Tag: Gardening
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Tobacco Plants Pulled From Window Boxes, Under Threat of Fines
Governmental overreach or sensible enforcement of the rules? A business owner is accused of "promoting tobacco and smoking to children".
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Garden gnomes allowed at Chelsea Flower Show in honour of its hundredth anniversary
It's official: garden gnomes are allowed into the Chelsea Flower Show for the first time ever.
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Want healthier tomatoes? Grow ‘em with LEDs
Recent research shows that growing tomatoes indoors with LEDs produces more nutrient-rich fruit than when growing with fluorescent lights.
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London's top gardens pictured in one charming book
If you are visiting London this summer, or just like garden porn, this is the book for you.
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Monitor your world from your smartphone with these tiny wireless sensors
Keep an eye on temperature, humidity, light levels, and more in your garden or home with these rugged little wireless sensors.
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Make a wine bottle planter for a modern twist on a hanging herb garden
The project can be completed in half a day, for about $30. And you'll have a creative hanging garden for indoor or outdoor plants.
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Build a DIY vertical planter for small space gardening
A creative and ridiculously simple how-to for building your own vertical garden.
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My Cool Allotment is a guide to the prettiest allotment gardens around
Allotment gardens as works of growable art...
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Alabama man feeds the homeless by teaching them to grow their own food
Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.
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9 Products That Help Gardeners Create Healthy, Organic Soil
A teaspoon of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are humans on this planet. These products can help you maintain that diversity.
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Solar technology for farming and urban gardening
Solar power has a place in farms and gardens, with devices designed to do everything from heating water to powering tractors.
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High-tech tools for indoor urban gardening
Unless you're lucky enough to have a yard for a garden, you might have to settle for growing alfalfa sprouts, unless you use some high-tech tools for your indoor gardening efforts.
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What if farmers made house calls?
John Robb at Resilient Communities has better idea for our yards: farmers should make house calls!
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Guerilla gardener brings life back to South Central LA's food desert
A fantastic TED talk by Ron Finley, telling his story about the how and why of guerilla gardening in this rough area is so vastly important.
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This flower chandelier is made from test tubes
Here's a scientific chandlier for fresh flowers.
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12 Plug-and-play home hydroponics systems
If you'd like to grow some of your own food but don't have a yard, an indoor or balcony hydroponics system might be the way to go.
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Sleek hydroponic unit lets you grow a garden in your kitchen
A stylish, home-scaled hydroponic concept design that lets the user control all the variables for easy indoor gardening.
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Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening (Video)
Can't afford a glass greenhouse? Check out how to build your own underground greenhouse for cheaper and for growing veggies 365 days a year, even in cold climates.
