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How Does Your Garden Grow?

It has been a beautiful spring here in Colorado, and my garden has been growing like crazy.  Since my last garden post, I have planted cilantro, basil, swiss chard, summer squash, spaghetti squash, beans and black eyed peas to go with my tomatoes, potatoes, onions,  peas and spinach.  We also have eaten our first salad from the [...]

Reusing Empty Swimming Pools

It is easy to get bogged down in the recession, espicially if you are out of work or livng in California.  So it is important to think about some of the benefits that come from this crazy situation.  I thought that this video showed not only the amazing amount of waste and overspending that was prevalent during [...]

Planting Tomatoes and your Local Garden Center

This weekend, we had some beautiful weather here in Colorado and my wife an I took advantage of it.  In Colorado we had snow last week, so we are just getting around to doing our “last frost” plantings.  It is a little later than most parts of the country, so if you are waiting to get started [...]

Granola for your Computer

By Guest Author: Josh Holt
PhD Scientist at the National Renewable Energy Labratory

About a year ago, I began thinking about how much electricity my computer used. I’m not talking about using my computer, but about not using it. Really, how much of your computer do you really use? I’m watching the resource meter right now as [...]

MA Town to be the First to Ban Bottled Water

thanks to Treehugger

The town of Concord MA has passed a new law (going into effect next January) that will ban bottled water from being sold there. This is the first law banning bottled water outright, but there are more than 100 towns across the country that already prohibit spending City money on the product [...]

Run Your Home on Wind not Coal

thanks to Bottom Up Change

Did you know that for a few extra dollars a month you could be using all renewable electricity?  If you said no, then you are like most of the rest of the country and me included until last week.  In my electric bill, this past month, I got a flyer [...]