You must be one of the smart people who already decided to get an aquaponic system and set it up in order to have wonderful meals each and every day for you and your family as well. If you are one of those people then first you need to understand [...]

These five living furniture projects take garden furniture to a whole new level. Not just pieces that occupy a garden, these creations include living plants. Pooktre Chair by Peter Cook Imagine relaxing in a chair that is also a tree rooted in the ground. That’s what Peter Cook did with [...]

The houseplants simply help you in providing some extra amount of care and moisture to your plants found at your greenhouse. You could see a number of small and blooming kinds of plants growing inside the greenhouse provided you have the right place for them to grow and live even [...]

There you are—craving a fresh salad but you don’t want to drive to the grocery store, and the only thing in your refrigerator even resembling a green vegetable is a slice of molding bread.   What can you do? Break out the pioneer spirit and head to the backyard. Look [...]

A new study from the University of Colorado has found the positive effect plants have on families. The findings of the new study suggest that plants, like humans and animals, have the ability to be altruistic. Sound nutty? Continue reading. The researchers cultivated the corn and harvested more than 100 ears over [...]

Life in the big city can leave a person feeling out of touch with nature.  It’s a little too industrial, with too much noise, too much steel and concrete and, well just too much.  We can’t help but feel as though something is missing, especially during the winter time, when [...]

Creating environmentally friendly landscaping with native plants is one of the best ways to make your home more beautiful, more valuable, and a more pleasant, healthful place to live. Whether you bask in an arid desert or you enjoy the bitter winter beauty of Minnesota, there are many native plants [...]

Do you have a special liking towards the green plants? Do you wish to grow them in your garden or open area? If your answer is yes, the Hobby greenhouses are just the perfect requirement for you. With the help of these covered houses, you will be able to grow [...]

This school year the teachers are in trouble– and the first bell hasn’t even rung! Canadian news is buzzing with warnings that many teachers using live organisms as teaching tools are wrongly disposing of their subjects afterward (read: letting them go outside) and that “many of the most popular species including [...]

1. Transplant Instead of direct seeding, planting crops that were started in pots/trays means they’ve built up some strength to fight back against predators, or at least can handle some feeding. If you don’t want to start the transplants from seed yourself, you can buy starts from a garden center [...]