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Articles of
Interest
Growing Organic Vegetables In Containers - Organic Food Info. Net
Organic systems recognize that our health is directly connected to the
health of the food we eat and, ultimately, the health of the soil, -
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Planning an Organic Garden - Organic Gardening Guru. net
Okay, so you want to start a garden. While it's tempting to rush out and
start digging and planting, it's a good idea to take some time and begin
planning your attack. -
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Hey, Can I Have an Indoor Garden and Grow Full-Size Tomato and Pepper
Plants indoors? - Organic Gardening News and Info.
First of all, to grow successful tomato and
pepper crops indoors your temps inside where the plants are growing need
to optimally stay between 68-72 degrees. They can vary slightly on the
low side of those temps -
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Llama Beans
May Be Used to Clean Bolivia Water Supply - Bijal P.
Trivedi, National Geographic Today
In Bolivia, water seeping from abandoned
mines in the Andes is polluting the main water supply of La Paz, the
capital city. But a team of researchers is developing a low-cost way to
neutralize the acidic, metal-laden water through a highly unusual
filter: llama droppings. -
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News
Anthropologist finds evidence of Ancient
Andean people using llama manure to raise
their crops. - Science Matters @ Berkeley
Christine Hastorf, a Berkeley professor of
anthropology studying in the southern shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia
is tracing the domestication and use of plant foods in the Titicaca
basin. -
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Going organic: Growing demand, tougher
regulations - July 29, 2009 CBC News
Organic food is a
booming business in Canada, with sales reportedly rising by 20 per cent
a year for most of this decade. The market has grown so quickly that
major supermarket chains are having difficulty keeping up with demand. -
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Farmers Almanac; "Gentler winter, but still lots of snow" - Chicago
Breaking News Center
After eyeing the skies, tidal action and sunspots, the folks at the
194-year-old publication say in their 2011 edition going on sale today
that it'll be cold but nothing like last winter, when 49 states saw snow
and it got so cold in Florida that iguanas fell out of trees. –
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