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		<title>Checking in with other checklists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently I&#8217;m not the only one making garden resolutions. I stumbled upon this post on garden resolutions  from Mississippi State University. Granted, their growing season starts a little earlier than ours, but the ideas are still applicable. I also discovered this terrific video from a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension employee. Sound familiar? Penn State published a list of 12 garden tips for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithandlever.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20784132&amp;post=684&amp;subd=smithandlever&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freeing a creek 2: Select Plant Materials (or, how I fell in love with native plant catalogues)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second installment on freeing a creek, from The Zetetic:  This riparian restoration project is going pretty well so far. Sticking to the guidelines in the Extension publication, I’m taking the lead on Part Two: Selecting Plant Materials, while my husband has skipped ahead to start Part Three: Prepare the Site, before the winter deluge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithandlever.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20784132&amp;post=631&amp;subd=smithandlever&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Checklist for home, garden and beyond in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think the new year comes at the wrong time. From kindergarten through college, fall was my time for a fresh start, with new teachers, classmates, clothes and books. In nature, spring is when things are born and emerge. But according to the calendar on my wall (even the Australian one, with its backwards [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithandlever.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20784132&amp;post=668&amp;subd=smithandlever&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency Preparedness Part 2: A Slow Start and a Smartphone App</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My emergency preparedness planning is off to a slow start, but I’ve made some progress. At work, a fire alarm (no fire, thankfully) prompted me to review my workplace’s emergency procedures. Basic procedures were posted online and easy to find with a quick search, but I’m not sure what my department’s specific procedures are. I’ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithandlever.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20784132&amp;post=660&amp;subd=smithandlever&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freeing a creek: Adventures in watershed restoration</title>
		<link>http://smithandlever.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/freeing-a-creek-adventures-in-watershed-restoration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reed canary grass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[removing blackberries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This is the first of a series of posts and watershed restoration. Writer The Zetetic and her husband are attempting to restore a creek, and sharing their adventures.  There’s a creek in our back pasture, hidden under a tangle of blackberries and thickly carpeted with reed canarygrass. Our mission: liberate the creek and restore the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithandlever.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20784132&amp;post=626&amp;subd=smithandlever&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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