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| Be a Greener Reader
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By Ellen Brown
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 If you like to read, you might be interested to know that it takes somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 trees to print 1,000 books. At first glance this may not sound like much, but consider the fact that about 3 billion books are sold each year worldwide.
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| Posted on: 10/19/2009 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| How To Naturalize Bulbs
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 We've all seen the pictures. Masses of tulips or hyacinths growing like wildflowers among trees or in grassy meadow, looking like they've been there since the beginning of time. These bulbs have been naturalized.
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| Posted on: 10/15/2009 | 3 Feedback(s) |
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| Preparing For The First Frost
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 For gardeners in most zones, the end of the growing season is signaled by the onset of the first frost. No matter when it arrives, it always seems painfully early.
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| Posted on: 10/08/2009 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| New Gardeners Should Adopt a Guilt-Free Philosophy
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 Gardening should be a relaxing and pleasurable pastime, not a guilt trip. If you're new to gardening, losing plants can seem especially devastating. Adopting a guilt-free gardening philosophy can help you keep some perspective.
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| Posted on: 10/06/2009 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Saving Zinnia Seeds
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I would like to know how to collect zinnia seeds from the flower heads?
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| Posted on: 10/03/2009 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| Garden Safety Tips
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By Ellen Brown
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 Gardening may seem like a low-key leisure activity, but it involves a lot of tools and at times, a lot of physical effort. Each year hundreds of thousands of people visit the emergency room for gardening related injuries.
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| Posted on: 10/01/2009 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Setting Time With A Simple Horizontal Sundial
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By Ellen Brown
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 Thousands of years ago sundials were the primary means used to keep track of time. Early sundials tracked the length of daylight through changing seasons, dividing the hours from sunrise until sunset into equal parts.
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| Posted on: 09/24/2009 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Soda Can Plant Labels
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By Ellen Brown
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 One of my favorite garden crafts is making homemade plant labels from aluminum cans and wire clothes hangers. Not only are they inexpensive and durable, but these labels are actually attractive and fun to make.
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| Posted on: 09/17/2009 | 3 Feedback(s) |
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| Tips For Growing Eggplants
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By Ellen Brown
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 Eggplants like to be pampered. These divas of the vegetable garden have a very low tolerance for stress, so unless your garden is in the perfect zone, growing them successfully is going to require a little bit more of your time and attention than usual.
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| Posted on: 09/15/2009 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Organic Gardening: Floating Row Covers
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By Ellen Brown
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 Row covers are wonderful and often underutilized organic gardening tools. Made out of lightweight, synthetic fabrics, they can be placed over entire rows of plants or individual pots for a variety of purposes, all of which usually result in greater yields.
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| Posted on: 09/10/2009 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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