A special dinner seems appropriate for Easter weekend, or at least to mark the beginning of spring (first day of spring was March 20). I don’t eat ham but I am thinking of other pink foods … there sure is a lot of salmon out there. But is it OK to eat?
In a recent issue […]

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Mary Landers’ story “Savannah taps into tap water,” in the Savannah Morning News reports that the City of Savannah is making an environmentally- and fiscally-prudent effort to limit the use of bottled water by city employees. Laura Walker, who is organizing the Savannah’s Earth Day festivities, is interviewed for the story. Why is the city […]

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Robby, Jane and Steven offered excellent comments about rain barrels, which contained considerably more useful information than the original post.
As Robby suggested, the local Fresca cannery is probably a good source of barrels, as it must surely use oxcart after oxcart of them in the effort to satisfy Savannah’s thirst for corn syrup- and aspartame-infused […]

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As of 6 p.m. yesterday, Savannah was about 7 inches below the normal yearly precipitation level, so I’m thankful for overnight soaking. The welcome sound of rain hitting my roof reminded me of a household project I’ve been considering for the last year or so: installing rain barrels for use in residential irrigation.
It’s difficult to […]

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Mary Landers’ Dec. 16 Savannah Morning News story, “Nuclear plant’s expansion plan fuels water debate,” featured a terrific quote by Harry Jue, director of the Savannah Water and Sewer Bureau. He described the plant’s use of Savannah River water as a “an inter-basin transfer to outer space.” Landers reports that an expanded Plant Vogtle would […]

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