Articles tagged “Composting”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Find A Green Hospital By Dr. John Whyte IN Food & Health Jun 4 2008 You've probably noticed that many hospitals, especially newer ones, are moving away from the sterile, white walled, functional environments to warmer, inviting spaces that incorporate more color, natural light, comfortable furniture and elements of nature.Reusing Materials: Hospitals should make a concerted effort to... + READ MORE

Grow Your Own Veggies By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 29 2008 My mother raised me to think for myself, and to live my life the way I wanted to and ignore what other people were doing and the trends they followed. But now I have a confession to make: I bought some vegetables to grow in my garden, even though everyone is doing it. + READ MORE

Green Foods By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 20 2008 Broccoli, shamrock cookies, peas, lime sherbet... oh wait, this article isn't about those types of green foods... it's about finding environmentally-friendly green foods and preparing green meals like the delicious ones shown on Supper Club! + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden May 19 2008 Get a sneak peak at Espirit's Ecollection clothing. Find your perfect composting method. Learn the link between food and our environment. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Get to Know Your Recyclable Plastics by Number By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 6 2008 We've all seen the little numbers living inside the telltale recycling arrows, and most of us know that they refer to the composition of the containers, which also determines whether or not they can be recycled. Do you know which is which? + READ MORE

Greening the Neighbourhood By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 21 2008 I held a large family dinner last Saturday so I did a lot of shopping during the week and I had the opportunity to make a few observations about the greening of my neighborhood... + READ MORE

What the Heck Does Sustainable Mean? By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Apr 8 2008 Being sustainable is the goal of every environmentally conscious household and individual, because sustainability represents our ability to use Earth's resources to meet our present needs without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. + READ MORE

Catch Up on Your Garden Reading By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2008 While you're waiting for your garden to reawaken from its winter slumber, consider setting some time aside to ease into a comfy chair and catch up on some great gardening reads.Packed with practical advice-such as mulching to reduce runoff, and using beneficial insects to control pests-as well as facts and statistics on + READ MORE

For Peat's Sake, Find a Renewable Alternative By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 18 2008 Gardeners are familiar with peat, compressed into pots and cake-like pellets for starting seeds indoors or used in bulk as a soil enricher, compost component, or an ingredient in planting mix. + READ MORE

Do Something Green on February 29th By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Feb 20 2008 My daughter was born in late February in a leap year; I thought it would be fun if she was born on the 29th, it would make a quarter of her birthdays really special and perhaps save on presents, but alas, my wife could not hang on and she was born five days too soon. + READ MORE

Compost Your Pet's Poop By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 28 2008 American dogs and cats create 10 million tons of waste a year, and no one knows where it's going, Will Brinton, a scientist in Mount Vernon, Maine, and one of the world's leading authorities on waste reduction and composting, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle as saying. You can compost the poop-just don't use... + READ MORE

Think Twice Before Flipping the Garbage Disposal Switch By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 25 2008 In-sink garbage disposals are a great modern convenience, but using them too much stresses your septic system or municipal water treatment facility. Most require about two gallons of water per minute-and that adds up to 700 gallons a year, according to Consumer Reports-and add organic matter, in the form of... + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: Maintain a Poison-Free Home for Your Pets By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 25 2008 In 2006, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) fielded more than 116,000 calls to its Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) hotline, several of which involved seemingly innocuous household items, including plants. Be aware of foods that are inappropriate for pets: Avoid feeding your... + READ MORE

Tend to Your Garden in Winter By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 16 2008 Although many of the perennials grown in the garden slumber through the winter months, the gardener is far from inactive, according to Stephen and Val Bradley, authors of Fragrant Gardening (2003, Laurel Glen). Remove any dead flower heads, yellowing leaves, and other plant debris before mold starts to form, to cut the + READ MORE

Certify Your Backyard as a Wildlife Sanctuary By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 10 2008 Host a healthy and sustainable nature sanctuary, right in your own backyard. Already adapted to local conditions, native plants are easy to grow and maintain, generally requiring less fertilizer and water, as well as less effort to rein in pests.Besides tending to the needs of native birds, you should also extend some... + READ MORE

Composting Basics: Compost Without a Yard By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 10 2008 You don't need a big, roomy yard to start churning out your own compost. Farmers' market: Farmers' markets in certain cities, including the Union Square Green Market in Manhattan, have drop-off bins for organic scraps (such as fruit and vegetable peelings, coffee grounds, tea leaves, and eggshells) that will later be... + READ MORE

Build A Green Kitchen By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 28 2007 Want to build a green kitchen? Use finger-jointed trim (where small pieces of wood are joined together to form a long length of trim).2. + READ MORE

Recycle Your Christmas Tree By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 26 2007 Trust us, recycling your Christmas tree after you've undecked your halls will be a whole lot easier than returning that gaudy appliqué sweater from Cousin Janine or swallowing another morsel of your sister's rock-hard fruitcake. Try "treecycling" your castoff conifer, instead: Many municipalities offer curbside pickup + READ MORE

Composting Basics: Troubleshoot Your Outdoor Compost By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 17 2007 If your outdoor compost stack is giving you grief, the City of Davis has a cheat sheet to cure what ails ya. If the squishy center of your pile remains cool, you may not have enough water, or your stack may be too small.Any other tips for getting a compost pile to purr along like a four-barrel carburetor? + READ MORE

Composting Basics: Troubleshoot Your Indoor Compost By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2007 Nature, unfortunately, doesn't come with tech support, so if your little composting wrigglers are trying to make a break for it, or worse, they're dying en masse, you'll want to bone up on the New York City Compost Project's troubleshooting guide. You might have a problem with too much moisture or you're not covering... + READ MORE