Mother Earth’s Garden

April 23rd, 2008

Don’t Forget to Hug the Earth Today

If you’re looking for more information on how you can celebrate the Earth all year long, check out Tree Hugging Family. They have great green advice all year round.
This month they featured other blogs here at b5media putting their green on for Earth Day. Go check out all the Earthy links in their […]

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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 […]

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March 29th, 2008

Dim The Lights For Earth Hour

You can join millions of others turning off their lights for one hour, March 29th. Our power was out for 2 days after the ice storm earlier this month, we made it through that so one hour should be fun.
5 things to do while the lights are out
1. Talk about ideas you and your […]

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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 […]

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February 17th, 2008

What Is Bee Colony Collapse Disorder? How Could it Affect You?

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is a phenomenon that Scientists have been trying to understand for the last couple years. Worker bees leave their hives and never return. Whole hives disappear within a couple hours. Leaving the queen and her offspring to fend for themselves.
Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, also known as BCCD is an epidemic in […]

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January 16th, 2008

Birdfeeder Bandits

Do you have a difficult time with other creatures helping themselves to your birdfeeder? Don’t feel bad, so do these gardeners.

 
Tags: birdfeeder bandit, squirrel stealing from birdfeeder, raccoon birdfeeder theif, birdfeeder, squirrel, raccoon
 

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September 4th, 2007

Small Town Recycling

I’ve discovered something about small towns, they love their recycling! We’ve moved into a town that at the last census had a population of about 750. There are one of these recycling bins on just about every block. There are four with in walking distance of our new apartment, and they are […]

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September 2nd, 2007

Nature Stories on the Radio

The Nature Conservancy is hosting a five part series radio show on their website called Stories From the Heart of the Land. Jay Allison hosts a score of top radio producers relating their favorite nature stories from all over the world. Some of the stories are pretty interesting, like going face to face […]

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August 24th, 2007

Natalie Portman Helps Save the Planet

I already use daylight bulbs and fluorescent lights in my house, mostly because they use less electricity, and provide a lot more light than regular bulbs. But after watching this video of Natalie Portman and some other big stars explaining how it can help reduce green house emissions and help save the world, I […]

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July 17th, 2007

Guerrilla Gardening

I came across this strange occurrence out of London. Vandals armed with shrubs and flowers are waging war on public places. I’m sure as gardeners and nature lovers we have all walked by a barren patch of land along a sidewalk or park and thought, “That would look so much better if something […]

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