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04/28

Growing sweet potatoes

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months ago

I'd like to grow some sweet potatos....can they be grown in a raisedbed (in Provo Utah)? Any ideas where to find sweet potato seed in Utahcounty?dkd2200 & Group:Sweet potatoes need a longer warm growing season than we have in Northern Utah, so you sh

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04/26

EcoGen: Changing your Bath Accessories without Eco Guilt.

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 4 months ago

Tired of your old bathroom decor? Perhaps the colors no longer go in your new place? I can’t even count how many time I have dragged my once fashionable magenta tissue holder around from house to house. I have no idea what to do with this

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04/24

Organic Mechanic Potting Soil: A Peat Free Alternative That Plants Love

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 4 months, 1 week ago

My Broccoli seedlings, which were spindly and sickly looking were replanted in Organic Mechanic Potting Soil a couple of weeks ago. They now look like they were given a vitamin shot since they are standing strong and tall with several leaves. Organ

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04/23

Removing grass for a garden space

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 1 week ago

What is the best method to remove grass (have no clue what type) froman area intended to be turned into a garden?Marie & Group:All grasses are perennial and have rhyzomes and runners, which must be removed from the garden. Remove grass as sod, as if

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04/22

Get Your Green On for Earth Day with the Best of Green Talk

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 4 months, 1 week ago

Green Talk turned one in the beginning of April and I thought it would be appropriate for Earth Day to give you a summary of my posts for the year: The Most Read Posts: Get Paid to Do Something Good For the Earth (Selling your hand held el

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04/22

Tomato Blossom drop - How to Sustain Production Through the Summer

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 1 week ago

Tomato Blossom drop - How to SustainProduction Through the SummerThis is mys first year using the Mittleider method. Living in westGeorgia our summer heat can be rather stout and is often over 90sustained for most of the summer. In past veg gardens I

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04/19

25 Ways to Green Your Office

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 4 months, 1 week ago

Photo by permission of World Resource Institute of their new green office space. You recycle, turn off your lights, and even watch what you consume, but have you considered the environmental impact of your home office or business? Here are some idea

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04/18

Feeding Trees and Shrubs with the Mittledier magic nutrients

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 1 week ago

Feeding Trees and ShrubsQ. How much should I feed my berry bushes and other plants and trees in my yard?A. All plants, shrubs and tree will bless you with healthy growth if you will feed them the Mittleider formulas. Pre-Plant once each year, and

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04/17

Corn Gluten: Extremely Crabby about Crabgrass

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Last year, I used corn gluten to hopefully dent the of invasion of crabgrass in my lawn. I knew based on my conversations with Professor Christians, the inventor of corn gluten as an herbicide that it would take three years to rid my lawn of th

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04/14

Using particle board sawdust in your Mittleider garden Yes or No?

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 2 weeks ago

About twenty years ago, I was renovating a lawn on rental property. Theheavy, clay soil needed some help, as water would run off the lawn and downthe street instead of soaking in, and I tilled in several yards of sawdustand added nitrogen to compensa

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04/12

Eating at Wendy’s Could Have Green Benefits

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 4 months, 2 weeks ago

How many of us catch lunch or dinner when we can? Are you driving up to the drive-in window more than you like to due to a hectic job, children with multiple activities or caring for family members? Does the person at the other end of the microphon

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04/10

Companion planting yes or no?

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 3 weeks ago

I want to grow 1000 tomato plants using the Mittleiter method,interspersing another 1000 basil and a handful of goodcompanion plants such as garlic, onion, marigold, melon...(We don't recommend companion planting at all - JK)How many grow boxes shoul

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04/09

Vote For Green Talk for GREEN LOG Home Lifestyle Awards

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Green Talk has been nominated by me as a blog making a difference to help people live a greener lifestyle. As many of you know, green building is my passion. For two years, I ate, slept, and talked about building products as I built my house. Who b

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04/09

Is the Mittleider method organic yes or no?

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Question: "Is this method OMRI approved. I was told at Steve Regan itwas not organic. Please enlighten me." PatriciaI've written quite a few articles - in the archives of the Group andin the FAQ section of the www.growfood. com website - on this subj

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04/08

Can I leave grass between my soilbeds?

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 3 weeks ago

I will have a small residential garden (3 20 ft rows) to start. Is itOK to leave grass between the rows?-BillBill & Group:I consider it a very bad idea for several reasons.1. How do you water it? If by sprinkling you will also water the vegetables th

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04/02

Soybeans

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 4 months, 4 weeks ago

I am in NH, and have grown soybeans for the past two years to eat asEdamame.Last year all my Edamame seeds rotted in the ground,and I thought Iwas out of luck for the year.Then I remembered I had some soybeans for sprouting to eat.So I planted them a

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03/29

Earth Hour: Turn Off Your Lights Tonight

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 5 months ago

Tonight is Earth Hour where people all over the world will turn off their lights for one hour between 8 and 9 pm tonight to combat global warming. Watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_c5K7Jdw9E Thanks to Jason at Scream to Be Green fo

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03/29

Wow Imports: Fair trade and Recycled Fun Household Products

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 5 months ago

I recently ran across a site called WOW Imports, a Company who sells African fair trade bead and wire art as well as other imported items. As I was perusing the website, I thought, my readers would love these products. The fair trade items h

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03/28

Making growboxes what material to use?

steveffeo - member blog: Organic Gardening the poor mans Hydroponics using the Mittleider Method created 5 months ago

I am getting ready to build grow boxes. Redwood and/or cedar are veryexpensive. Can I use treated lumber for this? I can get 2"x8"x16'for < $10. Or do you have suggestions of where to get inexpensivealternatives?You can use treated lumber, or you can

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03/27

Tru-Stile: A Solution for Architectural Green Designed Doors

greentalk - member blog: Green Talk created 5 months ago

Photo by permission of Tru-Stile’s MDF door with 3form® Fossil resin. In the last year, there have been numerous articles about greening your home using bamboo flooring, low flow toilets, and energy star appliances. You never hear a pe

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