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Seeds in the city: 6 steps to ensure your urban garden is saving you money
4:00PM 9/24/2010
Home, healthcare, Green, 101 saving money, Personal Finance, Food, Family Money, Saving Money
Recently, I decided to take the plunge and do my own backyard garden - even though I live in a very urban city. In addition to empowering me to eliminate Monsanto products from my family's diet and giving me an endless supply of my favorite eats, I thought it might even save me some coin - I spend...
A New York Times blogger argues that wasting food is worse for the environment than a bit of plastic packaging that extends its shelf life, since the methane food produces when it decays. But composting and buying locally would better solve the problem.
Jerry Baker calls himself "America's Master Gardener," and is known for the many plant sprays and fertilizers that he concocts from ingredients you might find around the house. For example, to keep cats from using the soil around a prized plant, he suggests mixing flour, powdered mustard, cayenne...
One of the best and easiest things you can do for the environment is keep a compost bin, either in your backyard or kitchen. Either method is easy and an eco-home trend that's slowly reaching the mainstream. Composting is not only great for the environment, for reducing the amount of methane and...
Top 25 things vanishing from America: #25 -- Pit toilets
2:00PM 7/15/2008
This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America.
By the 2000 Census the number of Americans who lacked indoor plumbing was down to 0.6%. Still, that's...
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