The Friends of Green Lake (FOGL) are meeting Tuesday (June 22, 2010). The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in The Hearthstone’s Board Room (6720 E. Green Lake Way N). The meeting will be a follow-up to the April milfoil teach-in. Dr. Mariana Tamayo will present about a small insect that eats invasive water milfoil. FOGL observers think milfoil, an aquatic weed, has been spreading in Green Lake. Dr. Mariana Tamayo has done research on how to predict which lakes will have an outbreak of milfoil, and on the life-cycle of a native weevil that eats the milfoil plants. She…
June 2010
June 18, 2010 at 8:38AM
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Join the Friends of Green Lake to learn about the weevil, an insect that eats milfoil
June 18, 2010 at 8:00AM
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Green Lake's Streetwise Gardener: Berry berry good, a love story
Looking back now, I can see how the pieces came together, resulting in three kinds of blueberry plants in my border. Plus a lingonberry. I probably would have come home with a fig tree, but luckily the nursery had no dwarf varieties in stock during my fruit-plant-buying bender. Flashback: July 2009: My family and I are berry-picking in the sun at the foot of Little Si. I am instantly smitten with the kaleidoscope of pinks, blues and purples on the blueberries. We bring home 13 pounds. Winter 2009-2010: Garden reading reveals several recommendations for native evergreen berry bushes for all-season…
June 17, 2010 at 12:04PM
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Construction stalled due to hazardous contamination at the empty lot at Woodlawn and Latona
Updated Thursday, May 5, 2011 with corrected information about the height of The Hearthstone. A recent request from for some historical information has led us down an interesting path, ending at the muddy lot at Woodlawn Ave NE and Latona Ave NE. It turns out that there is a high level of hazardous contamination at the site. Read on for all of the details. My Green Lake reader Victoria sent us this query: I am looking for information regarding the laundry that existed in the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s. It was across from the Albertsons store and I think the…
