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<title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/index.html</link><description>Garden Blog</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2008 Washington State University</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-01-29T15:28:11-08:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:19:13 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>A Good Day in the Arboretum</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Arboretum News</category><dc:date>2010-01-29T15:28:11-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/planting%20oaks.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/planting%20oaks.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As you can see from the photo, Erim and I had a pretty good laugh when he walked over to the first tree, and with only a hard tug or two, pulled it up right out of the ground.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hot Lips in the Garden</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Garden Blog</category><dc:date>2008-10-01T21:11:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/hot_lips.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/hot_lips.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Although I&rsquo;ve not seen a formal accounting, my understanding is that the flowers were discovered by the writer and garden designer, Richard Turner, of the Strybing Arboretum, when he noticed the flowers being kept by a friend&rsquo;s housekeeper, Alta Gracia, in Mexico.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Earth Day Celebration 2008</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Arboretum News</category><dc:date>2008-04-28T16:51:18-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/Earth_Day_2008.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/Earth_Day_2008.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[About 20 student and community volunteers met at the site of the future WSU Arboretum and Botanical Gardens on April 22, 2008, to help celebrate Earth Day at Washington State University by planting several hundred ponderosa pine trees in the arboretum forest.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Historic Ferry Hall Cupola Saved</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Arboretum News</category><dc:date>2008-09-30T13:06:12-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/Ferry_Hall_Cupola.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/Ferry_Hall_Cupola.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The WSU Arboretum and Botanical Garden Advisory Committee will now work with students and faculty to undertake landscaping projects during the next several years to compliment the Ferry Hall Cupola and make it a distinctive scenic attraction on campus.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Campus Display Garden Matures</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Arboretum News</category><dc:date>2008-04-27T12:36:57-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/display_garden.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/display_garden.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the landscaping and horticultural projects now underway on the Pullman campus is a new Display Garden under construction by students in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Summer Wildlife Visitors</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Wildlife in the Arboretum</category><dc:date>2008-07-18T09:59:59-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/summer_wildlife_visitors.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/summer_wildlife_visitors.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[[Photo: This young raccoon on a patio doorstep also shows why you shouldn&rsquo;t leave food for cats and dogs outside, particularly during mid summer when young animals are dispersing and trying to find food on their own.]]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cherry Thieves: Don&#x27;t Just Blame the Robins</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Wildlife in the Arboretum</category><dc:date>2008-07-17T16:42:37-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/33c85653f98d520248491ae81053c977-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/33c85653f98d520248491ae81053c977-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So if you throw out some scraps of bread or other food to watch them feed in your yard, you may see some well-fed birds carry food off for a little ways and stuff it under grass or leaves.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Secret to Long-Lasting Gerbera Daisies</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Garden Blog</category><dc:date>2008-08-26T09:48:14-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/gerbera_daisy_secret.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/gerbera_daisy_secret.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you read it, you&rsquo;ll discover many other secrets to the vast global floral industry and you&rsquo;ll understand why many of our local grocery stores do a disservice to the vase life of cut flowers by sticking them next to the fruit and vegetable section.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Golden and Diamond Grad Tour of Arboretum Site</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Arboretum News</category><dc:date>2008-05-25T15:43:21-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/golden_grad_tour.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/golden_grad_tour.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After the luncheon, the alumni were given a tour of new campus developments and stopped by the WSU Bear Education, Research, and Conservation Center, which is located adjacent to the new arboretum site.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Summer Snow</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Garden Blog</category><dc:date>2008-06-12T11:37:53-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/summer_snow.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/summer_snow.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On June 10th, it was beginning to feel like summer was really here, when Pullman got dumped with a substantial snowfall.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2008 Home Tomato Report: Better Luck Next Year&#x21;</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Garden Blog</category><dc:date>2008-09-24T16:41:11-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/tomato_report.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/tomato_report.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Unfortunately, I won&rsquo;t be making the Guinness Book of World Records any time soon, because everyone else in Pullman and the surrounding area reports about the same success with their tomatoes in 2008 as me.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Master Planning Begins</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Arboretum News</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T12:41:13-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/master_planning_begins.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/master_planning_begins.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the features that will make the WSU Arboretum and Botanical Gardens truly unique and distinctive among existing arboreta and public gardens around the world is the inclusion of a wildlife center to highlight the important work of WSU faculty and students on threatened and endangered species and the conservation of biological diversity of the natural world.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Horticultural Senility: Snowdrops and Dwarf Iris</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Garden Blog</category><dc:date>2008-03-14T10:54:30-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/dwarf_iris.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/dwarf_iris.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Another likely explanation for isolated clumps of dwarf iris spreading into new spots in my garden is that I accidentally dig up some of the bulbs each summer as I try to find a spot to squeeze just one more summer flower into the garden.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Book Review: Flower Confidential</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Book Reviews</category><dc:date>2008-03-12T12:23:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/flower_confidential.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/flower_confidential.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For those unfortunate few who don't fall into that category, I'm sure they'll continue to either ignore flowers or purchase them in their local grocery store and floral shop without thought about what it took to bring them to market.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Endangered Frogs at WSU</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Wildlife in the Arboretum</category><dc:date>2008-03-11T16:12:47-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/endangered_frogs.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/endangered_frogs.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Consequently, the only leopard frogs in the area are likely those in the endangered species lab at WSU and we hope to be able to breed them in captivity so that egg masses and tadpoles can be reintroduced into suitable wetlands to study the reintroduction process, their population ecology, and help determine methods for conserving amphibians in Washington.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Pearl of a Bush</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Garden Blog</category><dc:date>2008-03-15T21:28:40-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/pearl_bush.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/pearl_bush.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I probably shouldn't have shared this gardening secret or recommendation with you, because I'd actually like to pick up another Pearl bush and try it in a second location in our yard, maybe some place where it could grow substantially larger than the spot under our window, where it will soon need to be pruned.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Moose on the Loose&#x21;</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Wildlife in the Arboretum</category><dc:date>2008-03-11T12:00:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/moose.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/moose.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[While our colleagues in the WSU Tukey Orchard are none too happy to see a moose browsing on their fruit trees, the tree plantings on the Arboretum site and the adjacent Steffen Center are able to withstand a little moose taste-testing without too much damage.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Snipe Hunting in the Arboretum</title><dc:creator>rdsayler@wsu.edu</dc:creator><category>Wildlife in the Arboretum</category><dc:date>2008-03-11T11:35:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/Wilsons_Snipe.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.arboretum.wsu.edu/garden_blog_files/Wilsons_Snipe.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Note:  The Steffen Center is a 45-acre teaching and research laboratory for the Department of Natural Resource Sciences on the edge of the Pullman campus, and it also will be the working headquarters, field shop, greenhouse, and nursery for the adjacent WSU Arboretum during the early years of development.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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