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Why do Americans like to eat poopy?

Image by Leeks ‘N’ Bounds Jay and Melissa harvesting the kale for this week’s share Leeks and Bounds, a small naturally grown (organic without certification) CSA in North Hampton, NH Photo by Jennifer Dickert Question by .: Why do Americans like to eat poopy? They don’t seem to care at all what they eat. Generation […]

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Question by Jenny: Survey for school project on organic and inorganic produce? Intensive Agriculture Opinionnaire As my ninth grade project, I am doing a research project on intensive agriculture, and its affects on the environment. Place an X in the category that best fits you. 1. What is your average annual income? ___$ 0-$ 50,000___$ […]

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How to Build a Raised Bed Garden

The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible: amzn.to Square Foot Gardening: amzn.to In this video I show how to build a raised bed garden. Very little space is needed, easy to maintain, and the materials are inexpensive.

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How do I start a vegetable garden in Indianapolis, IN?

Image by The Forum News Photo by Melissa Robertson Question by Christy: How do I start a vegetable garden in Indianapolis, IN? I live in a suburb of Indianapolis, IN and have never had a vegetable garden. I would like to start out small to see how it will go. There are a lot of […]

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How do I keep T-Bone from jumping the fence?

Image by wallyg Barneys New York’s 2009 Holiday window display, Have a Witty Holiday, was inspired by the 35th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. The windows, designed by Simon Doonan, featured tableaux of memorable moments, depicted with paper-mâché caricatures, from the show. Barneys New York was founded in 1923 when Barney Pressman opened his first […]

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Know of any beneficial insect supplier for organic gardening in NZ, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore?

Image by Bukowsky18 I took this pic of the (organic) garden I started in my backyard. This is the very beginning of it, so all of the plants are pretty small. The plants in this picture are all pepper plants – Jalapeno, Green Bell Pepper, Orange Bell Pepper and Red Bell Pepper Question by Su […]

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Urban Agriculture/Community Food Programs in Montreal?

Image by epSos.de Picture of a red apple lying on a field of green grass. The tasty apple is free to eat. This delicious fruit fell from a tree on a lovely hill where flowers bloom from spring through summer until the Autumn comes to visit the happy rabbits. This photo of a red apple […]

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there is frequent Failure of generator in our windmill due to insulation failure windmill located near shore?

Image by shog9 Driving back from Oklahoma, we passed through the Twin Buttes, CO wind farm. Question by : there is frequent Failure of generator in our windmill due to insulation failure windmill located near shore? Windmill are of 225 kwh NEpc make and at the time of failure MCB does not trip neither DO […]

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Quick and easy question here, anyone can answer!?

Image by ceresgreentech Filling the seedling trays with the coconut husk growing medium. Photo: BOJUN CHISWELL Question by Anonymous: Quick and easy question here, anyone can answer!? I have to write up an assignment about aquaponics and we have an aquaponics centre at school where we grew plants and looked after the fishes and measured […]

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For Malaysia specific: setting up an aquaculture farm?

Image by lsgcp Question by Amir_Y: For Malaysia specific: setting up an aquaculture farm? I want to start up a aquaculture business, farming snakehead (haruan). where do I start? how much capital? please help! What do you think? Answer below!

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