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he Gardens for Good contest, sponsored by Nature’s Path, the maker of organic breakfast foods, and Organic Gardening Magazine, continues to receive applications from urban farms through its Facebook campaign. The competition is awarding 000 for urban farming ideas that produce organic food. Applications are being accepted through the end of this month at facebook.com/naturespath. MGM Resorts International has issued an Environmental Responsibility Report that outlines the company’s strategy, titled “Green Advantage.” By the end of last year MGM Resorts had reduced electric power consumption by 140 million kilowatt hours; reduced carbon emissions by 56000 thousand metric tons; reduced water consumption by 200 million gallons; and diverted more than 33 percent of its waste from local landfills. The company also introduced the first fleet of compressed natural gas-powered limousines, as well as organic and sustainable food programs at its 165 restaurants. For more information on these and other stories, go to thecsrminute.com
Nature’s Path, the maker of organic breakfast foods, and Organic Gardening magazine have launched a Facebook campaign to give away 000 for urban farming ideas. Gardens for Good 2011 will award the grant money to help urban farms and community gardens produce fresh, organic food. Last year, Gardens for Good funded three gardens, in California, Florida, and British Columbia. Applications are now being accepted at www.facebook.com/naturespath. Rudolf Steiner Social Finance celebrated 150 years of social transformation inspired by Rudolf Steiner with a festival held in San Francisco last Sunday. The event included interactive workshops, panel discussions, and organic and biodynamic food and wine tastings. Rudolf Steiner’s contributions include Waldorf education and biodynamic farming. For more information on these and other stories, go to thecsrminute.com
Plants that work well for container gardening include annuals, which bloom in the spring and summer but die by the winter, perennial flowers and trees and shrubs. Find the perfect plants for any container garden with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening. Expert: Leigh Anne Lomax Bio: Leigh Anne Lomax is currently the botanical garden and horticulture manager for Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
Quick how-to on maintaining your flower bed or vegetable garden using Garden Weasel’s innovative line of gardening tools, such as our Original Garden Weasel, the Garden Weasel Garden Claw, Garden Weasel Weed Ball, and the Garden Weasel Step n Twist.
My sister uses free 5 gallon buckets for her backyard garden. She grows tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, squash, herbs and a lot of other vegetables out of free containers. When she moves, her garden moves with her.
Broccoli is a very nutritious vegetable and easy to grow. The Garden Guru Phil Dudman shares his tips for growing and keeping broccoli plants productive.phildudman.com
www.guerrillagardening.org presents Brita von Schoenaich’s guerrilla flower meadow in west London. From guerrilla to legitimate median meadow, here’s a quick version of the story up to July 2011. For more of Brita’s work visit http
The Toro Blue Stripe Drip Starter Kit an easy all-in-one kit to get you started with drip irrigation. Lugging a watering can around or dragging the hose all over the yard can be cumbersome and time consuming. Installing drip irrigation is an easy and affordable way to get water to containers, beds and gardens without the hassle. Other benefits include water savings due to more efficient water delivery and less run off as well as the promotion of a more healthy bountiful landscape as a result of less over or under watering. The Drip Starter Kit has everything you’ll need to ditch that watering can so you can sit back, relax and enjoy your beautiful garden.
