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More Fun Classroom Activities to Interest Children / Kids in Growing Plants

If you read my first article on fun classroom activities to get children or kids interested in growing plants or gardening, then you should enjoy this one too. I have written this as a sequel to the first article and hope it will give teachers even more ideas for how to encourage children /kids to try growing their own plants or vegetables.

20 comments    children fun education
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Natural Ways To Control Cabbage Worms

Are your precious crops being eaten by Cabbage Worms? There are natural ways to control cabbage worms, keeping your food protected from both insects and chemicals.

16 comments    food garden plants
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The Sack Gardens of the Kibera Slum

How the women of the Kibera slum - the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa - have turned their families' lives around by growing vegetables in sacks. These sacks are simple, easy to care for, and help provide food security for the gardeners and their families.

11 comments    kenya farmers growing food
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Raised Garden Beds - Pain-Free Raised-Bed Gardening

Gardening, Garden Design, Raised-Bed Gardening, Raised-Bed Gardens, Raised Garden Beds, Pain-Free Raised-Bed Gardening

10 comments    garden vegetables herbs
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Hemp: How It Can Benefit The World

There are more than 25,000 various uses for hemp, so by all means, I can't cover them all in this one hub. Though we can cover some of the most important benefits that hemp offers to the world. Cannabis is such an interesting and useful plant,...

5 comments    business how to money
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10 Tips for Sustainable Living

Sustainable living goes way beyond the concepts involved in being "green." Learn 10 tips for how to cultivate a truly more sustainable lifestyle.

65 comments    diy local waste
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Nature Farming in Amish Horticulture: a practical theology

This Hub contains the first two section (the Preface and the Introduction) of a book that I am writing called "Nature Farming in Amish Horticulture: a practical theology. This is a serious book being written for serious readers. I am only publishing...

4 comments    advice family children
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Avoid Buying the EarthBox Garden Kit until you read this

Yes, I agree the Earthbox is a GREAT system for growing all sorts of plants (we own 3 of them) – but there’s a BIG problem that way too many people are making when their considering buying this product....

2 comments    grow box growing food grow food
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Red Wiggler Worm Facts

Whether you want to grow food in containers, houseplants, or a garden full of food plants and ornamentals, every gardener extols the virtues of compost for plant health. But if you do not have the room or the time to make a traditional compost...

0 comments    gardening compost composting
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What Does Organic Really Mean? The Problem with Organic Factory Farms!

Most of us have seen the movies. You know the ones, Food Inc, King Corn and all the other documentaries out there showing us what awful conditions our food is grown in. Most of us think that when we buy organic that we are spending our money...

18 comments    food animals organic
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