Tag: Fertilizer - Page 2
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Above Average Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Forecast by NOAA Scientists
No, it has nothing directly to do with the BP oil spill, but it won't help things... Scientists supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have just announced that the northern
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Centuries-Old State of the Art Still Useful Today
Outside the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin lie the 6th-century ruins of the Roman settlement of Dara,
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Wisconsin Bans Phophorus In Lawn Fertilizer To Protect Drinking Water And Tourism Industry
Lawn grass only needs phosphorus to establish a root structure - one growing season. An established lawn needs virtually no phosphorus in the nitrogen/phosphorus/potash blend.
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Grist Sheds Light on the Dark Side of Nitrogen
Our friends over at Grist are asking a serious question about the nitrogen dilemma: Is America Fertilizing Disaster? This is the first piece in a series, and is a great primer in nitrogen, its uses, and abuses.
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Ask Pablo: Should We Go Back To Using Horses Instead Of Tractors?
Dear Pablo: What is more sustainable, using a horse or a tractor?
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Urinals Disguised as Trash Cans: Everyday Objects vs Anti-Social Behavior
From the shared flush to the selective flush to the superiority of male pee in compost, I was told by one commenter that my apparent obsession with urine was "a little creepy." But to paraphrase the famous book, everybody pees,
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Is Male Pee Better than Female Pee? The Compost Conundrum
Ahh, pee—From the selective flush to the shared flush to peeing in public to peeing in the shower, there's almost nothing that seems to bring up a livelier discussion here on TreeHugger than how to treat human urine.
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Homemade Bone Meal: A Partial Solution to Peak Phosphate?
Image credit: Asymmetric A looming peak oil crisis isn't the only thing we have to worry about. Jeremy has already noted that the world could be facing a severe phosphorus shortage over the coming century, a shortage that would seriously curtail our
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New NatureMill XE Series of Automatic Composters
Image: NatureMill Mounding kitchen scraps in the backyard is all well and good, but we've got nothing against letting technology speed up nature's progress. NatureMill first blipped on our radar back in 2005, and has been steadily improving its automated
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Researchers Say 'Good To Pee On Tomato Plants' - Just Don't Let The Neighbors See
Now that my tomatoes are done producing for 2009, like all the other gardeners I know, I am planning to do better in 2010. Priority #1
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Omnivore's Delusion and the Joy of Industrial Agriculture
A recent post in The American called "The Omnivore's Delusion" seeks to rebut the "agri-intellectuals" like Michael Pollan et al, whose rarefied opinions do not accord with the experience of real farmers like author Blake
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Stagnation at White House May be Attributable to Sewer Sludge in President's Produce
In truth, the levels, while not ideal, are far from unusual or unsafe for
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There's No Such Thing as Local vs. Organic Food
Let's clear up one issue: There is no such thing as local vs. organic. When it comes to consumer choice, we should be buying local and organic, though for mostly different reasons.Why We Should Buy Local Local is
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Jillian Michaels Wants You to Master Your Metabolism, the Green Way
Calling Jillian Michaels a fitness guru is kinda like saying Oprah Winfrey is sorta influential or Kim Jong-il has a little problem expressing himself. She is a fitness god…or goddess, whichever! She is the go-to for millions of people that want a
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Is Peeing in Public Green?
Image credit: almbfa2004 on Travel Shots Peeing in Public Saves Water - But is it Gross? I seem to be in the habit of sharing my bathroom habits with the world - whether it's the Selective Flush or the Navy Shower. (Perhaps worryingly) people seem to
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A Tale of Two Will Allen's: "Industrial Agriculture One of Most Polluting & Dangerous Industries"
Left: Will Allen, founder of urban farm non-profit Growing Power (Photo: Kate Croft via The White House Organic Farm Project); Right: Will Allen, author of War on Bugs (Photo: Chelsea Green Publishing) Urban agriculturalist extraordinaire and MacArthur
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Excessive Fertilizer Use Decreasing Grassland Biodiversity: Scientists Discover Why
Most TreeHugger readers probably a good handle on the concept that large monocropped fields have lesser biodiversity than more mixed cultivation, and that industrial agriculture uses excessive amounts of fertilizer to
