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Bahai Gardens Added to World Heritage List (photos)
The gardens of the Bahai faith - located in Haifa, Israel - have been added to the list of World Heritage Sites. Check out the photos of this beautiful place. The gardens of the Bahai faith - located in Haifa, Israel - have been added to the list of World Heritage Sites. Check out the photos ... more
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Come Walk with Me - UBC Botanical Gardens
Come Walk with Me in a Garden: The fifth in a series of personal tours by Steve Whysall of the best gardens in Metro Vancouver, featuring the University of B.C. Botanical Garden. Come Walk with Me in a Garden: The fifth in a series of personal tours by Steve Whysall of the best gardens in Metro Vancouver, featur... more
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Boycott corporate produce and seeds - plant a victory garden
Worried about corporate control of the food supply? Resist and stop buying their products. Boycott corporate produce and Monsanto's control of seeds. Plant a kitchen or victory garden.
It's the New Moon now, and a good time now to plant more corn (every 2 weeks until June 20th in N.New Mexico) and you can plant cold weather plants like brachiads into July and August for autumn harvest. In our area, where the summer monsoons have started early, it is also a great time to plant fruit trees and berry bushes to feed your family for generations.
Americans, well into the mid- 1950s, planted kitchen gardens for fresh produce with no transportation costs. The Victory Gardens during World War III helped Americans be more self-sufficient.
You can grow lots of food on a very small area of earth, or even start with an empty coffee can, a few seeds and a bit of soil. A raised bed and intensive farming techniques can yield even more produce.
Nothing is more local.
There are no transportation costs or greenhouse gases used when you grow fresh greens, vegetables, berries and fruit outside your kitchen door like our grandmothers and early Americans did.
Kitchen gardens also eliminate the need for petroleum based plastic and other packaging that adds to the environmental impact and cost of store-bought food.
Check out this link to www.kitchengardeners.org for ideas, news and tips from Kitchen Garderners International - Promoting the "localest" food of all Globally.
www.kitchengardeners.org
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from TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
in Santa Fe, New Mexico where the lavender flowers are purple, fragrant and
ready for harvest.
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Photo "Sunflowers in Carl Gawboy's Kitchen Garden Overlooking Lake Superior" by Charleen Touchette 2006. Worried about corporate control of the food supply? Resist and stop buying their products. Boycott corporate produce and Monsanto�... more -
Video: Japanese Cherry blossoms everywhere in downtown Vancouver
There is a moment in spring when you could be forgiven for thinking Vancouver had nothing but Japanese cherry trees on its streets.
All you see is a giant wave of pink blossoms sweeping through neigbourhood.
This tidal wave of pink reaches its peak from the end of March to the middle of April when all the 'Akebono' and Yoshino cherries are at their most glorious. There is a moment in spring when you could be forgiven for thinking Vancouver had nothing but Japanese cherry trees on its streets. ... more -
Sweeter tomoatoes vs. Corn Syrup
Heinz is hoping to replace corn syrup in its ketchup with tomatoes genetically modified to be sweeter...I wish it was because corn syrup is disgusting and bad for you. Heinz is hoping to replace corn syrup in its ketchup with tomatoes genetically modified to be sweeter...I wish it was because corn syr... more
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