nature – Nullius in Verba

Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry. Algeria: January 20-23, 1939

“Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers to find out whatContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry. Algeria: January 20-23, 1939”

Lowdermilk’s OBSERVATIONS ON FOOTPRINTS OF ROMAN AGRICULTURE IN NORTH AFRICA

Walter Lowdermilk was recruited by Rexford Tugwell in 1933 to serve as the second-in-command of the new Soil Erosion Service, later called the Soil Conservation Service. In 1938, he was tasked with studying how the husbanding of soil affects human life and well-being. He spent two years exploring lands once ruled by the Romans to find answers. It isContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s OBSERVATIONS ON FOOTPRINTS OF ROMAN AGRICULTURE IN NORTH AFRICA”

Lowdermilk in Fascist Italy – December 1938

Walter Lowdermilk was recruited by Rexford Tugwell in 1933 to serve as the second-in-command of the new Soil Erosion Service, later called the Soil Conservation Service. In 1938, he was tasked with studying how soil affects human life and well-being. He spent two years exploring lands once ruled by the Romans to find answers. ThisContinue reading “Lowdermilk in Fascist Italy – December 1938”

Green Games

I wrote this some time ago. I still like it. It appears we are witnessing the crumbling of the green movement, as we know it. Dr. James Lovelock, who postulated the ‘Gaia hypothesis’ of earth operating as a self-regulating organism, is the latest to stray, if not exactly leave the faith. The listContinue reading “Green Games”

Weekend Postcard: Gads Zeus…Hops

In the middle of the month of May I posted a weekend postcard of my Zeus hop bines in a half barrel container. The juvenile growth looked more like blackberry (Rubus spp.) vines than hops, which are a cousin of nettles and hemp (now you have an idea of why hops smell as they do).Continue reading “Weekend Postcard: Gads Zeus…Hops”