Marian's comments (member since Apr 01, 2008)

Marian's comments from the Nature Calls group.

Debby
Can't think of any bloggers, but if you want to grow native plants, a good thing to do is visit natural areas, parks, preserves, in your vicinity & take notes on what is growing there. If you have a park system that is staffed with naturalists, talking to them would also help get you started.
I was in a discussion in another site about getting rid of sod by covering it with layers of wet newspapers & mulch. I've tried this & it works.

GOODREADS has a section under "explore" where members submit their original writing. Under the category Outdoors-Nature there are some interesting works by Goodreads members. These are often observations about the member's local region or encounters they had while exploring or visiting other places. Because they are written from the first person viewpoint, these experiences become closer to "The real thing" and have at least as much information as what we would read in a book. I've been reading a few every day & have already picked up not just new information, but new perspectives on the familiar.

Can you find anything in your area that sometimes prints a piece about local weather, wildlife or anything to do with nature? The writers advice books say to start small & start local. That way, when you do send out your stuff to the bigger places, you will have a list of previous publications -that is always impressive, even the Smart Shoppers weekly but it shows that you are being read.

There is a series of books published every year called "The Best American Science & Nature Writing." This is the same outfit that published "The Best American short Stories."

It is a good way to discover new writers or writers that publish in magazines that not everyone has time to read. They also publish a list of publications of notable science & nature writing for that year.