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Tag: Garden

  • 11 Edible Flowers to Grow in Your Garden

    It’s not just fancy chefs that can use flowers to add a little color to a meal; you too can grow your own edible…

  • Build Your Own Underground Greenhouse

    Growing food in the colder months of the year is a challenge, and growers in colder climates that want to extend the crop-growing season are always looking for a better way to do so. Greenhouses are a great option, but they cost a lot of money to construct and heat during the colder months. The…

  • SOAK in a Pop-Up Spa Repurposed from Reclaimed Shipping Containers

    San Francisco startup, SOAK, inspired by Amsterdam saunas and dubbed, “an urban bathhouse for healthy hedonists,” has turned shipping containers into a spa that can be transported to any urban location. Taking measures to “minimize its hedonistic impact,” the spa can operate entirely off the grid or return excess power to the grid. It bears…

  • Why Did You Think They Were Called “Heirloom Seeds”?

    Most of us in the Western world get the majority of our food from the local grocery store.  Generally, they are huge buildings that are stocked with an amazing variety of food from across the planet. These massive food stores, however, depend on a…

  • Hawthorne EcoVillage Joins Minneapolis Green Homes Initiative

    The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota has set a goal of building 100 energy-efficient homes during the next five years in an effort to revitalize neighborhoods in the northern region of the city that have been suffering the most during the economic downturn. Homes will be built on vacant, city-owned lots and will be priced between…