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2010
Mar
10
When to Plant Vegetable Seeds
“Wondering when to plant vegetable seeds? Confused by the information on packets? I know I ...”
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Garden Friends in February
“Writing about gardening has brought me many wonderful garden friends. Here are some of the ...”
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Why Do You Garden?
“There are all kinds of reasons to garden. Gardening is for people who... munch on fresh, ...”
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Step by Step Gardening Club
“Do you want to plant a new garden this year, pick out some flowers to ...”
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Treat the Earth Well
“"Treat the Earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was ...”
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Nature Is To Be Respected
“"Nature is to be respected, not just controlled. Nature is a process that includes us, ...”
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2009 Best of Loving Nature's Garden
“Happy 2010 to you. 2009 has been a great year here at Loving Nature's Garden. ...”
2009
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3 Days of Green Give Aways
“Come by for 3 days of Green Give Aways, starting this afternoon, Monday, December 28th, ...”
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It's Better Not
“"It's better not to pursue a past that has already been lost." Zhang Liangnang, ninth century, ...”
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We Need Trees
“Stop and think about it for a minute. Trees are amazing, incredible, highly useful, and ...”
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To Live in this Place
“"To live in this place is, in part, to destroy it; that is the paradox ...”
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Fun With Sticks - Build a Shelter
“There's something both primitive and comforting about knowing how to build an emergency shelter out ...”
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In the End
“"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what ...”
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Planning a Nature Garden
“Planting a garden is one of the greenest things you can do. It's the ideal ...”
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When I Was a Kid
“"When I was a kid, I used to annoy my parents with questions like 'How ...”
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Tallgrass Prairies
“"Here were seas of grass sometimes taller than a horse and rider, carpets of wildflowers ...”
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Sixteen Things You Should Know About Life
“"To see life as a whole - to observe what all life has in common ...”
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Montessori Great Lessons - all things are connected
“"... all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to ...”
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Self-sufficiency is Not the Solution
“"We do not think the solution to environmental crises is self-sufficiency, because such a condition ...”
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The Amazing Hummingbird
“Hummingbirds are truly amazing. As a testament to the hummingbird, winner of the Favorite Backyard ...”
Oct
31
Are we heading for destruction?
“"There is some evidence that the fall of great civilizations like Greece and Rome is ...”
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Favorite Backyard Critters Contest
“Many critters can be found in your backyard, whether you have are deliberately gardening for ...”
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Nature is Found in the Heart
“"Nature is found in the heart; music is found in nature." Kitaro, Kitaro Synthesizer Musician, VHS”
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The World is Like a Calm Pond
“"Certain people have said that the world is like a calm pond, and that anytime ...”
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Can We Heal Our World?
“"With every person who grasps that we are all interconnected, and dependent on a healthy ...”
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He Who Can, Does
“"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. A learned man is an idler who kills ...”
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Natives vs Invasives
“This is the natives vs invasives debate, or maybe the flower gardeners vs conservationists debate! ...”
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Namaste
“'The word "namaste" comes from Sanskrit and means "That which is divine in me bows ...”
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Green Change
“What motivates people to make green change in their life? According to the New Scientist, ...”
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Simple Ceremonies
“"One of the greatest pleasures in life is to choose to create everyday ceremonies for ...”
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Remind Me
“"Remind me each day that the race is not always to the swift; that there ...”
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Good Gardening
“I keep finding good gardening links. So many people have great things to say about ...”
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Handmade Community
“When I'm out driving, which I do as little as possible, I usually listen to ...”
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Tuesday - Green Bloggers
“Tuesdays at Loving Nature's Garden are now going to be used to showcase green blogs, ...”
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Evil People
““If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary ...”
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The Good Life
“What does the good life mean to you? Are you living the good life, or ...”
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Boys and Girls Come Out to Play
“"Boys and girls come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day, Leave your ...”
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Green Earth News 07/28/09
“What's happening? Here's my pick of the Green Earth News for this week. Good things ...”
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7 Wonders of Nature
“Which wonders of the world will be chosen as the New 7 Wonders of Nature? ...”
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Happy Thought
“"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be ...”
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ListPlanIt Winner
“We have a winner! The winner of the ListPlanIt giveway, and one year of fabulous, ...”
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Prairie Flowers Conversation
“Here is a conversation I had yesterday with a very nice lady, who lives in ...”
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Splash, Learn, Contribute
“Here's a fun activity which will have you, and your kids, friends and community splashing, ...”
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Green Earth News
“Here's some good news, Green Earth News, news about positive change for our wonderful planet, ...”
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Green Earth Dream
“I have a guest post up today at The Good Human. Thanks David, I enjoyed ...”
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Across the Prairie
“"Starting on May 5, 1983, Vicky Foth and I walked for the next eighty days ...”
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Get the List Bug with ListPlanIt
“Here's a give away for getting your garden, family, and even your camping trips organized. ...”
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Kids Write About Our National Parks
“Today the winners of the National Park Foundation Junior Ranger Essay competition were announced. The ...”
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World's Fastest Animal
“Have you ever wondered what you would see if you traveled with the world's fastest ...”
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America the Beautiful
“"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain!" Katharine ...”
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Stuff, Stuff, Stuff
“I've got too much stuff. I've got art stuff I'm not using. I've got shelves ...”
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Prairie Flowers
“The Kansas prairie is so hot, but the prairie flowers are so beautiful. It's worth ...”
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Products of the Earth
“"...the basis of all civilizations rests on the products of the earth." Maria Montessori - quoted ...”
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5 Features of Sustainable Communities
“When you think about sustainable communities what do you think of? Here are some things ...”
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Green Earth
“I feel very blessed to live on our beautiful green Earth. In fact I just ...”
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Al Gore Urges You to Write
“Today I just want to mention one piece of green news, news that came to ...”
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Nature Rocks or Does It?
“Getting outside is big stuff these days. I recently came across another site which nurtures ...”
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We're Not Raising Grass
“"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother ...”
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A Bus, A Lady, Some Kids, Some Dirt, and A Queen
“You may have heard of The White House Garden and Michelle Obama planting and harvesting ...”
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How Does Love of Nature Arise?
“I've been puzzling over the love of nature and how it arises. In fact I've ...”
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Flush Doggy Review
“In case you are worried, rest easy, no doggies were harmed in the writing of ...”
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Earth Bag Houses
“This week I came across a style of house building I'd not seen before. Bags ...”
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Garden Corner 06/11/09
“Today I figured out why I'm always seeing tomato supports on sale at garden places. ...”
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It Doesn't Have to be Complicated!
“Eat outside - being outside doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes I think when we are ...”
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Tuesday Tidbits
“Here are some Tuesday Tidbits - little bits of fun information and news gathered from ...”
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There is no merit in just thinking..
“"There is no merit in just thinking about doing something. The result is exactly the ...”
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Living in the Shire
“Perhaps I have a secret desire to be a Hobbit, living in the Shire, under ...”
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10 Tips for Happy Family Camping - part 2
“Last week I gave you the first 5 of my 10 tips for happy family ...”
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News
“We interrupt normal programming to bring you these important messages. "There will be no Weekly ...”
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3 Fabulous Bird Photographers
“During the last week I've come across some fabulous bird photographers, courtesy of hummingbird2 whom ...”
May
31
The Right to Happiness
“"I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is ...”
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Green Book Festival Winners
“Looking for some green summer reading? Back in April the Green Book Festival was held ...”
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Heat Your House with Soda Cans
“While reading around the web yesterday I was very intrigued with this YouTube video of ...”
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10 Tips for Happy Family Camping - part 1
“When you decide to plan a family camping trip you want it to be a ...”
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Weekly Earth News 05/26/09
“It's time for the weekly Earth news and there's lots of good stuff to report ...”
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Animal Camouflage
“Today I found a slide-show of animal camouflage photos, through @eco_jo on Twitter. You can ...”
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The Power of Worms
“"...Andre Voisin, who studied grassland ecology... grew so enthusiastic about the achievements of earthworms that ...”
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Earth Homes - #1 Earthship
“ Does this look like your dream home?”
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Weekly Earth News 05/19/09
“Here are my choices for the best Earth news for this week. Which is your ...”
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Roots & Shoots
“Roots and Shoots is a youth program, founded by Dr Jane Goodall (of the chimpanzees), ...”
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The Power of Colors - Colorful Personalities
“"I believe that my most important goal in life is to touch others and to ...”
Best Raised Bed Gardening Books at Amazon.com
“I decided to look for the best books for raised bed vegetable gardening at Amazon.com ...”
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Answers to Perplexing Green Questions
“You know those perplexing green questions that leave you scratching your head and not taking ...”
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Shades and Textures of Green
“ My Kansas garden corner is so amazingly green this week.Enjoy! ”
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3 States Who Are Promoting Outdoor Activities
“It seems I'm not the only one who is promoting the idea of getting outside ...”
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The Happy Mother
“..I've twa bonny bairns the fairest of a',They cheer up my heart when their daddie's ...”
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The Perfect Mother's Day Gift
“What is your idea of the perfect Mother's Day gift? Which of these would you ...”
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Safe, Sustainable, Food and Water - Consumers Union
“Safe food and safe water are arguably our most precious resources. I don't take them ...”
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Going on a Treasure Hunt
“Have you ever sent your kids on a back yard nature treasure hunt? This is ...”
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Weekly Earth News
“I must have read 100 headlines. I've picked out 21 great Earth related news items ...”
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I'd Rather Feel the Earth...
“Who will love a little SparrowWho's traveled far and cries for rest?..."I will," said the ...”
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5 Great Books for Bird Loving Moms
“Being a fan of our feathered friends, I've managed to amass over the years a ...”
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Beans Are Better Than Steak!
“It was Saturday night and I was in the kitchen cooking. "Can't we have beans ...”
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Top Earth News
“Everywhere I look I am seeing green. It's the beauty of spring; I feel so ...”
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The Spirit of the Land
“"As I look at the people, the places, and the countries where I go, I ...”
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3 Classic Reads for Animal Lovers
“I find myself coming back again and again to read classic books, books I read ...”
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10 Simple Earth Day Ideas
“It's so beautiful here - I need to get outside and plant seeds. Before I ...”
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Earth Day News
“With Earth Day coming right up I thought it would be appropriate to share Earth ...”
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“The following extracts come from chapters 2 and 5 of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to ...”
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Best of Amazon.com For Earth Day
“Earth Day may be over, but caring for the Earth can happen every day of ...”
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Green and Nature Links
“Here's a collection of green and nature links. Good things for Mother Earth, some sweet ...”
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The glory of spring how sweet!
“The glory of the spring how sweet!The new-born life how glad!What joy the happy earth ...”
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5 Tools for Planting a Vegetable Garden
“When it comes to planting a vegetable garden, I'm a lazy gardener, and also a ...”
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5 Great Things for Mother Earth
“Scanning the green news columns today, I came up with 5 great pieces of news ...”
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Nature Places?
“Places where we experience nature can be special. They may be places we like to ...”
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Each Living Creature
“"Each living creature is worthy of our respect.""...thousands of us know the peace that can ...”
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The Power of Two
“Much has been written about heroes, heroines, famous individuals, and how "it only takes one" ...”
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Garden Corner 04/02/09
“I was a little worried about my little Kansas garden corner last weekend, what with ...”
Mar
31
Weekly Earth News 03/31/09
“Searching through the news stories this week I found lots more good news, news that ...”
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After the Storm
“"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever ...”
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Need, Want, WIBNi
“I think we've all heard of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle but have you heard of Need, ...”
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Weekly Earth News 03/24/09
“Judging by the time it took me this morning to sort through the environmental news, ...”
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Water, Water, from Where?
“Where does your water come from? Sometimes I find myself taking our clean water supply ...”
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The Wealth of Water
“"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry." ~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, ...”
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Green Fingers at the White House
“I was absolutely delighted to hear yesterday that the Obama family are digging up 1100 ...”
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Weekly Earth News
“Here's a round-up of pleasant and encouraging news, with links, from around the web, taken ...”
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Which Biome?
“Each of us lives in a biome - "bi·ome (bī′ōm′) - noun - any of ...”
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The Gift of Light
“"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own." ~Ben ...”
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Frugal vs Organic
“When you are out at the grocery store and comparing 2 items do you find ...”
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Green Kids Activities
“The variety of green activities to do with kids is pretty extensive. I got to ...”
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Growing Green News 3/10/09
“There's enough doom, gloom, and sensationalism out there for us to read from the mainstream ...”
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Memories of Green Growing Things
“I lived the first six years of my life in a two level terraced house ...”
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Genuine Interest Cannot Be Forced
“"It should be realized that genuine interest cannot be forced. Therefore all methods of education ...”
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Lazy Gardening - choosing seeds
“I'll admit it. I'm a lazy gardener. Why dig with a heavy spade if spreading ...”
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Depression Cooking
“Are you worried about the next Great Depression? If so, take heart. People are resilient. ...”
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Green News
“Here is a roundup of today's Green News from the web. Bad Stuff Some of the news ...”
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Feb
28
Trees
“"For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is ...”
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CSA - Community Supported Agriculture
“Have you heard of CSA, Community Supported Agriculture? CSA is a way to get fresh ...”
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Green Guilt?
“I've been thinking about green guilt. Do you worry about the state of our planet? ...”
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Birds
“He clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the ...”
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Winter to Spring
“Sometimes it's hard to wait for spring to come. But when it gets here, we'll ...”
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Green News Sites
“There is a lot of green news around. It seems the biggest challenge is choosing ...”
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The Seed of Learning - Shinichi Suzuki
“"Oh - why, Japanese children can all speak Japanese! The thought suddenly struck me with ...”
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Watch Seeds Grow
“We tend to think of plants as stationary. Maybe that's one reason why time-lapse photography ...”
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Growing Green News
“"What would happen in in 50 years' time the world suddenly stopped burning fossil fuels? ...”
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Loving Nature's Garden
“"In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers ...”
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Growing Green News
“The White House agenda on energy and the environment. What do you think?”
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Spring, Change
“"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" ~Percy Bysshe Shelley"Change is inevitable ...”
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Growing Green News
“In the Growing Green News this week: From the Whitehouse President Obama starts the ball rolling with ...”
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2008
“So far so good!”
Dec
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Around the Greenosphere
“Take a trip around the Greenosphere with the blog link roundup at 5MinutesforGoingGreen. I submitted ...”
Oct
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Good Hikes
“After my article on Mountain Love I got to thinking about what makes a good ...”
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Permaculture Gardening
“Below is a selection of links on the topic of permaculture gardening: Midwest Permaculture - a ...”
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My Green Improvements List #1
“Last night I was rereading Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison. I was particularly struck ...”
Aug
31
I Admire You Because...
“I admire many things in other people. I admire you because... You bake your own bread ...”
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Life is Amazing!
“And full of surprises! I went out this morning to water my garden and was ...”
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Sunrise Over Suburbia
“This morning I stopped to notice a beautiful rising sun. Yet somehow a sunrise over ...”
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I Want an Allotment!
“,I was out doing fall vegetable seed planting in my garden yesterday afternoon when suddenly ...”
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Returning to Center
“What allows you to return to center? When life is hectic and you don't know ...”
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Air Dry Your Laundry Round Up #1
“I found so much information on air drying laundry that I need to 'clear my ...”
Air Dry Your Laundry Outside
“It's hard to air dry any decent amount of clothes if you don't have something ...”
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Green Laundry Challenge #1
“Many times I've found myself hampered - ha! ha! - by perfectionist tendencies. Sometimes change ...”
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Scotland to Spend $1.4M on Four Beaver Families
“OK, it sounds crazy. $1.4 million on four beaver families? What are the Scots thinking? ...”
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John Muir - A Scottish Boyhood
“John Muir was born in 1838, in Dunbar, Scotland. The Story of My Boyhood and ...”
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