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Organic No-Till Living Mulch Composting: Weed Em and Reap
Featuring Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. Weed ‘Em and Reap Part 2 was produced by Oregon State University, for more information go to www.weedemandreap.org Other Composting Resources
Living Green at Your Vacation Home
Amazon.com Widgets During the week you do all the right things to encourage a green lifestyle. You diligently separate your garbage, recycle what you can, add to a backyard composter, use energy saving lightbulbs and use a programmable thermostat. Then, the weekend comes and off you go to your lakeside cabin and all of this [...]
The Essence of Living Green
Amazon.com Widgets Teach the Children My children love the outdoors, because my wife and I expose them to it. They also love computers, and I am sure if we exposed them to fast foods they would love that as well. It’s all about making good choices and being a good example. I’m not talking [...]
Green Living Tips
Amazon.com Widgets What difference can one homeowner make to the environment? Why, when big polluters are making “green” changes, do we need to change our daily living habits? The answer is simple… children! By making slight and easy changes in the way we look at, and treat Planet Earth today, future generations of children will [...]
Living Green, Living Well
Amazon.com Widgets My children love the outdoors, because my wife and I expose them to it regularly. They also love computers, and I am sure if we exposed them to fast foods they would love that as well (ok, we do sometimes!). It’s all about making good choices and being a good example. I’m not [...]
Enrich your lawn with living cultures from your compost pile
Amazon.com Widgets Growing active, healthy soils involves four things: Inoculating soils with new bacteria and fungi Monitoring PH levels to maintain them at 7.0 Adding carbohydrates (sugar or molasses) to encourage faster growth of bacteria. Monitor moisture levels (see post – Save Water in Five Steps) STEP 1 Soil Innoculation Imported soils in new landscapes [...]