Articles tagged “Gardening”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Green Glossary: Land Sharing By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jan 29 2009 Bonnie Alter of TreeHugger.com calls land sharing "a scheme which puts people with large unused gardens in touch with gardeners wanting space." + READ MORE

Made a Pledge at Starbucks This Week, Get Free Coffee By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Jan 21 2009 We'd rather you brew your own coffee to save gas, money and disposable cup waste but if you find yourself in a java-less jam--this week's the best for making a pit stop at Starbucks. + READ MORE

Start A Garden Right Now By Elizabeth Seward IN Home & Garden Jan 20 2009 Weening yourself off of foods that are so unnaturally unhealthy for you that they don't expire for years after being made should be a positive thing, right? Our bodies don't operate nearly as well on that kind of 'junk' as they do on fresh foods. Which is why you should start your own garden. + READ MORE

Petition to Turn Obama's First Lawn into Organic Garden—Yes We Can! By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jan 16 2009 Writers, farmers, activists and foodies across the country are agitating for a White House garden that grows more than roses. + READ MORE

Human Hair Fertilizer, Understanding CSR Reporting, Bring Your Own Bike Lane, and Eating Beans without Side Effects By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Jan 16 2009 Today on TreeHuggger: Human hair fertilizer, understanding csr reporting, bring your own bike lane, and eating beans without side effects + READ MORE

Grow Food Indoors By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Jan 8 2009 You may pride yourself on eating only locally grown food. But your food can get even more localized. It is possible to grow some food in the comfort of your own home. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Xeriscaping By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Jan 8 2009 Xeriscaping is a "systematic method of promoting water conservation in landscaped areas." It is mostly "used in arid regions, but its principles can be used in any region to help conserve water." Find out what the key principles of xeriscaping are in this introduction. + READ MORE

Should You Buy a Greenhouse? By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 7 2009 The greenhouse effect gets a bad rap in environmental circles, but the effect is not all bad, especially when the effect takes place in a greenhouse. We may despise the infamous effect and what it is doing to our climate, but we can also use the effect to help reduce itself. Building a greenhouse is a green way to grow food in a local and pesticide-free way. + READ MORE

Build An Herb Garden Out of An Old Gift Basket By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 31 2008 More than a few of us probably received a gift basket or two this year. We ate the plastic-wrapped hams, cheeses and candy and tried to recycle the trash from the basket as best we could. + READ MORE

Grow Your Own Organic Wheatgrass By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Dec 30 2008 One of my favorite things is a good shot of wheatgrass, especially if I've had too many cocktails the night before. I'm not really sure if it works, or if I just feel guilty enough for overindulging that drinking grass makes me feel better. Whatever the case, wheatgrass is credited with a host of benefits. + READ MORE

Turn an Old Bicycle Helmet into a Planter By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 30 2008 There are plenty of ways for a bicycle helmet to go bad. It might have served its purpose and been cracked in lieu of your head. It might have become unwearable, straps frayed, plastic chipped, shell dented. + READ MORE

Grow an Un-killable Office Plant at your Desk By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 25 2008 Putting office plants in your workspace is healthy for you, healthy for the environment, and easy on the eyes. Save water, and exaggerate your gardening prowess, with one of these happy indoor plants that's pretty close to impossible to kill. Leave it be on the weekend, or forget to water your plant during a busy hump-day, and a hearty survivor like one of the flora listed below won't even notice. + READ MORE

Renovation Nation Episode: Chelsea, MA, Energy Efficient Lofts By Team Planet Green IN Renovation Nation Nov 10 2008 Today, Steve converts a fire station into a house. Later, Steve helps a real estate developer get over his fear of heights-by climbing a wind turbine. Then, Steve takes on a gardening project in a canoe. Further reading about... + READ MORE

How to Make Mulch from Fall Leaves By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Nov 7 2008 At this point, there might be more leaves on the ground than in the trees. A leaf-swept lawn can drive a yard-enthusiast bonkers or even bananas, but don't be driven silly by the scarlet and amber crush of autumn leaves. You can reuse those leaves to nourish the supple blades of springtime grass. Here's how! + READ MORE

Grow Your Own Gourds By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Nov 3 2008 Gourds are a great way to decorate naturally for the autumn season. I get a bunch of them and put them in a copper colander and it turns into a great centerpiece. If you've got a green thumb and want to try your hand at growing your own, it's not really that difficult. + READ MORE

Grow Your Own Vegetables: The Season Finale—Tomatoes By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 28 2008 I learned a lot from my little urban experiment this summer and I'm going to try again next year (you can tell I'm a true gardener) hopefully with better results. Here are some of my vegetable garden resolutions. + READ MORE

Bad Vibrations: Avoid this Green Gardening Scam By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Oct 24 2008 People who garden or maintain a variety of plants often have trouble with burrowing rodents. Moles, voles and gophers can destroy lawns, flowerbeds and even golf courses. Just look what happened in Caddyshack. People spend fortunes trying to get rid of these underground pests, and most of us want to do it in a way that doesn't hurt the animal or the environment. + READ MORE

It's Cold(er)—5 Tips for Growing Herbs Indoors By Elizabeth Seward IN Home & Garden Oct 9 2008 One of the most gratifying ways to eat organic herbs is to grow them yourself. This is all fine and good for the summer months, but it's not all that helpful when the weather starts turning colder. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Extreme Green By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 1 2008 Some of Tim Dundon's neighbors call him a "modern day green evangelist" but most know him as the "guru of doo-doo." That's right, doo-doo. Tim himself says that everything in his life is "about the number two." This is not far from the truth because Tim has made a business manufacturing and selling compost. + READ MORE

Find a Bike-Share Program, Guerrilla Garden and Learn a New Eco-Word By Jessica Root IN Tech & Transport Sep 5 2008 Learn about five different bike-sharing programs and then try it out yourself. Get into the latest green-thumbed craze dubbed guerrilla gardening. Expand your eco-vocabulary. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE