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Tag: Garden

  • Guest Post: How to Improve Your Garden During the Summer

    Getting your garden into the perfect state may seem a daunting task but with hard work and commitment it can be achieved. With summer now upon us, this is the ideal time to be digging up weeds, planting seeds and bringing your garden to life. Follow these tips to get started. Flowers and Vegetables Nothing…

  • Sustainable Food: Food Myths Busted

    Sustainable Food: Food Myths Busted (via Green Building Elements) Sustainable Foods Under AttackBig Agribusiness loves to throw around dire predictions of impending world hunger. According to their press releases, if not for their genetically modified organisms, petrochemical fertilizers, and their long list of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides, society would…

  • Thinking Green Beyond the Inside of Your House

    Although all of this may seem obvious, it ought to be noted that the insulation capacity of trees is everything but trivial. Some studies demonstrate that having trees around the home in urban settings can reduce energy consumption significantly. In the winter, heating needs can be decreased by 15% while in the summer the cost…

  • More Food and Greener Farming with Specialised Transporters for Plants

    Essential to this are proteins called membrane transporters. Transporters also effectively carry high-energy molecules to where they are needed, help plants resist pathogens and make plants more tolerant to adverse conditions. One challenge is to make crops do these things simultaneously.

  • More Food and Greener Farming with Specialised Transporters for Plants

    Essential to this are proteins called membrane transporters. Transporters also effectively carry high-energy molecules to where they are needed, help plants resist pathogens and make plants more tolerant to adverse conditions. One challenge is to make crops do these things simultaneously.