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Genesis 24 is one of the most richly layered stories in all of Scripture, and once we see the deeper picture it paints, it becomes impossible to read it the same way again. On the surface, it is the story of a faithful servant sent on a long journey to find a bride for his master's son. But beneath that, it is nothing less than a portrait of redemption itself. The unnamed servant mirrors the role of the Holy Spirit, who never draws attention to himself but points always toward the Son. The father who sends him reflects God the Father. And Isaac, waiting at home, represents Christ. Every detail, from the servant's humble prayer at the well to the extravagant gifts he carries, speaks to the lengths God goes to in pursuit of his bride. That bride, it turns out, is us. We are Rebekah in this story. And understanding that changes everything about how we see our worth, our calling, and the love God has lavished on us.## Sermon Notes: Genesis 24 — “I Will Go”### Main Text: Genesis 24  Genesis 24 tells the story of Abraham sending his servant to find a bride for Isaac. Pastor Rick presented this as a picture of God's redemptive plan.### 1. The Redemptive Picture in Genesis 22–24- **Genesis 22:** Abraham offers Isaac on Mount Moriah, pointing to the Father giving His Son, Jesus, at Calvary.- **Genesis 23:** Sarah dies, picturing Israel as the bride connected to the Father.- **Genesis 24:** The unnamed servant is sent to find a bride for the son, picturing the Holy Spirit calling the Church, the Bride of Christ.### 2. Abraham's Servant: Faithful and Humble- The servant is likely Eliezer, Abraham's longtime servant.- Though Isaac's birth cost him the inheritance, he remained faithful.- He does not seek attention for himself; he seeks success for his master.- This reflects the Holy Spirit, who testifies of Christ and glorifies the Son.### 3. Isaac Must Not Go Back- Abraham commands the servant not to take Isaac back to Abraham's former land.- God had promised the land to Abraham's offspring.- The bride must choose to come, but the son will not return to the old land.- This mirrors the call of Christ: “Forsake all and follow Me.”### 4. Rebekah's Choice- The servant prays for a clear sign: a woman who offers him water and waters his camels.- Before he finishes praying, Rebekah appears.- She is generous, diligent, and willing to serve.- Watering ten camels could have required 200–300 gallons of water.- The servant recognizes God's guidance and worships.### 5. “Do Not Delay Me”- Rebekah's family wants her to stay ten more days.- The servant insists that if God has prospered the way, they should not delay.- Rebekah is asked directly, and she responds: **“I will go.”**- This is the heart of the sermon: when God calls, our answer should be immediate obedience.### 6. We Are Rebekah- Rebekah represents the Bride of Christ.- The Holy Spirit calls us and gives us gifts as a preview of what is to come.- God sees His people as beautiful, loved, and chosen.- The story points forward to the marriage supper of the Lamb.## Practical Applications- Do not delay obedience when the Holy Spirit calls.- Stop looking back after putting your hand to the plow.- Serve faithfully even when there is no personal reward.- Trust God's guidance, even when the journey is long.- Remember: in Christ, God sees you as His beloved bride, not as your failures.## Discussion Questions1. What stood out to you most from the picture of Abraham, Isaac, the servant, and Rebekah?2. Why is delayed obedience so tempting?3. What does Rebekah's “I will go” teach us about faith?4. In what area might God be asking you to stop delaying?5. How does seeing yourself as the Bride of Christ change the way you view God's love?

Presented by Lauren Stibgen One who waters will himself be watered. Walking in a manner worthy of the Lord is what the Proverbs are all about! Shifting our focus from what God hates in Proverbs six to Proverbs 11:25b which can be summarized by a secular proverb, “what goes around comes around.” I like the biblical version much better, one who waters will himself be watered. This is a beautiful thought to carry with you to work each day as we think about others around us. Watering is not to be left to managers and leaders in the workplace. And, after all, this proverb benefits both the waterer and the watered. Let's think about the results of watering for a moment. Whether rain falls from the sky or we are using another method to water something like a houseplant, the result is growth, and in some cases new life. Plants can bear beauty in flowers, or vegetables and fruits for us to eat. I also think about when it rains in the desert. Not only do plants sprout up, but wadies (or dried up riverbeds) come to life with animals and even aquatic life like frogs that have been dormant waiting for the rain. Who or what needs watering at work? Sometimes we don't even realize things need water! I have had two different conversations with fellow Christian working women this year where I suggested they water what otherwise seemed dead. More specifically, one woman wanted more affirmation from her manager. She knew she was trusted by the work that was given to her but never received feedback. When I asked if she thought her manager received affirmation, the answer was probably not. I suggested that she “water” her manager with some positive feedback. You see, some people aren't in the practice of watering until they are watered themselves! She stated this watering had very positive results! The other woman felt the same about receiving no feedback. So, she decided to write notes of gratitude to all her colleagues. She watered an entire department! While too soon to know if she will be watered in return, the initial responses were very positive. Who can you water at work with kind words or an act of service? God promises you will be watered in return. The Proverbs can help remind us that God wants us to walk with integrity at work. Clearly there are things he doesn't want us to do. But there are things we can do to increase our integrity at work each day!

We've all seen movies with food that looks absolutely amazing. Well we found a list that ranks the most mouth watering movie foods and number 1 will really surprise you! It's Throwback Thursday so of course we have to play Throwback Trivia! This week Emily takes on Thor and things get tense between the two really fast... We had our friend Craig Shoemaker in studio today for a special Free Comedy Thursday! Catch him tonight at Mic Drop Comedy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in on developments in the Northern Territory as Members are preparing to vote on legislation around Voluntary Assisted Dying or Euthanasia. We?ll hear from Nicholas Lay who leads the charge for the Australian Christian Lobby in the Territory. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura is joined this morning with UMN Extension horticulturist Mary Meyer! She takes questions regarding watering during these drought conditions, maintaining Mexican Marigolds, and the most interesting questions she's answered from the “Ask a Master Gardener” feature on the University of Minnesota Extension website. Plus the Minnesota Horticultural Society is celebrating its 160 anniversary! Mary tells us about the fun things to expect at the MN State Fair to commemorate the big anniversary. For any gardening questions with your project visit extension.umn.edu

Esteemed food critic Kara Monssen joined Ross Stevenson and Mark Allen to share her thoughts on 'Atsu', a Japanese restaurant in Carlton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us Fan MailYou can work hard, build skill, and do all the right “business” things and still feel stuck on one question: how do we actually increase? We take that question head-on and reframe it through a faith-based business lens that is both practical and uncomfortable. Yes, we believe in strategy, consistency, and craft. But we also believe there's a line where hustle turns into pressure, and pressure turns into shortcuts.We break down the principle of increase using the simple picture of planting and watering. Planting is the builder's work: planning, technique, detail, and a blueprint you can repeat. Watering is the quiet discipline of nurture: care, support, and patience while what you built takes root. Together, those are real responsibilities in Christian entrepreneurship and ethical business growth, but they still don't guarantee the outcome we want on our timeline.Then we challenge the scoreboard most people use for business success: acceptance, recognition, titles, authority, and money. What if those aren't the best measures of growth? What if God defines increase by obedience, and what looks “slow” is actually protection from a future collapse? If you've been tempted to cut corners just to make profit, this will reset your process and your priorities.Subscribe, share this with a friend building something honest, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What's one area where you're choosing obedience over speed?Support the showYou can support this show via the link below;https://www.buzzsprout.com/1718587/supporters/new

People with a talent for gardening can easily tell when their plants are in need of a drink. A plant that doesn't get water can soon start to droop and lose its vitality. Watering the pot every day is the secret to keeping your plant vibrant and thriving! Have you ever thought about how your spiritual life also resembles a plant? Today, Pastor Dan shares how your soul craves its daily nourishment, and that sustenance comes from meditating on the Word of God. So, keep your spirit vibrant and nourished!

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Sherri Harrah continues the show from the road in Arkansas helping get rid of vines with pet safe chemicals and talks about a routine for watering your potted plants in hour 2 from 8/9/26 of the HomeShow Garden Pros. The post Pet Safe Chemicals, Potted Plant Watering -260809-H2 appeared first on HomeShow Garden Pros Radio.

This week's episode comes from the second week of August, following one of the driest Julys on record. The allotment and kitchen garden are both feeling the strain, with soil baked so hard that water beads on the surface and runs off rather than soaking in. Despite the challenges, progress continues — from experimenting with greywater filtration to planning green manures and keeping established crops alive through the drought. Allotment Update: Hydrophobic Soil & Survival Mode The main theme this week is hydrophobic soil — ground so dry and compacted that it actively repels water. Beds have become rock‑hard, making digging, planting and watering difficult. Watering still has to be done by hand with cans, taking up to two hours to give each bed a proper deep soak. It's heavy work, but essential for keeping established crops alive. With conditions too harsh for planting out young plants, the focus has shifted to: Keeping mature crops alive with deep, infrequent watering Delaying new plantings until the soil can absorb moisture again Planning ahead by clearing beds for a potato‑specific green manure Tidying perennial areas like the gooseberry patch and bramble‑filled corners Preparing for wetter weather so the site is easier to manage when conditions improve Green manures have been a success in previous seasons, helping reduce pests and disease, and with blight not yet appearing this year, it's a good moment to prepare beds for next year's potato rotation. Kitchen Garden: Greywater Trials & Practical Housekeeping At home, the drought has prompted a deeper look at greywater reuse. After a failed experiment using water mint as a natural filter, a more structured filtration system has been tested: A bucket drilled with holes Layers of gravel, sand, charcoal and straw Some success in removing contaminants Some soap residues still present It's an ongoing experiment, but a promising step toward making greywater safer for garden use during droughts. Other practical jobs this week include: A garage clear‑out, removing broken petrol tools and freeing up space A renewed focus on repairable, durable or compostable items to reduce waste Sowing overwintering onions and radish for supporters, though germination is uncertain in the dry soil Using mulches and compost to help established plants cope with the heat Recipe of the Week: Smoked Sweetcorn & Courgette Salad This week's recipe is a vibrant summer dish that makes the most of seasonal produce: Smoked sweetcorn and courgette salad with chilli butter croutons Charred sweetcorn and courgette Lime‑honey‑mustard dressing Crisp chilli‑spiced breadcrumbs It's colourful, flavourful and pairs beautifully with grilled chicken — a perfect late‑summer plate. Hydrophobic Soil: Causes, Fixes & Long‑Term Prevention The episode closes with a detailed look at hydrophobic soil — what causes it, how to fix it, and how to prevent it in future droughts. Why Soil Becomes Hydrophobic Organic particles dry out and harden Soil structure collapses Water beads and runs off instead of soaking in Beds flood when rain finally arrives because water cannot penetrate Short‑Term Fixes Repeated light watering with a fine rose Laying damp hessian or cardboard to soften the surface Bottom‑watering containers to wick moisture up Gentle, patient rewetting rather than one heavy soak Long‑Term Prevention Regular additions of organic matter Consistent mulching with straw, leaf mould or woodchips Avoiding complete drying by giving a light weekly watering during drought Using soil conditioners like coir or biochar Adding shade or wind protection for exposed raised beds Slow, deliberate watering or drip irrigation to allow moisture to penetrate These techniques help rebuild soil structure, improve moisture retention and make gardens more resilient as droughts become more freq...

The sermon emphasizes that believers must labor for God's glory rather than personal recognition, utilizing the metaphor of planting and watering found in 1 Corinthians 3. It asserts that effective ministry occurs only within the context of a local church, where individuals are sent out as servants to reach the lost. Pastor Friesen warns against spiritual independence and carnality, urging unity and submission to biblical authority. Ultimately, the message calls listeners to trust in Christ for salvation, recognizing that true success comes from God alone while human effort remains insufficient without His power.

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We've got a bunch of watering rats in Denver! Over 4,700 people filed complaints on their neighbors for over watering and breaking the restrictions. Would you rat on your neighbor??

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Hello Interactors,I've long been a fan of “regreening” cities, imagining replacing bits of asphalt and concrete with trees, plants, mini-parks, and green roofs to cool them down. In many cases these are indeed good interventions. But even these celebrated nature-based solutions to the “urban heat island” effect require closer inspection. It turns out any land cover change alters energy, water, and momentum exchanges between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere. Which are the right ones and where?To understand why cookie cutter greening plans can fail and how planners and policy makers can build cities that can handle climate change, we need to understand how land and the air interact. Environments vary from place to place, and this puts limits on what we can do to land to create urban climates that are both beautiful and healthy.To get a handle on what the research says, I found a literature review from 2025 that synthesized findings from 84 peer-reviewed studies. In was published in the journal Climate Risk Management.Let's see what they, and others, found.BEATING HEAT WITH BIOPHYSICAL FEATSWhat better place to start than science. Let's just delve right into how urban green spaces affect temperature. It starts with determining the energy balance at the surface of the earth. This comes from a budget equation found in physical geography. When sunlight hits the Earth's surface, it breaks down into three main fluxes, or ways heat moves around* Sensible heat flux: the heat that directly warms the surrounding air, which we measure as temperature.* Latent heat flux: the heat that's used to turn water from a liquid to a gas, like when we sweat or plants release water vapor (transpiration).* Ground heat flux: the heat stored in building materials, asphalt, and soil.In conventional urban environments dominated by concrete and asphalt, latent heat flux is minimal because we've built cities in ways that rapidly drain water away as ‘waste'. As a result, incoming solar energy is funneled into sensible heat. This raises daytime air temperatures that gets stored as ground heat, which is slowly radiated back into the city at night. Urban greening can reshuffle this thermodynamic budget through three interconnected physical mechanisms: shading, evapotranspiration, and albedo modification.Mechanism 1. Shading: Intercepting Solar RadiationShading — the most immediate and reliable cooling mechanism provided by vegetation — requires precise microclimatic quantification. Vegetative canopies act as physical shields, intercepting incoming shortwave solar radiation before it strikes impervious surfaces like concrete or asphalt. By preventing these dense materials from absorbing heat and emitting sensible heat flux back into the boundary layer, shading dramatically lowers surface temperatures and reduces the baseline thermal energy transferred to the surrounding air. (Bowler, D. E., et al. 2010)The cooling benefit of urban trees is non-linear, accelerating significantly once neighborhood canopy cover crosses a critical threshold of around 40%. Measuring daytime air temperatures across urban gradients, they found that canopy cover above this 40% mark can lower local air temperatures by up to 1.5 to 2.0 degrees Celsius, effectively offsetting the thermal burden created by surrounding roads and impervious surfaces. (Ziter, C. D., et al. 2019)Mechanism 2. Evapotranspiration: Trading Sensible Heat for Latent HeatWhile shading blocks heat absorption, evapotranspiration actively removes heat from the air. Plants absorb soil moisture through their root systems and release it as water vapor through tiny microscopic pores in their leaves called stomata. This process requires thermal energy that turns phase-changing liquid water into gas. This energy transfer absorbs sensible heat and converts it into latent heat.Evapotranspiration from well-watered urban green spaces can lower local air temperatures by 2-4 degrees celsius. (Coutts, et al., 2013) However, physical geographers emphasize a crucial physical prerequisite that is easy to overlook: evapotranspiration is entirely dependent on available water. When the soil is dry or the air is super dry, plants close their stomata to save water. When stomata close, evapotranspiration shuts down. This leaves shading as the sole remaining cooling mechanism.Mechanism 3. Albedo Dynamics: The Surface Reflectivity ParadoxAlbedo measures the reflectivity of a surface on a scale from 0.0 (total absorption) to 1.0 (total reflection). Urban asphalt has a low albedo (0.05 to 0.10), absorbing up to 95% of incoming solar energy. Vegetation's albedo can range from 0.11 to 0.25.In temperate climates, replacing low-albedo asphalt with greenery or reflective surfaces increases surface reflectivity, sending more solar radiation back into space before it can be absorbed as sensible heat. One study documented that increasing urban surface albedo typically lowers peak ambient air temperatures by 0.3 degres Celsius to 1.0 degree Celsius — alongside much larger drops in surface pavement temperatures. While a temperature change under one degree Celsius may sound modest at first glance, a baseline shift of this magnitude across a neighborhood is enough to redefine a local microclimate. (Santamouris, 2014)But swapping out light urban surfaces for dark vegetation can also have a negative effect. Paradoxically, when researchers in 2023 replaced dry, light-colored desert soil with darker vegetation in hot, arid regions it reduced overall surface reflectivity. The drop in albedo caused an increase in daytime surface warming. (Schlaerth, et al., 2023)Furthermore, dense tree canopies inside narrow urban street canyons can act as thermal blankets at night. While trees provide valuable shade during the day, their foliage reduces the sky view factor at street level, trapping outgoing longwave thermal radiation emitted by surrounding building facades and asphalt. When combined with reduced wind permeability, this canopy barrier restricts nocturnal radiative cooling and holds warm air near ground level (Lee et al., 2016).These are the physical realities that can demonstrate how urban greening is not a consistently inherent cooling practice. It is a complex thermodynamic intervention whose success relies entirely on local environmental conditions.PLACEMENT, PATCHES, AND PARK PATTERNSBecause thermodynamic processes happen across physical spaces, cooling urban green space can be uneven. The literature review reveals that a green space's cooling capacity depends on four spatial and biological variables: vegetation density, species selection, spatial configuration, and urban morphology. Let's break them down individually.Cooling Factor 1. Vegetation Density and Species TraitsNot all greenery cools equally. One way to measure this is through a Leaf Area Index (LAI). This is the total leaf area per unit of ground area and is a primary predictor of thermal performance. As you might imagine, dense foliage absorbs more from the sun and then produces higher cumulative transpiration (so long as there's adequate water).Botanical traits also play a big role. Broadleaf deciduous species (like oaks or maples) feature large surface areas that maximize summer transpiration, but that goes away when they drop their leaves in winter. Evergreen coniferous trees, however, maintain continuous canopy coverage through every season.In temperate rainforest environments like Seattle or Vancouver, researchers found that conifers cooled urban surroundings up to 1.7 degrees celsius more effectively than broadleaf trees. Dense needle canopies continuously block incoming solar radiation due to higher LAI and the fact that clusters of spiny needles better trap a stable buffer of calm air which moderates heat exchange with the surrounding urban environment. (Eyster & Beckage, 2022, 2023) Cooling factor 2. Spatial Configuration: Landscape Ecology PrinciplesEcologists and geographers commonly evaluate green spaces through two main attributes: composition (how much green space exists) and configuration (how those green patches are arranged across the landscape). Over 58% of the mechanism-focused studies in the literature review analyzed spatial pattern metrics. The consensus is the spatial layout of green space is just as important as its total area!Other empirical studies consistently demonstrate that cooling effects decay the further you get from green spaces. Research done in 2016 and 2023 shows how urban parks can produce a primary “cooling footprint” that extends typically 100 to 300 meters from the park boundaries. If you're lucky enough to live within this buffer, temperatures drop between 1.9 and 3.1 degrees celsius, but beyond 300 meters, the cooling influence quickly falls off. (Bao, et al. 2016, Shi et al. 2023)This spatial limit leads to a couple spatial layout choices. A few big parks or connected networks of smaller green spaces. Large, consolidated parks (>2 hectares) generate intense, stable “cool islands” at their core, but their benefits remain localized. For example, a study in Xalapa, Mexico, revealed that parks larger than 2.8 hectares with over 21% tree cover provided reliable local cooling of around 2 degrees celsius . (Lemoine-Rodriguez et al., 2022)Connected networks of smaller green spaces distributed across a city create a more equitable cooling effect. Three studies in 2019 and 2021 show that fragmented, isolated green patches — like big parks — perform poorly compared to continuous, linear green corridors. Linear “green belts” or street-tree networks (in the right environment) can act as ventilation channels, allowing cool air generated by vegetation to flow into adjacent built-up neighborhoods. (Masoudi et al., 2019, 2021; Pramanik, 2019)Cooling factor 3. Urban Morphology: The Built Environment MatrixObviously, green spaces don't exist in isolation. They're embedded within a three-dimensional hodge podge of buildings, streets, and other bits of infrastructure. Urban morphologists can quantify this urban morphological cacophony using building height-to-street-width ratio and sky view factor - the extent to which surrounding structures and canopies obstruct a location's view of the open sky.High-density urban cores with tall buildings create deep “urban canyons” that generate their own shade. In these settings, building shade can combine with tree shade during peak daylight hours to significantly lower temperatures.However, studies show that if tree canopies in narrow street canyons are too dense — particularly in humid environments — they can trap anthropogenic heat emitted by vehicle exhaust and air conditioning condenser units. They can also significantly reduce localized wind speeds. As a result, maximizing green space cooling efficiency requires aligning vegetation density and canopy architecture with prevailing wind corridors to preserve urban ventilation channels (Cheung & Jim, 2019; Morakinyo et al., 2019).Nothing is every as easy as it seems.BRIDGING GAPS WITH BETTER MAPSWhile academic literature can offer detailed insights into microclimatic processes, there remains a big gap between academia and urban planning and governmental policy. That gap may be self-fulfilling. The literature review of 84 papers revealed 61% of the papers simply advocate for expanding green space area, whereas only 26% focus on optimizing existing green infrastructure.Recommending that dense, historical cities “add more large parks” ignores real-world urban constraints. In modern, rapidly expanding cities, urban land is expensive, highly contested, and structurally constrained. Space dedicated to a new park often competes directly with housing, transit infrastructure, or commercial development. To move beyond idealistic slogans, urban planning will have to recon with three major implementation challenges.Challenge 1. The Water-Energy-Heat Nexus in Arid CitiesThe most significant implementation challenge facing nature-based solutions occurs precisely where urban heat stress is most severe — in hot, arid regions. Cities like Phoenix, Cairo, Tehran, or Riyadh already suffer from intense summer heatwaves. You don't have to live in or visit these places to know water there is extremely scarce.Maintaining green spaces in places like this requires pumping groundwater or desalinating seawater. Pumping and desalinating water requires massive amounts of electricity, which only increases greenhouse gas emissions if that power is coming from fossil fuels. Furthermore, if irrigation water runs out during a heatwave, non-adapted vegetation dries out, loses its cooling capacity, and can even become a wildfire risk.To solve this dilemma, physical geographers advocate evaluating urban greening through a standardized resource efficiency metric: evapotranspirative cooling per unit of water applied. In plain language, this ratio measures how many degrees of cooling you get for each liter (or gallon) of water that plants and soil release into the air through evaporation and transpiration.In dry climates — where municipal water is already tightly rationed and turfgrass is increasingly discouraged but rarely banned (I'm looking at you Arizona) — urban greening strategies are going to have pivot away from high-water lawns and non-native foliage. These cities have to move from simply prioritizing or incentivizing drought-tolerant species to requiring them. While drought-tolerant plants transpire less water than many other plants and trees — and still require water — when combined with drip-irrigation using treated municipal wastewater (greywater), they can provide a pretty reliable canopy shade and even modest evaporative cooling without draining water reserves.Challenge 2. Environmental Justice and Thermal EquityUrban heat exposure is rarely, if ever, distributed evenly across socio-economic groups. In many cities worldwide, low-income neighborhoods exhibit significantly lower tree canopy cover, higher proportions of impervious asphalt, and higher building densities than the more affluent suburbs and ex-urbs. This imbalance leaves more vulnerable populations exposed to extreme heat hazards.When municipalities undertake uncoordinated “regreening” projects, they risk triggering green gentrification. Installing fancy attractive parks can then inflate surrounding property values, displacing residents while still not reducing their heat related vulnerability.To address this, requires targeted interventions like deploying small-scale, distributed interventions (think pocket parks, vegetated bus stops, and road corridors) directly in high-vulnerability, low-canopy/vegetation neighborhoods. You could focus on functional shading over high-maintenance aesthetics. This could better ensure that at least transit stops, pedestrian walkways, and playgrounds are prioritized for canopy cover. Lastly, combining situated green infrastructure with social policy could create and/or protect more affordable housing around old and new greened public corridors and spaces.Challenge 3. A Multi-Benefit, Context-Specific Design FrameworkNo single cooling intervention works everywhere. Planners and policy makers need to adopt an integrated, multi-tiered approach that combines nature-based solutions with material interventions.In arid and semi-arid environments, planners should prioritize structural canopy shading and end an over-reliance on water-intensive lawn evapotranspiration. It's time to demand drought-tolerant trees with greywater irrigation networks, shade sails, and high-albedo “cool pavements” that can better reflect solar radiation without draining water resources.In contrast, humid and more temperate climates would likely benefit most from maximizing green spatial connectivity. By linking existing parks through linear street-tree corridors — with select broadleaf and/or coniferous species — summer evapotranspiration can be enhanced while maintaining year-round microclimate regulation.Finally, within high-density, built-up cores where ground space for new parks is limited, cities should leverage vertical green walls and green roofs paired with reflective building materials. But they best also preserve prevailing wind corridors while preventing nighttime heat traps through street canyons.“Regreening” is a compelling slogan, but as physical geography demonstrates, simplistic blanket policies can yield unpredictable thermodynamic results. Simply planting trees without considering local climate, available water, species traits, spatial configuration, and urban geometry can lead to unintended consequences.The exhaustive synthesis of decade-long research provided by Hadi Soltanifard and Majid Amani-Beni (2025) offers a clear path forward. Nature-based solutions are not off-the-shelf products that can be copy-pasted across different global cities. They are dynamic, living interventions that alter energy fluxes across urban surfaces.By moving beyond blanket acreage targets and framing urban greening as the strategic reorganization of surface-energy relations, geographers, urban planners, and policymakers will need to work together. When we design green infrastructure that respects local environmental constraints, honors spatial equity, and optimizes microclimatic processes, urban greening moves from a vague policy promise toward tools of experimentation that can pragmatically evolve our cities and megaregions into truly climate-resilient urbanscapes.ReferencesBowler, D. E., Buyung-Ali, L., Knight, T. M., & Pullin, A. S. (2010). Urban greening to cool towns and cities: A systematic review of the empirical evidence. Landscape and Urban Planning, 97(3), 147-155.Cheung, P.K., Jim, C.Y., 2019. 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Peter Gibbs and the Gardeners' Question Time panel visit the Lincolnshire village of Pinchbeck, a fenland landscape shaped by waterways and a long history of horticulture.On the panel are plantswoman Christine Walkden and garden designers Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness.The team tackles questions on choosing pond plants to support dragonflies, finding colourful plants for exposed, windy gardens, and why some gardeners struggle to grow much-loved astrantias. They also offer practical advice on improving courgette crops, planting around hydrangeas, and dealing with troublesome vine weevil.Water is a recurring theme throughout the programme. Bethan Collerton visits Winterbourne House and Garden to meet plant scientist Professor Jeremy Pritchard and uncover the remarkable ways plants depend on water, from photosynthesis and cooling to the internal hydraulic systems that keep them upright and growing.Back in Pinchbeck, the panel turns to a question many gardeners face during a heatwave - how often should we water our gardens? Christine shares her advice on watering deeply and effectively to help plants withstand dry conditions.Producer: Rahnee Prescod Assistant Producer: William NortonA Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4* If listening on BBC Sounds and you wish to view the plant list, please go to the Gardeners' Question Time website and open this week's episode page.Tickets are available for the BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question Time Summer Party 2026 held at RHS Garden Wisley on Saturday 5th September. Information and ticket details can be accessed via: https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/whats-on/gardeners-question-time-summer-garden-party

Gardening Australia's Hannah Moloney on the heartwarming and heartbreaking reasons humans continue to lovingly tend to their gardens — for healing, beauty and joy.For thousands of years, tending to a garden or a small farm meant human survival. But now, with massive commercial farms, genetically modified crops, refrigerated freight and modern irrigation, we don't need to tend to our own gardens to survive.So why, then, do so many of us still lovingly plant, water and cultivate flowers, fruits and vegetables? Or watch 'lawn porn' to relax?It's a question that Hannah Moloney has asked thousands of gardeners from around the world.Hannah is a permaculture educator, landscape designer and the Tasmanian presenter for ABC TV's Gardening Australia. Gardening is in Hannah's blood, having grown up in a herb nursery run by her green-thumbed father in the Brisbane suburbs.For Hannah, gardening remains a lifeline, a way to bond with her family and a joyful act of protest.Why We Garden is published by Simon & Schuster.This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris. Executive producer is Nicola Harrison.It explores gardening, hobbies, outdoor activities, mental health, grief gardening, why we like being outdoors, gardening as meditation, the beauty of our gardens, Australian native gardens, vegetable patches, how to grow your own vegetables, fruit trees, family origin stories, losing a parent, pregnancy, motherhood, postpartum depression, gardening for healing, creative inspiration, human history, horticulture, climate change, global warming, food scarcity, food supply, drought, flood, famine, Costa Georgiadis, green thumb, meditation.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

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This week, Nathan helps you shape up your garden at the end of July. From tomatoes and shrubs, to fall vegetables and perennial deadheading, Nathan reminds you of the things you might want to start doing this weekend!

Sherri Harrah talks to you from HER garden on Sunday, July 19th, 2026 and helps with a grassy patch of either take all root rot or chinch bugs, how and when to apply nitro-phos, and help with Hibiscus and watering Azaleas The post Take All Root Rot or Chinch Bugs, Nitro Phos Application, Hibiscus, Azalea Watering -260719-H1 appeared first on HomeShow Garden Pros Radio.

Welcome to the HomeShow Garden Pros podcast with Sherri Harrah from 7/18/26 as she answers your question on the phone and in emails about oak trees that have wooly aphids, and how to prevent them next year, preventing root rot with the correct water on tomatoes The post Wooly Aphids, Tomato Watering -260718-H1 appeared first on HomeShow Garden Pros Radio.

Two women, same expertise, same platform. One chased virality. One watered relationships. Only one built a business. Karen breaks down why daily posting, chasing algorithms, and "vanity visibility" leave your calendar empty no matter how many likes you rack up — and introduces the 3-2-0 ritual, a small, repeatable, relationship-first practice for turning LinkedIn visibility into real, booked calls. Key Takeaways Vanity visibility — posting more, chasing trends, checking your numbers — grows followers, not clients. The 3-2-0 ritual: three 20-minute sessions a week focused on conversations, not content. Real relationships — comments, follow-ups, genuine congratulations — are what actually create calls on your calendar. Your years of expertise mean 20 focused minutes outweigh a beginner's four hours of hustling. Consistency compounds. Applause doesn't. If this episode hit home, subscribe to Good Girls Get Rich and share it with a woman in your life who's exhausted from posting with nothing to show for it. And grab your free seat in Karen's masterclass at she'slinkedup.com/masterclass.   Magical Quotes From The Episode: "Visibility was never a lightning strike to keep chasing — it's a garden." "Nobody hires a billboard. They hire women they know." "Consistency compounds. Applause doesn't."   Help Us Spread The Word! It would be awesome if you shared the Good Girls Get Rich Podcast with your fellow entrepreneurs on Twitter. Click here to tweet some love! If this episode has taught you just one thing, I would love if you could head on over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW! And if you're moved to, kindly leave us a rating and review. Maybe you'll get a shout out on the show!   Ways to Subscribe to Good Girls Get Rich: Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via PlayerFM Good Girls Get Rich is also on Spotify Take a listen on Podcast Addict

Everybody needs a good watering hole to make it through the heat of Nashville in summer — and we don't mean a bar. Creative producer Marie Cecile Anderson, newsletter editor Margaret Kingsbury, and executive producer Whitney Pastorek are chatting about their favorite creek stomping spots, lakeside hangs, floatable rivers, and nearby waterfalls.  We're doing our annual survey to learn more about our listeners. We'd be grateful if you took the survey at citycast.fm/survey — it's only 7 minutes long. Plus, anyone who takes the survey will be eligible to win a $250 Visa gift card and City Cast City swag. Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You'll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our City Cast Nashville newsletter.  Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.

The high temperatures are finally breaking… well, kind of. It's still a triple-degree day today, but there's some relief in the forecast thanks to higher storm chances and temperatures only in the 90s. Greg and Holly discuss what it's like to go through this heat without AC—largely due to power outages. Tony Gliot, Director of the Salt Lake City Urban Forestry Division, joins Inside Sources to talk about the importance of watering trees even with the heat and ongoing drought.

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Your hosts gather at Red's Community Garden to ponder the question, Does the addition of a Club 33 in other Disney parks cheapen the original? Is it simply a money grab from Disney? You may be surprised to discover that we actually come to a conclusion. 59 Minutes.

Gardeners' Question Time visits the stunning Springfields Festival Gardens in Spalding, 15 acres of beautifully designed and diverse planting, created for visitors of all ages to explore and enjoy.Peter Gibbs is joined by a panel of horticultural experts - Matthew Wilson, Christine Walkden and Bunny Guinness - to answer questions from an enthusiastic audience of local gardeners. Together, they tackle a wide range of gardening dilemmas, from reviving a pot-bound olive tree to dealing with ants that have taken up residence in an exotic potted palm.The panel also offers practical advice on watering seedlings effectively, encouraging a mature philadelphus to flower, and successfully overwintering hollyhocks.Also, Grow Your Own expert Julia Parker shares her top tips for successional planting, helping gardeners enjoy a continuous harvest throughout the growing season.Producer: Dominic Tyerman Producer: Matthew Smith Producer: Rahnee Prescod Assistant Producer: William NortonA Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

Wondering what to do in your garden in July? This week on the podcast, Joanne reviews the essential July garden tasks every gardener should know, including deadheading, weeding, pest control, smart watering, and summer lawn and vegetable care. Some of the topics covered in this week's episode: July garden maintenance: The cooler spring, heavy rain, and sudden heat have left many gardens behind schedule, with some plants blooming weeks later than usual. Gardens will catch up, so focus on practical July tasks like deadheading, cutting back perennials, and staying on top of weeds. Managing perennials, shrubs, evergreens, and pests wisely:
Do you know what to prune, what not to prune, and when to act? Joanne explains deadheading for second blooms, the Chelsea chop for tall/floppy perennials, careful handling of spring-blooming shrubs, and pest control tips for box tree moth and Japanese beetles. Watering, lawn care, and easy edible gardening in July: Fast, heavy rain does not always soak into the soil, so gardeners still need to check moisture levels, especially around new or expensive plantings. Let lawns grow longer in hot weather, and if you want to try growing vegetables, Joanne suggests easy vegetables like lettuce, cherry tomatoes, hot peppers, and potatoes. Have a topic you'd like Joanne to discuss? Email your questions and comments to downthegardenpathpodcast@hotmail.com, or connect with Joanne on her website: down2earth.ca Find Down the Garden Path on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube: @downthegardenpathpodcast. Down the Garden Path Podcast On Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. She does her best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low-maintenance as possible.  In Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and fellow landscape designer Matthew Dressing distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. Get your copy today on Amazon. Don't forget to check out Down the Garden Path on your favourite podcast app and subscribe! You can now catch the podcast on YouTube.

Houston hosted 7 World Cup Games and drew over half a million people to FIFA related eventsStaff at TX Children's Hospital threw a 4th of July celebration for patients and their familiesMany people say watering plants is a chore they LIKE doing because it's so relaxing

Sherri Harrah continues with hour 2 from July 5th from Her garden helping with bougainvillea, watering potted plants during vacation, helping stressed plants and weird caterpillars as heard on SportsRadio 610 The post Bougainvillea, Watering Pots during Vacation, Plant Stress, Caterpillars 260705-H2 appeared first on HomeShow Garden Pros Radio.

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Struggling to know how much to water your vegetable garden during summer? You're not alone. Learn how to water raised beds, containers, and in-ground gardens with confidence so your plants stay healthy and productive all season long. Free Download: Raised Bed Soil Options Stop guessing what to put in your raised beds. Download Raised Bed Soil Options to learn proven soil mixes that help your beds retain moisture while growing healthy plants. https://journeywithjill.net/raised-bed-soil Summer watering isn't as simple as following the "one inch per week" rule. In this episode, I'll explain why your garden's watering needs change throughout the season and how to tell when your plants actually need water. We'll cover raised beds, containers, grow bags, and in-ground gardens, along with practical ways to build a watering system that saves time while keeping your garden thriving. Self Watering Raised Bed Video: https://youtu.be/cVa5YmwprjU?si=9jG3iFqTqmSBicFm  Key Takeaways Learn why the one-inch-per-week rule is only a starting point. Understand how watering needs change for raised beds, containers, and in-ground gardens. Use the finger test and moisture meter to water with confidence. Learn how to recognize underwatering versus overwatering. Discover irrigation systems that make summer watering easier. Chapters 00:00 – Why summer watering gets confusing 01:24 – Is one inch per week enough? 06:37 – Raised beds vs. containers 11:08 – The finger test explained 15:50 – Heat wilt or drought stress? 19:58 – Signs of overwatering 20:20 – Garden in Minutes watering system 24:00 – Best irrigation methods Resource Links Raised Bed Soil Options (Free) https://journeywithjill.net/raised-bed-soil Friday Emails https://journeywithjill.net/gardensignup Recommended Brands & Products https://journeywithjill.net/recommended-brands-and-products/ Amazon Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/thebeginnersgarden Complete Garden Planner https://shop.journeywithjill.net/ Sponsor for This Episode Garden in Minutes Garden in Minutes makes watering raised beds simple with Garden Grids and their new programmable timer, designed specifically from gardener feedback. The timer features durable brass fittings, improved water flow, an easy rain-delay function, and simple programming. Use code Jill for 7% off your purchase. Affiliate Link: http://journeywithjill.net/gardeninminutes Gardening advice shared in this podcast is based on my own experience in Zone 8a (Arkansas) and from the feedback I receive from others in different gardening contexts. Your results may differ depending on your location, climate, and growing conditions. Always check your local extension service or trusted resources for region-specific guidance. Some links mentioned may be affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

I explore the metaphor of watering grass versus watering concrete, discussing the importance of focusing efforts on environments where growth is possible, highlights how investing energy in the wrong areas can lead to burnout. If you would like help and support to implement this process you can book a coaching consultation here If you are business wanting to give your employees more tools to succeed you can book a business chat here Zadie proudly sponsors this episode. Zadie is a workwear brand made by tradeswomen for tradeswomen and is made to fit your hips, thighs and butt; check them out at https://www.zadieworkwear.com.au/ takeaways

In this episode, Ken and Lisa Lain of Watters Garden Center in Prescott share how summer flower success starts with watering. Summer heat, wind, and dry conditions can quickly take a toll on even the healthiest gardens. They also share insights on irrigation systems and whether evening watering is really a good idea. If you want flowers that continue blooming through the hottest months of the year, this conversation offers practical advice worth hearing. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network/

This is a two-parter! First we're talking grow lights for cacti, then we go into the most-often-asked question: how often should you water your plant?

Welcome to the KSL Greenhouse show! Join hosts Maria Shilaos and Taun Beddes as they talk about all things plants, tackle your toughest gardening questions, and offer tips that can help you maintain a beautiful yard.  Today's Topcs Include:8a-Dawn Redwood9a-Tree planting10a-Tree irrigation Listen on Saturdays from 8am to 11am at 102.7 FM, 1160 AM, kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio app. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @kslgreenhouse. Happy planting! #KSLGreenhouse 

Here's another episode on hoyas - and another episode on learning to look at specifics rather than making generalizations. The human urge to generalize is STRONG, but it only actually saves us time when it's relevant, and in this case it's far less helpful than we think!

On this Newsbuzz episode, we recap this week's severe weather, why Iowa pork producers are taking their fight over California's Prop 12 to Congress, high nitrate levels in Iowa's rivers and more.

Let me ask you something, Thrivesters.  When was the last time you took a hard look at your life and asked:"What's no longer serving me?"Not what's annoying. Not what's inconvenient.WHAT IS ACTUALLY DEAD WEIGHT?Because here's the epiphany I had this morning…You can't grow new blooms while you're pouring energy into dead wood.In this episode of The Thrive Hive Podcast, we're taking another lesson from my hydrangeas and applying it to something much bigger: your life.As I was pruning my hydrangeas today, I found myself thinking about how often we hold onto things that have long stopped serving us - relationships, commitments, habits, routines, beliefs, even versions of ourselves we've already outgrown.And just like the beautiful hydrangeas, when we leave the dead wood in place, that dead wood consumes energy that could be fueling something beautiful.Here's what we're diving into:The Hydrangea Principle - why thriving requires regular pruning, not just planting.Recognizing Your Dead Wood  -  how to identify the people, habits, obligations, and thought patterns that are quietly draining your energy.Why Letting Go Feels So Hard - the guilt, fear, and identity shifts that often keep us holding on longer than we should.Making Space for Growth -  because every time you remove something that no longer belongs, you create room for joy, possibility, and what's next.The Power of Seasonal Check-Ins  -  why thriving isn't a one-time event. It's an ongoing practice of noticing, adjusting, and realigning.Thriving isn't about adding more, Thrivesters. Sometimes it's about removing what's standing in the way.Your bold, quick action step:Make a list of three things currently draining your energy. Then ask yourself: "What would happen if I stopped feeding this?" Links & Resources:Thrive Hive Coaching: https://forms.gle/omjSjMK4UTafn8SQAFollow me on Instagram: ⁠@nancy_medoff (https://www.instagram.com/nancy.medoff)Grab my best-selling book Unmute Yourself: https://www.amazon.com/Unmute-Yourself-Speak-Stand-Out/dp/B094988YFDJoin the Thrive Hive and receive the Weekly Buzz: ⁠ https://the-thrive-hive-with-nancy-medoff.kit.com/597e99564dVisit my website: https://nancymedoff.com/

Have we overcorrected and lost essential gospel truths? Cardio Miracle, Learn More! - https://cardiomiracle.com/?ref=t4Hpzrm3 Alive and Intelligent Substack - https://aliveandintelligent.substack.com Wavemakers Podcaster Cruise - https://www.cwicmedia.com/wavemakers Greg and Kurt Francom of Leading Saints have a frank discussion about doctrine, family, and modern challenges. Why General Conference Doesn't Talk About This More The battle between restored doctrine and the world's competing stories Understanding Christ requires understanding the problem first The Hidden Cost of Losing Doctrinal Depth Are Latter-day Saints Losing Their Distinctiveness? Why Young Saints Are Losing the 'Why' Cwic Media Website: http://www.cwicmedia.com 

Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party, has admitted to embezzling over £400k of party funds in order to fund his “lavish lifestyle” - using the money to buy everything from luxury watches and fountain pens to a motorhome.Camilla and Tim speak to the deputy leader of Scottish Labour, Jackie Baillie MSP, who says both Sturgeon herself and the SNP leader and Scotland's first minister John Swinney have questions to answer about what they knew at the time.Elsewhere, with Restore deciding to field a candidate in the Makerfield by-election and sexist tweets posted by Reform's candidate Robert Kenton coming to light, are Nigel Farage's chances of beating Andy Burnham slipping away?Producers: Emma Williams and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Charlotte SeligmanVideo Producer: Will WaltersStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyHighlightsWhat did Nicola Sturgeon know and not know about Murrell's spending habits?Will Restore end up splitting the vote on the right in Makerfield? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(0:00) The final hour opens with the guys continuing their thoughts on the NFL scheduling. Plus, the callers give their thoughts on the topic. (13:33) Continuing thoughts on the NFL schedule and if the product is being watered down based on the amount of days the league plays on now. (26:06) Final thoughts from the callers. Plus, the Final Word!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Spike Eskin and Ike Reese debate whether the NFL's expanding schedule across various streaming platforms and days of the week is a benefit for fans or a sign of corporate greed. They explore how mid-week games might impact the league's prestige before shifting to National Decency Day compliments. 01:00 - Intro and Schedule Release 02:50 - NFL Schedule Greed Debate 12:07 - National Decency Day Compliments 16:31 - NFL Popularity and Parity 23:00 - Evaluating Elite NFL Quarterbacks