Showing posts with label reduce reuse recycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reduce reuse recycle. Show all posts

Saturday, August 28, 2010

DIY Soil Less Seedling Tray

This is my makeshift seedling tray. It's a plastic egg container with the bottom spray painted silver (I think black would be best, but I still had silver spray paint left over). I like this triple sided container because it's very versatile. Close the lid on one side and you have a dark environment, close it on the other side and you have a humidity dome.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Don't Throw It, Grow it!

Magic and wonder hide in unexpected places — a leftover piece of ginger, a wrinkled potato left too long in its bag, a humdrum kitchen spice rack. In Don't Throw It, Grow It! Deborah Peterson reveals the hidden possibilities in everyday foods.

Peterson, former president of the American Pit Gardening Society, shows how common kitchen staples — pits, nuts, beans, seeds, and tubers — can be coaxed into lush, vibrant houseplants that are as attractive as they are fascinating.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Hydroculture

By now we're all familiar with the famous slogan 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle'. Most of us have and are (and shame on you if you're not) recycling our products. That is... we sort our garbage accordingly and place it outside for the recycling truck to come pick it up. But how many of us are actively reducing and reusing our non-biodegradable products? With hydroculture, we can 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle' and be more environmentally friendly with our gardening.