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Doomsday Monocle-Earth heads towards a cataclysmic future. Terrorism and plagues, nuclear weapons, rogue nations, nature gone crazy, radical technology, and more. These articles from around the world will help you prepare for this future

October 28, 2008 Tuesday

 

SIREWALLS Building wins Governor Generals Medal
By bryan
What makes this iconic building so unique, is mainly the beautiful rammed earth wall – the longest of its kind ever built in the world. SIREWALL (add a link to our SIREWALL article here?) and Salt Spring Island’s Terra Firma Builders

A recipe for activism
Denton Record Chronicle - Denton,TX,USA
An igloo-like structure is built out of bags full of “rammed earth,” Cotilla said. The dome could be a storm shelter, or the practice run for a house that ...

Nk'Mip Centre Shimmers in Desert
TheTyee.ca - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
Distinguished by its striking 80-metre-long rammed-earth façade, the Osoyoos Band's Desert Cultural Centre is a rare point of beauty amid the Okanagan's

Malcolm's Musings: Look to the earth for shelter
Wicked Local Truro - Orleans,MA,USA
Earth-sheltered buildings are also long-lasting, fire-safe, silent and gentler on the living world. Barack Obama and John McCain have talked about every ...

Spying NSA's failures
Baltimore Sun - United States
His detailed descriptions of secret underground fiber-optic wiretaps and clandestine operations centers persuasively describe the NSA's expanding reach.

Home, business owners harness solar power
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Hundreds of home and business owners and even local governments have been pricing solar panels, small wind turbines and other energy-making systems in the

Wind power for your home
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
"I've had at least 20 people knock on the door and say 'Tell me about what's on your roof.'" Wallace has a roof-mounted wind turbine she recently had ..

ELSS reaching for the sky, and catching it
Elliot Lake Standard - Elliot Lake,Ontario,Canada
On Oct. 3, ELSS became the first school in North America to install a Cleanfield V3.5 Vertical Wind Turbine. Positioned high atop the roof every day and ..

Scientists dismayed by vanishing of 7 whales
CNN International - USA
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and feared dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in ...

Robotic ants being designed to build homes on Mars
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) Human beings might colonise Mars one day, but ant-sized microbots will have to build homes for the first group of pioneer ...

Scientists Developing Buckypaper to be Stronger Alternative to ...
MotorTrend Magazine - USA
The material got its name because of its molecular appearance resembling geodesic domes promoted by famous architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller.

Diesel shortage 'dire' for shoppers
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Some 90 per cent of the products and food consumers use in Canada are hauled by trucks, making them the biggest consumer of diesel fuel in the country. ...

“”Miss Earth 2008 beauties campaign to vote Underground River in ...
Balita.org - Minsterley,England,UK
22 to present, the world renowned “Underground River” occupied the top position in the live ranking on the search new nature wonders.

 

 

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£’For sale at 20m: Saddams floating palace of bling Times Online - UK
A super-yacht built in secret for Saddam Hussein and put on sale by the Iraqi government last week is so outdated a shrine to the dictator’s love of gold,

Charity concerned over mystery of vanishing cats AFP
LONDON (AFP) — An animal rescue charity said Thursday it was concerned by the unexplained disappearances of dozens of cats in a town newspapers have dubbed

New archaeological discovery rewrites earliest Chinese characters ...
Xinhua - China
The oracle bones were major discoveries at the Yinxu in Anyang of central China's Henan Province. The Shandong discovery was first made in 2004 by Xiao

Artifacts discovery might lead to lost tribe
Reuters - USA
... Manila are studying the burial urns from a tribe that lived in the Philippines over 2000 years ago, in what could be a major archaeological discovery. ...

Safeguards keep priceless sanctuary protected
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach,FL,USA
Hughes said his friend talked the owner into putting it up for sale. "Of course, I didn't have that kind of money," Hughes said. ...

Hawaiian cave reveals ancient secrets
Tehran Times - Iran
Sixteen years after our discovery, we have excavated seeds, pollen, Polynesian artifacts, thousands of bird and fish bones, and more from this half-acre ...

Sotheby's to Sell JMW Turner's Masterpiece, The Temple of Jupiter ...
Art Daily - USA
Turner painted during a time of heightened sensitivity to the protection of ancient Greek artifacts and supported his contemporaries’ efforts to establish a ...

Exploring the Heritage Corridor: Sterling site retains occult ...
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
It deals with a cave in Sterling, not far from the center of town: a large, cavernous affair with an enormous chamber nearly 100 feet across

Family members who hid in cave to escape Nazis to speak in Ottawa
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Four members of a Montreal family who spent 344 days in an underground cave to escape the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland will address an Ottawa forum ...

 

 

Be sure to visit some of our other sites.

Earth House-Our main site dealing with information on earth sheltered, underground and alternative houses.

Sanctuary-a problem solving section where I delve into the concept of working together with others in a community setting for the sake of survival.

Carbon Issues-Our footprints are there in life everywhere we go and this site deals with it in a way both compelling and spiritual.

if its odd real estate people build it and sometimes  sell it headline

People Build it....and sometimes Sell it

 

When Your Home Is Sort Of A Movie Star
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The mystery didn't put them off. They bought the house in 1994 for about US$165000. Soon after the Lujanos and their young daughters, Jacqueline and Arissa, ...

Straw homes leading the way in eco-friendly living
Birmingham Post - Birmingham,West Midlands,UK
Project manager Bee Rowan said: “Straw bale technology has only been in the UK for ten years but in the USA these houses people will pay a premium for them ...

Eco-Homes Built With Straw Bales
Sky News - UK
A hotel and restaurant owner is building staff houses from bales of straw to beat rising energy costs. Peter Rowan is creating two semi-detached three

RAINBOW: Couple hope fire-safe features will preserve home in ...
North County Times - Californian - Escondido,CA,USA
"There's very little oxygen inside a straw bale." There also are straw-bale walls in front of and behind the house to prevent embers from being blown

Our First In-Depth Look At A Rammed Earth Home
By Laura
A few weeks ago Ben found this article about a rammed earth house located in Chapel Hill, NC, about 40 minutes from where we live. He called Gary, the owner and builder of the house, and scheduled for us a little visit.

Clare builders win state awards
Clare Northern Argus - Clare,South Australia,Australia
The extensive use of rammed earth, western red cedar, iron bark and Australian Oak were featured throughout this extremely energy efficient home. ...

Modern classic
Record-Searchlight - Redding,CA,USA
The home's exterior has rammed-earth walls accented with a purple panel and metalwork weathered to a rusty brown. The modern exterior is softened inside by ...

Wartime Tunnels Go On The Market
Sky News - UK
The group's website said the tunnels were extended by the Government in the early 1980s with the addition of a bunker and briefing room

London WWII-era bombproof tunnels up for sale
The Associated Press
BT said the tunnels were then used by the government's Public Record Office to store some 400 tons of "highly sensitive documents

Congress Hopeful Makes Rounds in Greenwood
Greenwood Today - Greenwood,SC,USA
He also built an earth sheltered house. “He spoke the language of solar Sunday’s and BTU’s”, she said. “There were great options back then but we did not ...

Lighthouse auctions draw bidders like moths to a flame
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Borden Flats Lighthouse, off the coast of Fall River, Mass., was deemed "surplus" by the US government and put up for sale at auction. .

‘’Atkinses choose to rebuild in different, green way
Village News Network - Fallbrook,CA,USA
The Atkinses had designed a straw bale home, designed to withstand any firestorm that would come through the area again. The 2600-square-foot, three-bedroom

£The 25 house
The Move Channel - London,UK
The ‘Underground House,' as it became known on Grand Designs, was one of the most striking and unusual properties of the last series.

Healthy Living through Sustainability
By bryan
Park City Architecture is proud to be affiliated with SIREWALL, a truly sustainable, alternative construction method that brings out the beauty of natural rammed earth walls. The SIREWALL system combines a centuries old building medium, ..

Igloo homes
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Owners also promise a 'worry-free' hurricane season with the help of the geodesic network of structural arches created by the thick concreted seams that ...

Green all over
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
But when you step into the upper floor, where most of the living space is, it blooms into a cozy, high-ceilinged, well-lit glory that only a strawbale home ...

Family turns to straw bales for green, efficient addition
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
The home was one of 40 homes featured in an Ontario-wide straw bale house tour. "But when you think about all the energy and fossil fuels that go into

The Coolest Apartment Block on Earth
Environmental Graffiti - London,England,UK
With over 1000 unique windows, individualized handles on windows and doors, a living roof, café, parking garage, restaurant, bar, playground, and a running ..

Plans unveiled for new eco-house
The Lowestoft Journal - Lowestoft,England,UK
PLANS have been unveiled for what is believed to be the first earth-sheltered eco-house in East Anglia on a former paddock close to the parish church, ...

Tour Offers Glimpses of a Green Future
East Hampton Star - NY, USA
Bill Chaleff and Edvin Stromsten both built earth-sheltered structures in East Hampton that make the most of available daylight and also employ solar ...

Robert Kingsbury
WMUR - Manchester,NH,USA
We can recommend earth sheltered houses which also immediately cut electrical consumption and also pay for themselves in about 5 years.

Show features West Virginias caves
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
“Underground West Virginia” - West Virginia has 4300 known caves, more than a third of them in Greenbrier County. In this vast underground, ...

Letter from Gers in Southwest France
Times Online - UK
... his office was for sale. It was perfect. A three story ancient building, in the central square of an old Bastide, in a very dilapidated condition, .

 

 

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Vertical farm planned
Windsor Star - Ontario, Canada
VANCOUVER - Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses are being touted as part of the next "green revolution" in Vancouver and its surrounding communities.

Magnitude 5.3 Aftershock Hits China-Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
... border area of China, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan at 0:05 am Tuesday, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting the China Earthquake Administration as ...

Attracting Crowds, CAS Unveils a Spectacle on its Roof
CoStar Group - Bethesda,MD,USA
Developed at a cost of almost $500 million and crowned with a "living" roof that itself functions as a chief exhibit, the 400000-square-foot structure

Going 'green' a way of life for Keljo
ThisWeekNews - Columbus,OH,USA
The "living roof" on the sauna features prairie grasses and wildflowers covering about 98 percent of its surface. "Basically, I have a layer of soil in

How to grow a roof for your garden shed
Sunday Mirror - UK
So why not transform yours into a trendy “living” roof? It makes use of a boring surface and adds an interesting element to your garden – especially if ...

Built Green Features
Blanco County News - TX, USA
A rooftop rainwater collection system consists of a suitable roof and guttering system, a storage tank(s), and a simple filtration system.

Butterfly counters miffed at SF museum
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... nonthreatened species in appropriate habitats, such as the academy's new living roof, which hopefully will become a new roosting area. ...

East Texas man makes amazing house from straw and mud
KLTV - Tyler,TX,USA
The roof will be a living roof like the one on Moser's outhouse. He says green roofs absorb a lot of heat. Moser also plans on building a screened-in porch ...

 

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Rainwater News Rainfall News-Everything from droughts to salvaging rain water.

 

Melbourne's spring drought set to send rainfall records to a new low
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
MELBOURNE is closing in on a number of unwelcome records, as the severe lack of spring rain continues to worry scientists and water officials

Drought, beetles killing Forests
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
“Several of the current bark-beetle outbreaks across North America are the largest and most severe in recorded history,” said Barbara Bentz, an entomologist

Drought plagues every county
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Hawaii's flash flood season, October through April, has begun with moderate to severe drought across most of the state, says a National Weather Service ...

The urban farmers almanac
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Backyard goats can yield milk, meat and weed control; bees in rooftop hives can both feed us and help local flora; and fish in unused swimming pools or ...

Atlas of underground aquifers may help avert future water wars ...
Newspost Online - Baroda,India
London, Oct 26 (ANI): A new high-resolution atlas that shows where underground aquifers store vast amounts of water, may help to provide a legal framework

Atlas of hidden water may avert future conflict
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
... natural resources, yet are entirely hidden. Now, for the first time, a high-resolution map shows where underground aquifers store vast amounts of water. ...

Pupils have designs on saving Portishead's open-air pool
Evening Post - Bristol,England,UK
She said: "I have featured a rainwater storage feature so water collected can be recycled. I go to the pool in the summer and I hope that some of the ideas

Art of simple solutions
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Trethan Heckman stands next to his 1500-gallon rain water storage tank connected to the gutter system of his Petaluma home. Heckman states his home roof ...

PM sets plans for Drainage Unit
Nation News - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
... with the relevant agencies of Government, to ensure maximum retention of rainwater, in adequate storage, as well as minimise incidents of flooding. ...

Southern drought creeping northward
The Associated Press
Kentucky also suffered through a severe drought a year ago, but "this is probably the worst that I've had to deal with," said Joe Hunley, Magoffin County's ...

Drought now severe in 8 W.Va. counties
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
The latest US Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows severe drought conditions in Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne and Wyoming

Job 'well' done: Cistern reopened at Fort Knox
VillageSoup Belfast - ME, USA
These cisterns, with walls of brick, granite and cement, were the collection points for rainwater that drained from the fort’s sod roof.

‘’Rain harvest answer to soaring water bills
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
A huge 45000-litre capacity water storage tank has been installed in an underground pit next to the new building. This forms part of a rainwater harvesting ...

AFGHANISTAN: Ministry warns of severe food shortage
IRINnews.org - New York,NY,USA
The huge food shortfall has occurred largely due to crop failure resulting from a severe drought, officials said. Drought has led to the failure of up to 90 ...

Army suspends Ft. Irwin tortoises relocation
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Biologists theorize the problem may be connected to severe drought conditions, which have killed off plants and triggered a crash in rodent populations.

Tornadoes, drought warnings play havoc
Post Searchlight - Bainbridge,GA,USA
He said Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and Rome are experiencing severe drought, which typically occurs every 20 years. And extreme drought, which typically ...

Tennessee Counties' Drought Status Moved Back to 'Severe'
istockAnalyst.com (press release) - Salem,OR,USA
... and Franklin counties in Tennessee were recategorized from being in a moderate drought to being in a severe one, the third of five drought categories. ...

Melbourne suffers as drought in southern Australia declared worst ...
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
"There are currently some very severe droughts in those regions, and also substantial rainfall declines." He said the current dry was at the extreme end of ...

 

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Underground utilities power lines manhole covers tunnels built headline

Underground Utilities.

 

 

‘’MIT Energy Storage Discovery Could Lead to Unlimited Solar Power
CleanTechnica - San Francisco,CA,USA
In a statement, he also said: “This is a major discovery with enormous implications for the future prosperity of humankind

Long Lake comes alive
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
The project, located eight kilometres from tiny Anzac, in the heart of Chipewyan Prairie Dene lands, is a tangle of pipes and vessels hidden from the

Step into Auld Reekies dark past
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
Far below the cobbles and tourist shops, bedecked in tartan, saltires and Highland coos, lies an underground world of mystery, myths and terrifying history

The Mystery Metro
Moscow News - Russia
Another popular legend tells of a huge underground town at Ramenki, also served by the mysterious Metro-2. This was apparently built as a bomb shelter,

Arabian railway network goes underground
MEED - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... the 52-kilometre Purple Line between Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum Airport near Jebel Ali will be entirely underground. ...

Chiapas jolted by 6.5 Richter quake
Haber 27 - Gaziantep,Turkey
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has struck Mexico's Chiapas state, sparking panic in the town of Tapachula, near the Mexico-Guatemala border.

Friday, October 10th--Private Wind Turbines Clear Early Hurdle
The Dispatch - Ocean City,MD,USA
Legally, the lowest point of the rotor should be 25 feet higher than the roof itself. Rooftop installation would certainly cut back on urban obstructions of ...

 

 

honey and oil

 

Generating power from throwaway food
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Unlike ethanol, which is based on corn, the biogas industry relies on organic waste such as corn husks or on livestock manure. Manure is generally spread on ...

Part Two: Toxic cocktail may be causing bee collapse
Land Line Magazine - Grain Valley,MO,USA
The samples taken from pollen, wax and bees were then sent to a US Department of Agriculture lab for analysis for pesticides. Many still haven’t been sent

New research will help honeybee breeders out of a sticky situation
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
"When we look at what bees do in the larger context of agriculture, which is most notable in terms of crop pollination, we are talking about a value of $200

OH, BEEHIVE! Bees' smarts, hard work are captivating
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
The US Department of Agriculture estimates that more than one-fourth of the human diet is derived from honeybee-pollinated plants. ...

Japanese ham, sausages and other meats follow noodles off the ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Only days earlier, two major food companies recalled more than half a million packs of instant cup noodles following the discovery of insecticide

Ancient food revival
Douglas Daily Dispatch - Douglas,AZ,USA
Hot freshly brewed coffee is for sale under the music tree along with fresh donuts. The coffee is made from locally roasted, fair-trade Just Coffee.

Crisis shows urgency of going organic - Shiva
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
... organic farming was the answer to climate change and world hunger. She said a quarter of greenhouse gases were emitted by industrially farmed crops and ...

Rising from the ashes ...
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A return to some kind of rural arcadia, perhaps, a post-industrial green paradise where we all grow organic food, cycle to work and stop using fossil fuels. ...

Growing food year-round topic of workshop
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
He attended a workshop Friday morning about growing food year-round in hoophouses, or greenhouses -- one of the sessions at the seventh annual Great Lakes

For local growers, and statewide, pumpkins mean big business
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
Pumpkins also require bees for proper pollination and fruit set, so most growers rent one or two bee colonies per acre, a cost that can hit more than $100 ...

... and the bees
Globe and Mail - Canada
... agriculture's keystone species, Jacobsen's contribution is far more serious and engaging than Candace Savage's whimsical Bees: Nature's Little Wonders. ...Nicotine-Based Pesticide May Explain Bee Colony Collapse
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
No dead bees are ever found. Much of the research has not materialized because of a lack of funding even though bees are vital for agriculture. ...

£Vanishing bees could sting apple industry for 165m
Daily Mail - UK
By David Derbyshire They say the decline in bee numbers could have 'catastrophic' consequences for apple growers within a few years. ...

Robert Mugabe forces Zimbabwe aid agencies into cash crisis
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
"The food shortage is catastrophic," he said. "There are HIV Aids patients on anti-retrovirals who have not had adequate food supplies for two months and ...

Ag experts say insects a food source
United Press International - USA
UN statistics warn of a shortage of grains as the world's population nears 9.2 billion in 2050. ''The amount of food, including meat, will decrease. ...

Eat your heart out
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
This state-of-the-art operation uses computerised technology in the greenhouses, where high-quality hydroponic tomatoes and pick-your-own strawberries are ...

Scientists breeding better bees
Central Valley Business Times - Stockton,CA,USA
by Kathy Keatley Garvey UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey shows Secretary of Agriculture AG Kawamura her enhanced-line bee stock. ...

Israeli researchers genetically enhance smell of flowers
Newspost Online - Baroda,India
Scent in flowers and plants, is what attracts pollinating insects like bees and beetles that pass on the pollen and help in the reproduction and creation of ...

City asked to consider beekeeping bylaw
North Shore News - North Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
Shyry first moved to North Vancouver a few years ago and was disappointed when she learned that the city requires bee hives to be on agricultural land only. ...

Stung by success - Tawes Pen bee farmer reaping sweet harvest
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
His dream of cultivating honey bees started some years ago when he did a related course, while pursuing an associate degree in agriculture at the College of ...

Where Honeybees are Thriving
Technocrat.net - Boston,MA,USA
Global agriculture, valued at (Euro)153 billion, or $214 billion, relies on pollination by bees, according to the French National Institute of Agricultural ...

Bee industry feeling sting
Vernon Morning Star - BC, Canada
“The value of honey production is very minimal compared to the value of bees to agriculture,” said Nowek. “A third of food production in Canada needs honey

Will Cities Soon Be Able to Feed Themselves?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Now her garden, along with produce, includes bees, turkeys and chickens. Pallana's interest in soil and food systems has taken over her life. ...

 

 

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Air pollutants plaguing the Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The main ingredient in smog is formed in the summer at the ground when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds chemically react together in sunlight. ...

Substantial Loss Of Carbon, Nitrogen From Burned Soils -- And ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... by releasing carbon as a greenhouse gas and, in the long term, by reducing soil productivity through losses of organic matter and nutrients. ...

Gardeners are the original recyclers
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
Naturally, composting leaves, paper and other organic material was on just about everybody's list, but I'll bet there are some ideas here that are new to

Ont. sees uptake in manure biogas funding
Alberta Express - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
Anaerobic digestion in that way helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the province said, and also treats manure and other organic materials to make them ...

Construction waste becomes compost
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Wooden waste is chipped and put into animal pens to degrade for a year, then mixed with drywall and manure to further the degradation process.

Manure being converted into stable bedding
Horsetalk - Canterbury,New Zealand
The plant uses animal waste from Crescent Stables as the raw material for the system. The dried and shredded byproduct is used as bedding at the host farm,

Sewage Is Flush With Hidden Energy Potential, Speaker Says
Kitsap Sun - WA, United States
The output of gas can be increased further by adding organic materials — such as grease from restaurants, schools and hospitals, he said. ...

Venture capital looks to new sources of biofuels
guardian.co.uk - UK
Venture capitalists said grasses such as switchgrass and miscanthus (or elephant grass), maize leaves and stalks, municipal waste, offal and manure are ...

Compost tea keeps the landscape grounded
Boston Globe - United States
Inside the FilterMitt is a mix of food waste, cranberry seeds, horse manure from Suffolk Downs, and leaves from Franklin and Framingham's autumn curbside ...

Yes, you can grow veggies in pots
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Other options include manure tea (created by soaking composted cow or horse manure overnight and using the liquid) or fish emulsion used at one-half the ...

Organic gardening with red wiggler worms
Martha's Vineyard Magazine - Edgartown,MA,USA
... or outdoor organic gardens. Sustainable-living ventures such as the Community Solar Greenhouse (COMSOG) in Oak Bluffs have worm bins on their premises. ...

 

 

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