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Pomegranate Gardens
http://pomegranategardens.blogspot.com/
This is a blog that discusses the ideas and procedures we are following to develop this organic garden. This garden is a culmination of many dreams that has manifested itself in this beautiful creation. Our goal with the Garden is to create independent and self-sufficient individuals within a community through education, example and opportunity.
- Added on: Jun 21st, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Kathy Sullivan
- Listed in: Green Home and Garden
- Tags: garden environment community green ecological organic
Recent Posts
A New Start
In the words of John Dewey, we believe that all education is self-education. The work of the teacher is not that of a higher being instilling sacred knowledge into a passive vessel. Instead, a teacher is one who can help guide the learner by provid...
Pomegranate Gardens Explorers
We are getting ready to launch the Pomegranate Gardens Explorers program.We believe that learning happens from within. For learning to take place, you don't need a teacher giving information, you need a facilitator who can provide opportunities for...
It's Official
We are now an official organization. Yahoo! That means we can begin to accept donations and memberships. This is a great achievement and the first step to opening our doors and providing those much needed services.However your donations will still...
In Good Standing
We are currently in "Good Standing" with the Illinois Secretary of State's office. That means that all the required paperwork has been processed and is being sent back to us. We will soon be able to start accepting donations and signing up membersh...
Wash Your Hands - The Antibacterial Question
Do you really need to use antibacterial products? Probably not. A recent study is posted in the Annals of Internal Medicine that points out that most common illnesses are caused by viruses, and not bacteria. In which case the antibacterial is usel...
Ordinary Baking Soda
I got stung by a wasp last summer and while tears started welling in my eyes my husband, the scientist that he is, informs me to use baking soda on a bee sting, but vinegar when stung by a wasp. The trick is to neutralize the venom of the attacker....
