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Mother Earth’s Garden

Archive for the ‘eco-friendly gardening’ Category

April 3rd, 2008

Grow Green Gardens and Lawns, Not Green Streams and Rivers

Since Earth Day is April 22nd, I wanted to start the month with information on what you can do to help keep our streams and rivers clean.
What you do in your yard or garden can affect streams and rivers miles away.
Since the property we live on all runs down hill to a creek […]

By linette -- 3 comments

March 25th, 2008

Food Network Has You Eating Green

I was browsing through The Food Network earlier tonight, and discovered they have a whole section devoted to eating green. They discuss the criteria for organic, sustainable, natural, and locally grown food. They also discuss hormone free, free range, grass fed, and antibiotic free, and the definitions for those terms. It’s a nifty little guide.
I […]

By linette -- 2 comments

February 26th, 2008

Gardening Leap

Since this year is a leap year it’s a great time to reflect on where you’re going with your garden. Where will you be in your gardening efforts in 4 years, where were you 4 years ago?
I have  always leaned toward gardening naturally and organically, but I think I pay more attention now to where […]

By linette -- 2 comments

February 7th, 2008

Cowpots: Biodegradable Pots for Seedlings

Gardener’s Supply has eco-friendly biodegradable Cowpots. Matt and Ben Freund, two Connecticut dairy farmers who were looking for an environmentally responsible way to dispose of cow manure, created the Cowpots.
The Cowpots are created from completely composted dry manure, mixed with natural fibers. What impressed me most is that Cowpots are 100% biodegradable. The pots will […]

By linette -- 6 comments

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