Designing gardens and landscapes is an intensely personal process, and science won’t be used to dissect it.

These lessons
will, however, analyze the environmental factors that influence plant choice and placement. Much of the analysis will be
targeted to soils, as baseline measurements of soil characteristics are critical to landscape success. Then, you will consider
plant selection in the context of morphological features, life history, physiological requirements, and human interactions.
The hot-button topic of native plants will be discussed to discover whether science supports the perception of native plant
superiority.
The next set of lessons will detail the recommended practices for purchasing healthy plants, preparing and protecting soil,
and planting trees, shrubs, and perennials. This segment contains many controversial topics, and you will examine the
relevant plant and soil science to discover why new approaches are needed.
The fourth segment focuses on caring for new transplants as well as established gardens and landscapes. Again, you will
rely on current plant and soil science as well as soil test results to determine what you should add to your soils and plants
and what you should avoid. Many myths will be debunked as not only scientifically unfounded but ultimately harmful to
both soil and plant health.
No garden is without its problems, and the fifth set of lessons will focus on diagnosing and solving problems. Once again,
you will visit some horticultural crime scenes to practice diagnostic skills. You will discover how to adapt integrated pest
management (IPM) for your home garden and landscape. The philosophy of IPM takes a least toxic approach

DR has become a de facto standard in the industry. It is used by engineers, producers and
audiophiles to better understand how much the dynamic range of popular music mixes are
“crushed” with the use of dynamic range modification tools. The original TT DR also created
a database representing the DR values for over 10,000 tracks and albums. The database is
used for provenance and comparison purposes across the industry.
Note that the DR algorithm is MAAT’s intellectual property, and we have never licensed
another company to produce a DR product. Beware of inaccurate impostors!

DR Basics
Pitfalls of DR measurement
What are DR’s shortcomings? Basically, the problem is psychoacoustic. The simple fact is that
the absence of transients in some acoustic performances will reflect a very low DR, despite
not having compressed dynamic range or hard clipped at all. Let’s say we have a singer accom-
panied by a string ensemble playing legato notes. The singer is belting out loud legato notes
and we will see almost zero dynamic as this kind of sound event is dense by nature and the
absence of transients can’t create a space between peak and average

Some permaculture practices, especially the ones that are based on ecological science, unfortunately are outdated or incorrectly
applied. Ecology as a field began its growth in the 1960s, and in many of the permaculture books, recommendations are coming
from those old texts—from when ecology was pretty young. It’s changed a lot in the decades following, but that information has
not translated back down into permaculture.
VVSome of the other permaculture practices, which include lasagna gardening and Hügelkultur, are not based on scientific
principles. Lasagna gardening is based on mulching to prepare soil for planting and to get rid of weeds and get the nutrients back
in the soil—which seems to make sense. Lasagna mulching involves alternating layers of cardboard (the “noodles”) and compost
(the “sauce”). Hügelkultur means “mound gardening” in German

The particular formalisation I'm teaching addresses four or

five problematic assumptions. The standard resolution of one
of these gives rise to an ugly verb-form: foy or feu or feo. 2 i propose
to the seminar that a better solution would be elufeio (or
perhaps elofeio). 3 It feels like I am replacing words from the
modern Latin languages with terms from ancient Greek.
This is not more 'correct', but it is more elegant. This is not
original thought on my part, but it is a successful attempt to
reach for a more aesthetic solution. I do not delude myself that I
am 'right', but neither can I deny my ability to hold my own in
these matters and teach others this difficult material, formulatedε
λlεoφnαgιρ aοg o by great classical minds.
After some searching I decided that elufeio or elofeio was elephairo,
which, with my non-existent Greek, I'd render as
ελεφαιρο. This is an obscure term, used rarely, whose meaning is
not entirely certain. Elephas means 'ivory' and is the root of