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White Roofs?

Build and Rebuild | December 8th 2009 by Second Project

You may have heard something about "white roofs" in the news, but you may not know how they can help our planet, or a maintenance budget. Most all of the commercial buildings in the world use black roofs. Because they are black, they soak up the sun read more

TammyNPhil

Christmas Cactus Care

Crazy Mom W 4 Boys | December 8th 2009 by Tammy

Many years ago a good friend of mine gave me a Christmas Cactus. It has bloomed a couple of times never at Christmas. I was wondering what I was doing wrong and looked it up.Here is what the pros say:The Christmas cactus sets its buds after experienc read more

pinoyambisyoso

Fortune Plants

Ambothology | December 8th 2009 by Ambo

Related Posts:Green Water PlantsMake Money in PhotographyThis WayLoboc River Floating RestaurantJellyfish World in Hongkong read more

MitchBeard

Triceratopiary

Thank You For Your Thyme | December 8th 2009

Call a garderner! Tell him to bring a paleontologist! Dedicated to a very awesome minion of a certain greek philosopher. Been a lot of travellers of time and space recently. A couple from the 50’s and a Steampunk Ambulance. Bought Diego’s read more

Green Tea to Refresh Your Home

Mom's Blog - The World of Motherhood | December 8th 2009

Adapted from The Book of Green Tea, by Diana Rosen (Storey Books, 1998) http://www.care2.com/ The salubrious effects of green tea are well known – tea leaves pack a whopping punch of antioxidants making their brew one of the healthiest drinks t read more

spiders2

Hydroponics Gardening for Organic Vegetables – hydroponics supp…

Garden Life | December 8th 2009

hydroponic plants receive all the nutrients they need for growing and fruiting from the growing liquid with all the nutrients dissolved in it. Hydroponic nutrients are available in great variety at specialized hydroponic stores. By the way, both chem read more

mattwilkie

Aquaponics in the Philippines

Tropicalpenpals.com | December 7th 2009 by Matt Wilkie

I have mentioned to a few people that im looking into Aquaponics when I go back to the Philippines and the answer from everyone is “what is that?” The video gives an insight but the main thing is that its using fish and plants in harmony. The wa read more

lornasass

MOSS ON FIFTH

Lorna Sass at Large | December 7th 2009

As readers of this blog already know, I love mosses.  I am astonished at how they grow and survive on rocks, creating patterns that rival the best of abstract art. There seems to be an endless variety of mosses, some of which I found growing on a p read more

locksmithninja

What Kind Of Plants Live Near The Coral Reef?

Fish-TV | December 7th 2009 by Camaro Racer

im doing a Biome on tropical oceans (mainly coral reefs) but i cant find any plants that live near them. can anyone help me read more

Aerelonian

Unknown Vine

Plant Zone | December 7th 2009 by Andrew

I have no idea what this plant is but it's really strange.  It has small white flowers that eventually develop into green seed pods.  These then turn a deep, shiny black.  If anyone can identify it I would really appreciate it.  I read more

benji1a

How Plant Science Can Help to Fight World Hunger

My Oursourced Brain | December 7th 2009 by Benjamin

Along human history, more than 7000 plant species have been collected or cultivated by humans, but according to Food and Ariculture Organization from the U.N. (F.A.O.) about a 95% of human caloric needs is provided by only 30 crops plants, and four o read more

pinoyambisyoso

Green Water Plants

Ambothology | December 7th 2009 by Ambo

Related Posts:Fortune PlantsThe Green HopperThis WayLoboc River Floating RestaurantLiliw Church read more

grindinc

Yellow Dream

Open Shutter | December 7th 2009 by Grind

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willowbatel

Peace Lily

Willowbatel's Blog | December 6th 2009 by willowbatel

I think I’ll talk about the Peace Lily today. Care: There are many variations of the Peace Lily (I have four different variations) and they all require different care. For the most part though, these instructions will apply to most Peace Lilly. Th read more

leslee

Shopping for Produce Can be Fun

Organic Vegetable Gardening | December 6th 2009 by Lee Power

Whatever the economy does, grocery prices always seem to go no where but up. Luckily, there are some proven ways to save on groceries and here are a bunch of them that you can use. read more

panDo

w środku lasu / in the middle of the forest

no color | December 6th 2009

Gdzie / Where: ElblągAparat fotograficzny / Camera: OLYMPUS E-520ISO: 200Ekspozycja / Exposure: 1/60 sPrzesłona / Aperture: 5.0Ogniskowa / Focal length: 25mmUżyta lampa błyskowa / Flash: Nie / NoShare read more

midave

Tolak Jerawat Soap – Sari Ayu – Preventing Acne – 80g

Midave - Indonesian and Asian Groceries | December 6th 2009 by Midave

Variety of herbs and useful plants and flowers pepiris folium contains a useful herb for preventing acne. Tolak Jerawat Soap makes the skin clean, soft yellow glow. More….. read more

antoine17

Houses

Botanical Medicine Posts (BMP) | December 5th 2009

In the US most houses have a significant area surrounding the actual house for landscaping and/or gardening. This area often contains trees for shading during the hot summer month. It also keeps the area looks "natural". Plants are the lungs of this read more

willowbatel

Packin’ Slugs

Willowbatel's Blog | December 5th 2009 by willowbatel

We spent most of the day moving all of the junk we have outside, to underneath the carport. We’re hoping to be moved out of here by the 20th, and I might be able to get some pictures of how bad things are here tomorrow. I can’t believe how much j read more

jennabee25

Snow-covered [Flickr]

The Photography of Jenn Dixon | December 5th 2009 by Jenn

jennabee25 posted a photo: More from our first snow. read more

blueglimmer

Self Watering Herb Garden

Where Can I Buy Online? | December 5th 2009 by Michelle Crofts

Dirt and mess-free, this powerful plant growing machine nurtures and grows your choice of herbs, flowers, peppers or berries. Fill the plant grower to capacity and a few months later, you’ll be eating healthy homegrown produce - far fresher tha read more

scarecrowsprinkler

Marijuana Garden Saver: Handbook for Healthy Plants (Paperback)

Scarecrow Motion Sprinkler | December 5th 2009

Utilizing a handy, field-guide style, this book is divided into five sections by problem type: Pests, Diseases, Environmental Stresses, Nutrient Deficiencies, and Controls. Problems are alphabetized within each section and identified in full-color read more

rochellegreayer

Tales of Light: Garden of Knowledge by Heidi Romano

Studio 'g' | December 5th 2009 by Rochelle Greayer

The holidays are coming and great gifts are needed.  Idea # 1 - beautiful photography by Heidi Romano. These images were taken at the School of Botany - Melbourne University Herbarium. Some of the specimens are over a hundred years old. You can read more

leslee

Growing Lavender Indoors – Enjoy the Aroma

Organic Vegetable Gardening | December 5th 2009 by Lee Power

Jane could smell lavender in her imagination and see its beautiful purple flowers. It was too bad that she had so much difficulty getting it to grow indoors. She understood that many people have trouble getting herbs to grow indoors, especially over read more

sharkbytes

Walking and Writing

My Quality Day | December 4th 2009 by Joan Young

Ellen came, and we did go for a short walk. My stupid leg was too sore to go any farther, and I didn't do it any good. Now I'll have to be really careful for a few days. We ended up just doing the loop along the Pere Marquette River that you've see read more

newindian

Soy peptide lunasin has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory properties

Zamp BioTopics | December 4th 2009 by Zamp

Two new studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health con read more

debsgarden

A time to rest

Deb's garden | December 4th 2009 by Deborah Elliott

"For everything there is a season." I was busy with meetings today, but by three o'clock I was free to explore my garden. I almost didn't do it. I was tired. I had worked hard the last two days and I have to work all weekend, as well. I looked at my read more

Liisa

Tipsy tazettas

The Intercontinental Gardener | December 4th 2009 by The Intercontinental Gardener

Narcissus tazetta, photo by Richard Bloom. My tipsy bulbs still only have tiny green shoots on them...Paperwhites, Narcissus tazetta, are one of my favourite flowers to force indoors; I love their exotic scent announcing that Christmas is just around read more

Botanists Discover Garden Vegetables Are Carnivorous Predators

Impact Lab | December 4th 2009

Botanists have discovered for the first time that the plants are carnivorous predators who kill insects in order to “self-fertilise” themselves.  Garden vegetables such as tomatoes and potatoes have been found to be deadly killers on a p read more

perra

Blommar fortfarande.

North and South photoblog | December 4th 2009 by Fredrik persson

Inte den mest färgglada blommsterbilden vi har här i bloggen, men det är iaf en blommande blomma nu i början av december. //Fredrik Posted in Fredrik Persson, Plants, Skåne read more