Source: treehugger.com Published: July 7, 2016 CC BY 2.0 Barbara Eckstein By Derek Markham These natural and DIY pesticides are effective at helping to rid your crops of harmful critters, but safe enough to keep from poisoning you and your family. There’s nothing like...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: July 21, 2017 by Jasmin Malik Chua When the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent began pushing for green roofs, a supermarket wondered if it could do regulations one better. Fast-forward a few years and IGA Extra Famille Duchemin now...
Source: plantnative.org Published: May 24, 2017 Apologies for formatting errors due to docx importing. Curious about native plants? Interested in a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape? Concerned about health and water quality? Or did you just stumble on to this page...
Source: brighterblooms.com Published: May 24, 2017 Sprouting a green thumb have many health benefits for adults, and even makes a great choice to teach children as a hobby they can pursue on their own. Yet you need to be aware of some of the risks and dangers found in...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 18, 2017 Sarah van Gelder, Contributor Boarded-up business districts. Abandoned warehouses. Barns and homes covered by tarps slowly collapsing into the earth. It was startling how often this scene repeated as I drove through...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 15, 2017 Blair Frank Jeff Biggers, Contributor Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils, violets and hyacinth in bloom, among the peach,...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 30, 2017 by Jill Fehrenbacher Spring has officially sprung and it’s a great time to renew your connection to this beautiful planet we call home. One great way to deepen your connection with the earth is to get outdoors, digging...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: March 25, 2017 By Alexander C. Kaufman and Joseph Erbentraut The startup Square Roots is training the next generation of urban farmers in a Bed-Stuy parking lot. BROOKLYN, New York ― Tobias Peggs is already cultivating leafy...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: February 11, 2017 by Yuka Yoneda JetBlue launched the T5 Farm in 2015 as an experiment in urban farming that pushes the boundaries of the local food movement. Click here to watch “A Tour of JetBlue’s Farm at JFK Airport...