If you are familiar with gardening you know that pests can destroy a season’s worth of work if left unchecked.  Maintaining a healthy garden without using chemical products is easy if you do a little bit of research. Check out a few of the great ways to protect your garden from pests while still keeping [...]

Every gardener knows pests are part of being a gardener, and that you have many different ways of dealing with them.  When you are considering an organic garden, you already know that you should not use chemical pesticides, but the truth is you really don’t need them!  There are plenty of different solutions for the [...]

Composting is using decomposed organic matter to fertilize the soil and it is good for the environment as it helps to cut down on waste.  According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), yard trimmings and food residuals together constitute 23 percent of the U.S. waste stream.  When so much waste can be returned to the [...]

If you’re ready to upgrade your old cell phone for that new model you’ve been eying, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the cell phone industry want you to recycle or donate your used cell phone. If Americans recycled the 100 million cell phones that are discarded annually, the EPA estimates the nation would save [...]

Organic gardening is a great way to grow healthy and nutritious food for your family. Organic gardening allows you to grow food that is free of chemicals and additives. Organic gardeners don’t use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides on their plants which is better for the environment. They only use natural fertilizers such as cottonseed meal, [...]

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), each weekend approximately 54 million Americans mow their lawns. Lawn mowers use 800 million gallons of gas per year and produce tons of air pollutants. Gasoline-powered lawnmowers produce hydrocarbons (a major component of smog), particulate matter (which damages respiratory systems), carbon monoxide (a poisonous gas) and carbon dioxide [...]

The geothermal heat pump is a highly efficient renewable energy that is gaining wide acceptance as a heating and cooling source for use in both residential and commercial buildings. Geothermal heating and cooling uses the relatively constant temperature of the earth usually between 50 and 60 degrees to heat and cool homes and businesses. The [...]

Four to five trillion plastic bags are manufactured every year. Plastic bags are very popular with both retailers as well as consumers because they are cheap, strong, lightweight, functional, as well as a hygienic means of carrying food as well as other goods. Even though they are one of the modern conveniences that we seem [...]