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The Secrets of Gardening Herbs in Containers (article)

"What if you live in a high-rise apartment? Does that does not mean you can’t have your own fresh herbs? Gardening herbs in containers is an easy way of creating a beautiful indoor landscape on a shining kitchen windowsill. It is a perfect place to grow some of your favourite herbs. Being creative with a window box or hanging basket can turn an otherwise unimpressive area into something that can in an wink be beautiful, useful and aromatic. In fact, growing herbs in containers is as easy as growing any other house plant. Each plant has it own set of requirements. All plants need nutrition supplied through sun, soil and water. There is no exclusion for herbs. The right combination of these elements is the key to growing every type of…

Organic Fertilizing With Unknown Guy (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA-NKD4Ra98 I wish I knew this guy's name... I like the way he communicates his excitement about compost. I always wondered if it was the compost that was making my skin feel different. I personally have a hard time believing that strictly organic compost would create this effect, but I get what he's saying...he loves playing with dirt. Me too. Organic compost or not, you're doing the right thing. Get decomposing, people!

…so does this place compost or not?

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000002061 StartFragment:0000000457 EndFragment:0000002045 So I'm staying at a hotel in New Jersey this week, and like usual I'm wondering if the place composts their food waste. I was at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philly and a great man by the name of Marvin Dixon was running a full-on compost program. I was so excited I had to learn more, and was ecstatic to learn that he was using finished compost for their rooftop basil gardens...truly an awesome effort. Public perception in the "green arena" can do a lot for a company's image. This hotel put forth a pretty weak effort all around to show any sustainability effort, which in this day and age is pretty disappointing. I really believe that eventually it's going to be a determining…