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How to Make a $12 DIY Compost Bin (and 50 Things You Can Compost In It)
Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: June 28, 2017

How to Make a $12 DIY Compost Bin (and 50 Things You Can Compost In It)
Have you ever priced out those compost bins that you can buy? They have all sorts of bells and whistles, ...
Have you ever priced out those compost bins that you can buy? They have all sorts of bells and whistles, like cranks that turn the contents for you and fancy slide-out trays at the bottom. They can al ...
June 28, 2017
| by Daisy Luther
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Crashing Monsanto’s Pesticide Party in Beijing
Author: Scott Tips
|Date: June 21, 2017

Crashing Monsanto’s Pesticide Party in Beijing
By: Scott C. Tips | NHF Slams the Global Pesticide Empire. “A business that makes nothing but business i ...
By: Scott C. Tips | NHF Slams the Global Pesticide Empire. “A business that makes nothing but business is a poor business.” - Henry Ford They have been running amok for years, unchallenged. The Code ...
June 21, 2017
| by Scott Tips
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Small Space Gardening
Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: June 13, 2017

Small Space Gardening
We don’t always have the option of moving out into the sprawling countryside to live off of the land. Our ...
We don’t always have the option of moving out into the sprawling countryside to live off of the land. Our jobs dictate that we live near a city and, as a result, our yards are smaller and may not prov ...
June 13, 2017
| by Tess Pennington
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20 Medicinal Herbs That I Have in My Prepper Garden
Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: June 05, 2017

20 Medicinal Herbs That I Have in My Prepper Garden
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates So, many of you may be asking why I w ...
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates So, many of you may be asking why I want to go to all the trouble and grow herbs and roots for natural healing. You can read about s ...
June 05, 2017
| by Tess Pennington
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Poison Peddlers
Author: The Sleuth Journal
|Date: June 04, 2017

Poison Peddlers
It’s probably not in your garage, or on your shopping list. But how many of your neighbors will spray the ...
It’s probably not in your garage, or on your shopping list. But how many of your neighbors will spray their lawns and gardens this summer with Roundup herbicide, thus exposing you (and your family and ...
June 04, 2017
| by The Sleuth Journal
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7 Reasons Why You Should Have a Medicinal Garden
Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: May 26, 2017

7 Reasons Why You Should Have a Medicinal Garden
Growing medicinal plants are a great way to ensure garden sustainability and more notably, have access to ...
Growing medicinal plants are a great way to ensure garden sustainability and more notably, have access to natural medicine when you need it most. When I introduced more herbs in my garden, I noticed i ...
May 26, 2017
| by Tess Pennington
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7 Laws Of Gardening: Time-Tested Tips For Growing A Successful Garden
Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: May 24, 2017

7 Laws Of Gardening: Time-Tested Tips For Growing A Successful Garden
We all have the best of intentions in the beginning of summer. We plan on spending the season growing a b ...
We all have the best of intentions in the beginning of summer. We plan on spending the season growing a beautiful lush garden. As the summer drags on, avoiding the heat becomes the top priority. From ...
May 24, 2017
| by Tess Pennington
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Big Dairy Continues War Against Farmers and Raw Milk
Author: Guest Post
|Date: May 21, 2017

Big Dairy Continues War Against Farmers and Raw Milk
Increasing numbers of Americans are seeking out unpasteurized, or raw, dairy products — both for the heal ...
Increasing numbers of Americans are seeking out unpasteurized, or raw, dairy products — both for the health benefits and the flavor. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), meanwhil ...
May 21, 2017
| by Guest Post
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DIY: 10 Herbal Tea Blends You Can Grow In Your Garden
Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: May 20, 2017

DIY: 10 Herbal Tea Blends You Can Grow In Your Garden
From a sustainability standpoint, herbs are one of the easiest plants to produce. Many of the herbs we gr ...
From a sustainability standpoint, herbs are one of the easiest plants to produce. Many of the herbs we grow are perennials and will produce for many years. Drying herbs is a great way to save money an ...
May 20, 2017
| by Tess Pennington
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4 Secrets to Becoming a Successful Gardener
Author: Gaye Levy
|Date: May 17, 2017

4 Secrets to Becoming a Successful Gardener
Gardening is a skill and anyone who tells you something different is not being totally honest. That bein ...
Gardening is a skill and anyone who tells you something different is not being totally honest. That being said, having a successful gardening experience depends on many outside factors including, but ...
May 17, 2017
| by Gaye Levy
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We’re All Tenant Farmers: Oregon Plans to Douse Azure Standard Organic Farm in Pesticide (VIDEO)
Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: May 16, 2017

We’re All Tenant Farmers: Oregon Plans to Douse Azure Standard Organic Farm in Pesticide (VIDEO)
If you buy organic products, chances are you have heard of Azure Standard, which is sort of like a mobile ...
If you buy organic products, chances are you have heard of Azure Standard, which is sort of like a mobile co-op that delivers well-priced organic food and products in bulk to drop-off points around th ...
May 16, 2017
| by Daisy Luther
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10 Simple Hacks For A Successful Vegetable Garden (VIDEO)
Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: May 10, 2017

10 Simple Hacks For A Successful Vegetable Garden (VIDEO)
Growing your own food successfully is a constant process of learning which techniques work best for you a ...
Growing your own food successfully is a constant process of learning which techniques work best for you and your plants. More often than not, we learn from the mistakes we make along the way, or throu ...
May 10, 2017
| by Tess Pennington
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Dow’s Dastardly Deeds
Author: Guest Post
|Date: May 03, 2017

Dow’s Dastardly Deeds
With Monsanto looking to be acquired by Germany-based Bayer, is Dow Chemical taking over Monsanto’s role ...
With Monsanto looking to be acquired by Germany-based Bayer, is Dow Chemical taking over Monsanto’s role of chief influence-buyer in Washington, D.C.? Dow wasted no time wooing Trump—the poison-peddle ...
May 03, 2017
| by Guest Post
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How To Make a FREE DIY Weed Killer from Someone’s Bad Habit
Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: May 02, 2017

How To Make a FREE DIY Weed Killer from Someone’s Bad Habit
As happily organic as we all try to be, sometimes we have to deal with noxious weeds. While strong white ...
As happily organic as we all try to be, sometimes we have to deal with noxious weeds. While strong white vinegar will get rid of many of these weeds, occasionally we have to pull out the big guns. Ins ...
May 02, 2017
| by Daisy Luther
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Sustainable Gardening: Reduce Watering By 50-75%
Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: April 30, 2017

Sustainable Gardening: Reduce Watering By 50-75%
60% of a person’s household water usage goes toward lawn and garden maintenance. During times of drought, ...
60% of a person’s household water usage goes toward lawn and garden maintenance. During times of drought, our lawn and landscaping can become a bottomless pit where we are throwing away money to keep ...
April 30, 2017
| by Tess Pennington
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Grow Your Own Turmeric In a Pot
Author: Guest Post
|Date: April 19, 2017

Grow Your Own Turmeric In a Pot
By: Ariana Marisol, REALfarmacy.com | With reports of contaminated, toxic turmeric products floodi ...
By: Ariana Marisol, REALfarmacy.com | With reports of contaminated, toxic turmeric products flooding store shelves, there is no better time to start growing your own. Turmeric is one of the hea ...
April 19, 2017
| by Guest Post
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Roundup Accumulates In GMO Food, Proving Its Lack Of Safety
Author: Sayer Ji
|Date: April 11, 2017

Roundup Accumulates In GMO Food, Proving Its Lack Of Safety
An important manuscript accepted for publication in the journal Food Chemistry disproves the widely held ...
An important manuscript accepted for publication in the journal Food Chemistry disproves the widely held notion that GMO crops are 'substantially equivalent' to their traditional counterparts; a notio ...
April 11, 2017
| by Sayer Ji
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