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April 2009

New Organic Hydroponic Greenhouse in St. Louis Grows Herbs Vertically

April 30, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

A new certified organic hydroponic greenhouse in St. Louis, Missouri has recently opened providing the St. Louis metro area with fresh herbs and, in the future, vegetables. The new operation supplies restaurants, grocery stores and farmers markets with garden fresh produce in less than 48 hours after harvesting.

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Britney Spears Gardens For Her Mental Health

April 29, 2009 urban gardening

Britney Spears has tried yoga, seen numerous counselors and even experimented with mysticism but nothing has worked like gardening to keep her on the straight and narrow. While on tour she bones up on gardening by reading books on the spiritual aspects of the hobby.
Photo/Graphic credit: The Sun online

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Scientist Warning Of Health Hazards Of Herbicide Receives Threats

April 29, 2009 Farm/Garden Politics

The way some of these mega multi-national corporations act, is more like the mafia than a legal business. Organic Consumers Association reports of intimidation against the lead researcher of the study showing the most popular glyphosate herbicide in the world could cause brain, intestinal and heart defects in fetuses.

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International Compost Awareness Week

April 29, 2009 Compost

With the interest in organic gardening comes an increased interest in compost, the simple magic of turning food waste and other materials like straw, paper, leaves, grass clippings, etc. into humus, one of the plant nutrients and soil enhancers of organic gardening. It is only natural then that a week is dedicated to compost and [...]

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Ten Urban Small Space Gardens

April 29, 2009 Organics

This is from a “foodie” site and shows how gardening and food blogs are merging into a synergistic oneness; since we all gotta eat, it might as well be fresh and good!
The gallery of ten different container gardens give inspiring ideas for growing veggies in small spaces on patios or backyards.
Photo credit: tashian’s flickr photostream

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Raised Beds For Your Garden

April 28, 2009 sustainable gardening

I am a do it yourself kind of guy; even though I can’t cut a straight line with either a hand saw or power saw. So I am lucky I have four acres to plant in the open ground. The one drawback of not having frames is certain grasses and weeds send runners underground into [...]

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USDA Sustainable Ag Grants Available

April 27, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

Applications are now available for grants from the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (Western SARE) program.

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Things You Can Compost But Probably Don’t

April 26, 2009 Compost

A growing number of gardeners realize the value of compost and are starting to compost their table scraps and kitchen waste. From WebEcoist are 22 things you may not have known that you can compost.
Photo credit: WebEcoist.com

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The Fox Family Just Showed Up

April 26, 2009 Organics

We have abundant wildlife around our rural property. Rabbits, squirrels, and raccoons are pretty and all, BUT they all either eat our veggies in the garden OR bite into our drip irrigation lines looking for water. I have contemplated getting the .22 out but I just don’t have the heart to pull the trigger. So [...]

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Spring Has Definitely Sprung When Garden Clubs Hold Their Annual Plant Sales

April 25, 2009 Flowers

It is definitely a sign that the season is in full swing when the various garden clubs (there are five or six in Corvallis alone) hold their annual plant sale. Today’s (Saturday) was the Corvallis Evening Garden Club (one of Corvallis’ oldest clubs) plant sale. Plants are priced from $1 to $4 (at garden centers [...]

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