gardening

A round-up of ten of the best composting methods

Interview with Google's Gardener.

We're not eating mud, but price gouging and rice rationing have arrived in the U.S. What does this mean? Got any room in the backyard for a garden?

I want to share this Anastasia book series with earth lovers everywhere. They are solution orientated. They will redefine your sense of "green" and natural. Author Vladimir Megre. Explore life with in Siberia Russia with Anastasia.

One of the best gardening site on the web. very short precise and informative!!

Some people might ask what the heck gardening has to do with “Green Home Improvements”. I feel that in order for people to feel good about the environment they first need to like it. Once you begin to like the environment you can begin to find ways to protect it. Since most people enjoy the benefits of flowers and gardens, I feel that adding a flower or vegetable garden is a perfect “Green Home Improvement”!

Colleen is a professional beach volleyball player who puts a mark on her thigh at 1 meter to start a conversation with kids about global warming. She tells them about very fun and positive things they can do - bike and walk, plant a garden and help their parents save energy.  She listens to them and gives them temporary tattoos at the one meter mark so they can remember.

George Monbiot shares his vegetable growing tips.

As summer approaches I've been debating what kind of garden to have this year. Last year I tilled a small portion of my backyard and planted all kinds of plants, but was only able to grow some tomatoes. I was doing some research about gardening and came across the National Wildlife Federation's "Garden For Wildlife" section of their website.

Here's a video about living seasonally at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Daily routines are largely influenced by the current season - winter is a time for relaxing, socializing, indoor projects, spring planning, and most importantly, staying warm. And by the end of winter, members are gearing up and itching for spring with new or continuing building projects and gardening plans.

If you live in the suburbs, like I do, the yard around your home is the closest you come to the natural environment on a day to day basis. This begs the question - Is your yard a natural environment? In his book 'Bringing Nature Home' Douglas Tallamy makes a case for replacing alien invasives in the home landscape with native plants specific to the area.

It just has a bit of removing of screws, rewiring and then a bit of painting. The solar powered lawn mover will also allow you to save on fossil fuel consumption and since you are working outdoors anyway, charge is never a problem.

This is my website, a weblog/journal concerning my family and I going off the grid. I want to share all the information I can with my fellow environmentalists. I update as regularly as possible, and hope that you'll join me.

Is eco-correctness the new social phenomenon - the 21st century taboo?

I suspect that most of us on Hugg already do garden, but here's a quick breakdown of a few economic advantages to gardening. If you don't garden, read it. If you do garden, use it to convince your friends that don't.