Grass vs. Turf Debate Fueled By Environmental and Health Concerns

April 5, 2017 Environment,Home And Garden

Having a perfectly green lawn is something many homeowners strive for each spring. The desire for a swath of emerald across the entire yard is so great some people are willing to go beyond grass to get it. Enter artificial turf. Many people will remember artificial turf from episodes of the Brady Bunch. The set […]

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Fractal patterns in nature and art are aesthetically pleasing and stress-reducing

April 4, 2017 Home And Garden

Richard Taylor, University of Oregon Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call “beautiful” or “aesthetic” are a crucial part of our humanity. Even the oldest known examples of rock and cave art served aesthetic rather than utilitarian roles. Although aesthetics is often regarded as an ill-defined vague quality, research groups like mine are using sophisticated […]

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9 Ways To Improve The Soil Health In Your Garden

April 3, 2017 Home And Garden

By Health Tips Now Just like healthy people, healthy soil needs a balanced combination of elements. They are all crucial in different processes of your plant. For example, iron is crucial for photosynthesis and it works as the ignition for the plants to produce chlorophyll. If a plant has an iron deficiency it can cause […]

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“It Should Be Illegal to Be a Stay at Home Mom” – Mainstream Media

March 28, 2017 Home And Garden

  By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) A well known Australian journalist recently had the audacity to say it should be illegal to be a stay at home mother. The headline reads: “Sarrah Le Marquand: It should be illegal to be a stay-at-home mum.” Her article starts off emphasizing the authority of “data or analysis,” saying: “It’s […]

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Drought Friendly Landscaping Options

March 28, 2017 Home And Garden

There’s never been a greater need for water conservation efforts. If you live in a state that’s suffering from severe drought conditions (we’re looking at you California), it’s important to implement water-saving features in your home. Altering your landscaping can significantly conserve water and maintain a gorgeous aesthetic—without water waste or a hefty water bill. […]

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Russian Company 3D Printed Home in Just 24 Hours for $10,000

March 15, 2017 Home And Garden

By Heather Callaghan, Editor 3D-printing is doing everything now: from the best ever casts for broken limbs, gardens, living body parts(!) to printing any color of cosmetics on demand. Still, it’s perception-shattering that a company actually built an entire, livable house in just 24 hours. Russian 3D-printing company Apis Cor built the house in just […]

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Awesome Completely Off-Grid Tiny House Only Cost $4,500 [Watch]

March 8, 2017 Home And Garden

By Tiny House Listings I recently had the chance to visit Jeremy’s completely off-grid tiny house in Eastern, North Carolina. The first thing that struck me about his tiny home is the simplicity of it while also maintaining a very nice aesthetic. His water comes from a pitcher pump inside the home that is filtered […]

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10 Awesome Tips About Using Wood Stoves You Never Knew Before

March 8, 2017 Home And Garden

By Jeremiah Johnson Readers, we’re having a heatwave out here in Montana…it’s 9 degrees Fahrenheit while I’m writing this.  I hope you guys and gals are nice and warm and you have a good wood stove in front of you keeping it so.  You recall I wrote one on wood stoves not too long ago, […]

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Grow 25 Pounds Of Sweet Potatoes In A Bucket

March 2, 2017 Home And Garden

By Amelia Kinney A cheap and effective method for producing your own sweet potatoes. Every day we are faced with new challenges for finding food that is nutritious and sustainably sourced. You may recall the “Clean 15” and the revelation that some produce doesn’t have to be specifically organic in order to be safer for […]

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Mural Artivist Paints London in Bees to Save Them – 16 Photos

March 1, 2017 Home And Garden

By Heather Callaghan, Editor While the media is fond of scaring the public with the issue of bee die-offs, it is not as fond of questioning its corporate sponsors in their probable role in killing pollinator populations with neonicotinoid pesticides. This class of pesticides is highly implicated in the drastic pollinator declines according to non-corporate sponsored scientists. […]

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How To Prepare an Herb Garden in Winter

March 1, 2017 Home And Garden

By Jeremiah Johnson Who’s itching to get outside and start gardening? This article has to do with some things you can start preparing in your herbal gardens for the spring…but prepare now.  Yes, now, while the snow and ice and the Yeti are all around… well, probably not (and hopefully not) the Yeti.  But just because that […]

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Man Repopulated Entire City With Butterflies From His Own Backyard

February 24, 2017 Home And Garden

By Heather Callaghan, Editor During the day, Tim Wong is all about water life as an aquatic biologist. But when he changes into his cape at the end of his shift, he transforms into an incredible cultivator of butterflies. Tending to butterflies was his lifelong hobby – who knew that his backyard conservationism would save […]

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IKEA Gives Away Free Urban Garden Sphere Plans

February 23, 2017 Home And Garden

By Heather Callaghan, Editor Meet the Growroom. It’s an open source vertical, garden sphere designed for cities that is 2,8 x 2,5 meters. The urban farm pavilion takes up an incredibly small space for the unspecified amount of food it can produce. Several cities around the world are making plans to construct the garden sphere such as Helsinki, […]

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Remember This Mnemonic Device To Tell If You Have a Brown Recluse Bite

February 15, 2017 Home And Garden

By Heather Callaghan, Editor If you suspect a brown recluse bite, please have it checked immediately by a medical professional. The following mnemonic device was created for professionals encountering what might be a bite, but it can serve everyone to have this information. We have good and bad news on that front. The bad news […]

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6 Rules You Need To Follow When Dehydrating Foods

February 9, 2017 Home And Garden

By Tess Pennington In the book, The Prepper’s Cookbook, I emphasize how easy it is to bulk up your emergency food pantry by dehydrating food you have around you. With a meager $50 investment into a food dehydrator, you can: dry vegetables for soup mixes dry fruits for snacking make jerky fruit or vegetable leather noodles […]

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How To Grow An Endless Supply Of Herbs In Mason Jars

February 8, 2017 Home And Garden

By Organic and Healthy Plants and Animals work in conjunction with each other to sustain life and one without the other would simply just not exist.  Gardening is the essential building block of all life, whether it’s purposely done by humans or naturally by the earth. Plants create oxygen which is necessary for us to […]

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Just One Weekend Of Camping Can Reset Your Sleep Rhythm

February 6, 2017 Home And Garden

By Heather Callaghan, Editor When you’re lying wide awake for the hundredth time because you have severe insomnia – are you thinking of sunshine, the moon, the stars or the far-off mountains? These majestic manifestations of nature might be your best friends when you desperately need to sleep – and need to bounce out of bed in […]

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How to Grow Cherries Right for the First Time

February 6, 2017 Home And Garden

By Laura Bennett Cherry trees can be a great addition to your backyard. Freshly picked red cherries are better than the expensive store-bought ones that may or may not have pesticides in it. However, growing cherry trees are not easy and they can be infected by various diseases and pests. So, here are the steps in […]

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This is how a 1/4 teaspoon of Himalayan salt fights muscle pain, toxins and belly fat

February 6, 2017 Home And Garden,Homeopathic Remedies,Top

By Organic and Healthy It’s not often you see himalayan pink salt most places besides the grocery store. If your one of those people who breaks this idea than good for you! Imagine having dinner with your family, and there is beautiful, and shiny china set upon soft silk. Your glasses are filled with this […]

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How to Make Awesome Slow Cooker Rice

February 3, 2017 Home And Garden

By Heather Callaghan, Editor If you could make giant batches of rice for your week’s meals without babysitting the pot or buying an expensive rice cooker – would you do it? Of course! It makes life so much easier, so here we go… Food.com has great recipes – but more importantly, techniques. I didn’t just follow […]

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