Posts Tagged ‘Soil’
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Looking to grow your own vegetable garden but afraid you don’t have a green thumb? Chris Chapman’s Roll-Out Veg Mat could be just the solution you’re searching for. The corrugated cardboard mat is sowed with four types of vegetable seeds and organic fertilizer all ready to be rolled out - all you need to do is add water and soil. Chapman plans to create different mats for different seasons, keeping in step with changing growing cycles. Complete with fun graphics and instructions, Chapman’s design makes gardening much more approachable to budding green thumbs.
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Tags: botanical, Chris Chapman, Corrugated Cardboard, Different Seasons, Fun Graphics, gardening, Green Thumb, Green Thumbs, home gardening, Mat, Organic Fertilizer, Snap, Soil, urban gardening, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening, Vegetable Seeds
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
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Guardian UK
Poor Obama: not only does he have to contend with Blue Dogs, but now it seems he is being poisoned by lead found in the
People’s Garden at the White House.
In truth, the levels, while not ideal, are far from unusual or unsafe for an
urban garden. The
Guardian states:
The soil in the garden had lead concentrations of 93 parts per millio...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Tags: Blue Dogs, Business & Politics, composting, farming, fertilizer, Food Safety, Garden House, gardening, Guardian Uk, Image, Lead, local food, Obama, obama administration, People, Pesticides, Sewer Sludge, Soil, Stagnation, Truth, Urban Garden, White House
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
In the world of green furnishings there are always a few literalists out there looking to push the envelope and create something truly “green”. Growing and thriving with CO2 neutralizing chlorophyll, Inhabitat’s Top 5 Living Furnishings presents a range of items from the practical to the prototypical. Some are bound by man-made restraints while others grow directly from the soil–in any form or fashion, these designs are truly alive!
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
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What's For Dinner, Honey?
California's San Joaquin Valley has some of the highest natural levels of
selenium (a chemical element that is highly toxic in large doses) found anywhere. It's in the soil and the groundwater, and it ends up in plants. Some species have actually evolved to take advantage of this, building up selenium into their tissues to poison predators. But selenium also ends up in the pollen and nectar of the flowers. Is it poisoning California's bees?...
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Tags: bees, Bees Photo, california, Californian, Chemical Element, Flowers, Groundwater, Honey, Nectar, Plants, Poison, Pollen, Predators, San Joaquin Valley, Science & Technology, Selenium, Soil, Tissues, Toxins, Travel & Nature
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