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DIY Greenhouse [Infographic]

February 3February 11Posted in Garden & NatureTagged bottles, build, chicken coop, cons, cool, diy, dome, electrical, foundation, garden, gardening, geodesic, greenhouse, how to, infographic, irrigation, location, plants, plastic, pros, protection, requirements, system, temperature, tips, ventilation, wateringLeave a comment

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A home garden greenhouse may seem like a daunting item on a gardener’s wish list. It comes in the form of a pipe dream or is shuffled into the “one of these days” category.

Greenhouse dreams typically resurface when coming home from a weekend adventure to find freshly emerged seedlings on their deathbeds. Sometimes they can be coaxed back to life and other times they are beyond revival, but these young phyto-children could have been saved with a simple DIY greenhouse.

A greenhouse provides plants with a head start by sheltering them from whatever the weather is up to outside. Greenhouse gardeners can sow seeds weeks before the topsoil is warm enough for outdoor germination. And late-season producers can keep fruiting beyond their outdoor counterparts. With a temperature-controlled environment, a wider variety of species, which would otherwise be intolerant of the climate on site, are available. In addition to supreme growing conditions, herbivory and parasites are less of an issue in a greenhouse, since neighborhood deer or a swarm of locusts can’t get to the protected plants.

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A Sea Full of Trash – Tackling the Plastic Problem [Infographic]

December 12March 27Posted in Man & Nature, Sustainable GuideTagged avoid, beauty, bottle, clen-up, contamination, dishware, garbage, glass, grocery, help, infographic, items, location, materials, ocean, pacific, packaging, paradox, patch, plan, plastic, pollution, problem, products, recycled, reusable, safety, school, sea, supplies, synthetics, take part, throwaway, trash, utensils, waterways, workLeave a comment

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Beyond the landfills and trash heaps moldering in almost every town and city across the globe, manmade garbage has found its way into the natural landscape on a mind-boggling scale. It seems as though there are virtually no places left on Earth free of our rubbish. Junk can be found everywhere – from the bellies of animals and the tissues of our own bodies to the world’s vast oceans.

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Rainwater Harvesting [Infographic]

December 9March 27Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged challenges, collection, drainage, energy, facts, figures, filter, guide, harvesting, how to, location, practice, rain, rainwater, screens, sustainability, system, tips, waterLeave a comment

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Don’t be so quick to reject the water falling from the sky. Turns out harvesting rainwater is an ancient practice with loads of modern-day benefits. Here’s the lowdown on the practice, and how to put the rain that falls on your home to good use.