Weekend Roundup

There were two articles of interest in the New York Times today, the first a depressing but not surprising story about the decline in bird species that make their home in meadows. Development, not global warming is the identified culprit. If you needed another reason for making your yard wildlife-friendly, here you go.

Meadow Birds in Precipitous Decline, Audubon Says - New York Times

The second, more upbeat article, focuses on "garden coaches" - a service for the clueless (among which I number myself) who need advice and help but don't want to merely write a check and hand over the garden to a landscaper. So there goes your last excuse ....

Plant! Water! Weed! - New York Times

in the right hand column, you'll see a section titled "The Buzz on Other Blogs." This is a list of posts I've found interesting in my surfing and reading. Most, but not all, come from sites in my blogroll; you can click on any title to go directly to that post and read the full text. You can also click at the bottom of the list, where it says "read more" and be taken to a page with all the current past Buzz posts compiled. Broaden your horizons with a new blog!