Archive for October 2008
Oct 31st, 2008 |
By cathi |
Category: Gardening
Soil preparation is one of the most important aspects of creating an organic garden. It affects everything in the garden, from germination rates and seed failure. So making a good bed for your plants is the single most important thing to make the best and most productive garden. There are a good number of conditions [...]
Tags: backyard gardening, Loam, organic gardening, Organic matter, soil testing
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Oct 26th, 2008 |
By Rick |
Category: Climate Change
Global warming is one of the most popular topics of news programs and worldwide media. The basic assertion of global warming is that the surface of the earth is increasing in temperature. That assertion also implies that human industrial activities are responsible for this temperature increase.
Tags: Climate Change, Energy development, Environment, Global warming, Greenhouse gas
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Oct 24th, 2008 |
By cathi |
Category: Gardening
As soon as that school bell rings on the last day of classes, kids just rush out of their rooms, excited of the freedom they experience once more and the new lessons they will learn in the summer months. But what activity should they spend time on in these three warm months? Why not introduce [...]
Tags: Crop rotation, Organic horticulture, Vegetable garden
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Oct 23rd, 2008 |
By Rick |
Category: Decor
In northern climates when the sun comes out (even if it’s only for a few months of the year) many decor-savvy individuals like to freshen the look of their rooms. Bring summer indoors in full force – without losing the comfortable and cozy furnishings you desire in the cooler months. How can you transform your [...]
Tags: Furniture, Home and Garden, Light, Living room, Whole House
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Oct 17th, 2008 |
By cathi |
Category: Gardening
The rising prices today ranging from food to appliances, all due to the oil price hike, have taken a toll on the contemporary middle-class family. There’s a simple yet cost effective way to cut costs: create a simple vegetable garden. It may seem absurd, but with a vegetable garden, it will cut some costs in [...]
Tags: backyard gardening, Crop rotation, Organic horticulture, Vegetable garden
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Oct 10th, 2008 |
By cathi |
Category: Climate Change, Gardening
You have heard about global warming. You have heard the debates about buying local and buying organic and you have probably tried not to give it too much thought. The truth is that every solution that is provided to you seems to be flawed one way or another: organic is expensive, local is expensive and [...]
Tags: Crop rotation, Global warming, Vegetable garden
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Oct 3rd, 2008 |
By Rick |
Category: Climate Change, Energy Conservation, Taking Care of Business
October 3, 2008, Press Release from: Waves of the Future, Publisher Author Investigates Large-Scale Strategies for Conservation, Global Warming, and the Environment Mark C. Henderson just published a book entitled The 21st Century Environmental Revolution which looks at comprehensive and large-scale strategies for the environment. He argues that such approaches are our best hope of [...]
Tags: Climate Change, Environment, Environmentalism, global climate change, Global warming
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Oct 3rd, 2008 |
By cathi |
Category: Gardening
Image via Wikipedia Man-made pesticides have been thoroughly disrupting our environment since World War II. While it may be true that the concept did succeed in its first few decades, in time their chemicals not only made tougher and more resistant bugs, it has also poisoned a lot of plants that fell victim to the [...]
Tags: Biological Control, Biological pest control, Crop rotation, Organic horticulture
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