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Grow Brussels Sprouts

To my mind the humble Brussels Sprout is the Queen of vegetables, full of nutrients and antioxidants, but the main reason I love them is because they taste really good.  I know alot ot people complain that...

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How to Grow Long Carrots for Exhibition

Picture courtesy of http://www.hageprat.com/engveg1.html  For those of you who think all there is to growing a long exhibition carrot is to dig a bit of land and stick a few seeds in the ground, think again....

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How To Make Your Own Compost Bin

Learn how to make your own compost bin. Making your own compost bin is a good project that can have a positive effect on the environment in a number of ways. You might also want to...

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How to Build a Homemade Compost Tumbler

Compost tumblers offer a number of great advantages; they're easy to operate, composting is done quicker and more effectively, and they can contain the odors that cause compost bins or piles to stink.  Some...

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10 Odd Things To Collect, Great Gift Ideas Too!

These have been a part of my life for at least thirty years and growing! Almost everyone has had the pleasure of collecting certain items that catch their fancy at one time in life or another. Baseball cards...

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How to successfully sow seeds both large and small

One of the trickiest skills to get right in gardening is sowing seeds correctly, especially when some seeds are little more than dust wrapped in a scrap of greaseproof paper. I hope this article will help to...

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Dual Flush Toilets

Dual flush toilets and things to look for when shopping for a toilet. (toilet buying guide)

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Composting Toilets...Not Just For Cabins

Composting, or waterless toilets have long been used in remote hunting cabins but over the last few years have begun to be considered for environmentally responsible suburban and urban homes as well. There are...

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Hugelkultur: Using Woody Waste in Composting

Hugelkultur is an ancient form of sheet composting developed in Eastern Europe. It uses woody wastes such as fallen logs and pruned branches in order to build soil fertility and improve drainage and moisture...

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Earthworms and Digestion

The body of an earthworm seems simple; upon further investigation it’s ugly too. There isn’t much to it and it looks too fragile to have existed on this earth for as long as it has, 120 million years. ...

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