. Considering Land Value and Long-term Usage The 100-Year Flood... Why It Comes Every 10 Years Ecology Tread Lightly: Back to basics for flora and fauna preservation Alien Invasion: nonnative species fuel Southern California wildfires Raising a Green Roof: Architecture and ecology in perfect harmony Kinder, Gentler Ecoterrorism EPA Study Finds Genetically Modified Bentgrass Blowin’ in the Wind Roundup-Resistant Bentgrass A Dim View of Grazing Owens Lake: From Hazard to Habitat Overpopulation vs. The World A fight to the death? Update: Anacapa Island Faces Its Next Hurdle Population Control on Santa Cruz Island This Little Piggy’s Days are Numbered Ecological Restoration Attempting to Turn Back the Clock Non-indigenous Species Extract Huge Cost

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