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When it pours
There is often confusion about the extent to which we can collect rainwater under Colorado law...
No lawn? No problem
Locally grown food just got closer. If you crave the flavor of home-grown carrots or cucumbers, the taste can be yours, even if you don’t have a backyard. You can grow a garden just as delicious (if not as plentiful), with no more space than your apartment provides. ...
The pros and cons of industrial-scale solar
It’s an undeniably gruesome image: A bird soars over the Mojave desert, and suddenly, revoltingly, catches fire, streaks momentarily like a small meteor, and then seems to disappear, leaving only smoke. Seen from afar, some are calling them “streamers...
County farmer to supply locally grown beans to CU, schools
In a continuing effort to keep more locally grown food from being shipped out of state, Boulder County is brokering an initiative that will send a Longmont farmer’s pinto beans to the kitchens of the University of Colorado and local school districts...
Off Target 11: Time running out for lions, bears and your...
In mid-December, the USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services (WS) released its pre-decisional Draft Environmental Assessment for its predator damage management in Colorado. The draft is now in...
A foodie’s town on a student’s budget
Eating cheap in Boulder isn’t easy, but it’s possibleMost students arriving at college simply can’t wait to start cooking for themselves, setting aside some time to spend in the kitchen preparing fresh meals, lovingly attending to a hot stove to make their food...
Ash borers? You can blame Marco Polo’s camels
The story of invasive species goes all the way back to the earliest stages of human development, when bands of hominids dispersing from Africa carried with them the crumbs, seeds and eggs of whatever ecosystems they happened to be passing through. And you can be sure...
The best things in life are free, including your health
Your body has an amazing ability to keep itself healthy. Despite your...
Yes or no to GMOs?
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) drew a fierce response in 2009...
The wealth in weeds
This spring, like many Boulder residents with even a tiny scrap of lawn, I looked out my window and was appalled to see that hundreds of bright yellow dandelions had taken over. I quickly went to work trying to pull them out, but almost all of them were back the next...
ICUMI (in case u missed it)
The weaker sex?
While women have a plethora of birth control options at their disposal — pills, rings, implants, intrauterine devices — men have mostly...
