<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post4325356317608503284..comments</id><updated>2011-07-01T08:29:18.338-07:00</updated><category term='native species'/><category term='nature blogs'/><category term='web resources'/><category term='children'/><category term='restoration'/><category term='This and that'/><category term='conservation'/><category term='Thatcher woods'/><category term='books'/><category term='controlled burn'/><category term='Lilacs'/><category term='birds'/><category term='Illinois landscape'/><category term='fall'/><category term='native plants'/><category term='climate change'/><category term='bees'/><category term='vegetable gardening'/><category term='compost'/><category term='garden clean up'/><category term='forest preserves'/><category term='garden design'/><category term='summer'/><category term='Chicago Wilderness'/><category term='invasive plants'/><category term='biodiversity'/><category term='spring'/><category term='pollinators'/><category term='May blooms'/><category term='propagation'/><category term='prairie'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='reconciliation ecology'/><category term='lawns'/><category term='Hedgerows'/><category term='backyard nature'/><category term='flowers'/><category term='methods'/><category term='permaculture'/><category term='Events'/><category term='USA NPN'/><category term='mulch'/><category term='blooms day'/><category term='sustainable life'/><title type='text'>Comments on Ecological Gardening: A Date with Some Turtles</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/feeds/4325356317608503284/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html'/><author><name>Adrian Ayres Fisher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11057583835126786240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='22' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QRy2ZS6tG14/TwHS2vR-0ZI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/sDzGOC2GvyE/s220/Mild%2BWinter%2Bon%2BDes%2BPlaines%2BRiver%2B%2B%2Bca%2B1922%2B%2B%2B22%2Bx%2B30.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-1706403770081330806</id><published>2011-07-01T08:29:18.338-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T08:29:18.338-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Don, I feel for you and thanks. 

Last week I t...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Don, I feel for you and thanks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week I took some students outside, and while coaching them through their fear of the outdoors and bugs (true!), I had them do some writing-what-they-saw exercises (with some coaching on how to look and see).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/1706403770081330806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/1706403770081330806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html?showComment=1309534158338#c1706403770081330806' title=''/><author><name>Adrian Ayres Fisher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11057583835126786240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Hascq1gucc/Tb1qgO_M1JI/AAAAAAAAAZM/F3scNAlcouQ/s220/2137_SummerLandscapeLarge_2137.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-4325356317608503284' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/posts/default/4325356317608503284' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2052712377'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-2918940572405808384</id><published>2011-07-01T08:11:49.026-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T08:11:49.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m currently reading and grading descriptive ...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m currently reading and grading descriptive essays. I wish they knew how to write descriptively as you have just done! Such work is a true pleasure to read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/2918940572405808384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/2918940572405808384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html?showComment=1309533109026#c2918940572405808384' title=''/><author><name>Don Plummer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11970765107980643386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06271179038422568937'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tevflhCviUg/TcWdy5r8fHI/AAAAAAAAACU/ICXE65gHVlc/s220/Highbanks%2BTrilliums.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-4325356317608503284' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/posts/default/4325356317608503284' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-928831116'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-1970707874883606727</id><published>2011-07-01T08:11:13.178-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T08:11:13.178-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, E.E., It was, indeed.

Hi margaretart, Tha...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, E.E., It was, indeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi margaretart, Thanks for the good words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi Irene, glad you liked it--you know that pond so much better than I!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/1970707874883606727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/1970707874883606727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html?showComment=1309533073178#c1970707874883606727' title=''/><author><name>Adrian Ayres Fisher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11057583835126786240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Hascq1gucc/Tb1qgO_M1JI/AAAAAAAAAZM/F3scNAlcouQ/s220/2137_SummerLandscapeLarge_2137.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-4325356317608503284' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/posts/default/4325356317608503284' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2052712377'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-4749485538744341944</id><published>2011-07-01T07:46:30.092-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T07:46:30.092-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From Irene -

Beautiful essay! I am so glad you to...</title><summary type='text'>From Irene -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful essay! I am so glad you took the time to notice the miracles, large and small, of this urban, well-used pond.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/4749485538744341944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/4749485538744341944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html?showComment=1309531590092#c4749485538744341944' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-4325356317608503284' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/posts/default/4325356317608503284' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1933629763'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-5572618375924756127</id><published>2011-07-01T06:55:05.576-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T06:55:05.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful start to my day. Thank you for this love...</title><summary type='text'>Beautiful start to my day. Thank you for this lovely view of the pond and its residents.&lt;br /&gt;MRG</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/5572618375924756127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/5572618375924756127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html?showComment=1309528505576#c5572618375924756127' title=''/><author><name>margaretart</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09938687553258486111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08331892340703546108'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-4325356317608503284' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/posts/default/4325356317608503284' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1863523618'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-5484651686723769235</id><published>2011-06-30T15:08:08.674-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T15:08:08.674-07:00</updated><title type='text'>That was blissful ...</title><summary type='text'>That was blissful ...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/5484651686723769235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/4325356317608503284/comments/default/5484651686723769235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html?showComment=1309471688674#c5484651686723769235' title=''/><author><name>Elephant's Eye</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uj5rXFncFLg/TfixpZwjoQI/AAAAAAAADTU/pIEADf3i-Rk/s220/header%2B4%2B.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ecologicalgardening.net/2011/06/date-with-some-turtles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-4325356317608503284' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7924014047319573263/posts/default/4325356317608503284' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-138831830'/></entry></feed>
