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Growing your own food – small scale

by ellen on October 3, 2009 (Feature image by net_efekt)

A nice harvest of potatoes

Homegrown food is great. In a perfect world everybody would have acres of land to grow their own organic, healthy food. But for city-dwellers like me, that’s just not within reach.
I’m not complaining, though – you can fit a lot of growing things onto a balcony!
And while you won’t be able to grow enough food [...]

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Why you should avoid hybrids

by thomas on September 25, 2009 (Feature image by Jill Clardy)

Heirloom tomatoes

I think hybrids are evil.
Not hybrid cars, mind you. I’m all for those.
I’m talking about a kind of hybrids that most people are in contact with on a daily basis: Man-made hybrid food plants and their seeds.
“So, why are they evil, Thomas?” I hear the hecklers say. “Plants aren’t really capable of being evil, are [...]

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I like bumblebees

by thomas on June 26, 2009 (Feature image by Steve Punter)

Bumblebee sunbathing

Bumblebees are cool. They’re my favorite pollinators.
They buzz around somewhat clumsily on their pollen-and-nectar gathering field trips, openly defying anyone claiming they can’t fly.
They help big time with the pollination of our food plants.
And they’re generally so docile that you’ll have to step on them or try to eat them to make them sting you.
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10 ways to help pollinators survive and thrive

by thomas on June 25, 2009 (Feature image by Alesa Dam)

Flowers seen from below

As a follow-up to yesterday’s Happy pollinator week 2009 post, here’s a list of things you can do to help pollinators – and the plants we depend on – survive and thrive:

Sign Gotham City Honey Co-Op’s petition to legalize beekeeping in New York City.
Plant and care for pollen-bearing plants, preferrably several different types. Bees need [...]

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