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Home » Weekly Eco Idea, air pollution, headline
25 June 2009
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Riding around town on my bike, and also driving on the highways between cities, I’m constantly baffled at the number of vehicles I see with just one occupant in them. Considering the cost of fuel, and the economic situation right now, you’d think people would be very interested in finding any way possible to cut costs. Ca... Read Full Story
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Home » Organic Gardening At Home - Green Gardening Tips, featured
18 June 2009
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As annoying as they can be, slugs are actually a benefit in your garden as long as there is a balance between them and their predators. They provide food for various beneficial insects such as beetles. Birds, a welcome visitor to any garden love to devour slugs. Toads, frogs and even centipedes gobble up countless ... Read Full Story
Whats better than having a sunny patch of your property to use as a vegetable and herb garden? Well, growing all of those wonderful, tasty treats without the use of nasty chemical pesticides and fertilizers of course! Thats one of the big reasons that I tend to grow alot of my own veggies through the summer. That, and also because most vegetables that you find in supermarkets are picked before they are ripe, and allowed to ripen either on the truck or on the shelf at the store. They never... Read Full Story
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Home » Energy Saving Tips, Energy Saving, Energy Bills, headline
11 June 2009
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Energy costs continue to rise, and summer time is no exception when it comes to wasted energy around the home. Most households add an airconditioner to their electrical consumption around this time of year, which adds quite a bit more to your bill in the end. The smart home owner will be looking for ways to offset the... Read Full Story
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Home » Weekly Eco Idea, headline, water efficiency
10 June 2009
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There’s been a trend over the last decade or so that is seeing people purchase more bottled water each and every year. Its interesting really, because most people fail to actually read the lables in order to understand just where that water is coming from. Some bottling companies, such as Nestle, are depleting groundwater s... Read Full Story
Well, we had a pretty sweet week fishing for Brookies, Rainbows and Browns. The weather couldn't have been better with a couple of cool, overcast days and a few hot sunny days as well. Numerous bugs were hatching all day long and falling in the evening. All day long we had sulphurs, blue winged olives, pale evening duns, brown drakes, grey drakes and the infamous and massive green drakes. Several different caddis species were hatching and egglaying as well.As usual, we were in Grey county... Read Full Story
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Home » Green Pets, featured
27 May 2009
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Imagine if you could provide the same natural health care for you pets as you can for yourself and your loved ones. No nasty antibiotics or other oddly named chemical concoctions that you can’t really even pronounce! There are alternatives to keeping your best friend….as in your dog, as well as your horses in tip top shape without any of t... Read Full Story
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Home » Green Lawn Care, Weekly Eco Idea, headline, water efficiency
26 May 2009
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Well, were getting to that time of year now when we begin to spend more and more time outside in our yards and gardens. The lawn furniture comes back out, and it looks like it could definitely use a scrub. The car is a little dirty from the last few months of snow, salt and mud in the springtime.
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