We have a couple of tips for choosing trees for carbon sequestration up on the Green Living Resource Center blog. Check them out!
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Are you planting trees for Arbor Day this year? Have you thought about planting fruit trees? They are a good consideration from a couple of aspects. First, they are deciduous trees. Deciduous trees remove more carbon from the atmosphere than coniferous trees do. Now, fruit trees are pretty small trees for removing carbon for us, but numbers count and the more we plant the more carbon they can handle. The second consideration in planting fruit trees is the food that they provide! We can always use more food for ourselves, our neighbors, our community, even our pets and livestock. The third consideration in favor of planting fruit trees is their beauty. With blooms in the Spring, ripening fruits in the Fall, and watching the process happen all Summer, fruit trees add to the asthetics of any property. We think fruit trees should be a part of every Arbor Day. For those of you who have never planted a fruit tree before, here is a video that will give you some easy to follow tips on how to do it. One of the most inspiring concepts for sustainable food production, on a large scale or a small backyard garden, is that of 3-dimensional gardening. Instead of simply growing outward in flat horizontal structuring, imagine a garden that is both horizontal and vertical with multiple layers of plant growth all working together in perfect Balance and Harmony. If you can imagine this, then you have imagined a Forest Garden. You can learn more about them and see examples of different types of Forest Gardens in our "Articles and Other Things" area.
If the peacocks make too much noise for you to use for your insect control, how about ducks? They are more quiet, more animated, more fun to watch, and VERY effective for insect control both in and out of the water. Check out our "Featured Favorite" on these little quackers. Don't spray chemicals on those noxious weeds! You can use goats instead. You don't even have to buy goats to do the job. You can rent them! Check out our "Featured Favorite" to learn more. Unfortunately, this video is not loading for us. We will try it again later, so check back again to see the last part of the "GMO Trilogy - Unnatural Selection".
GMO Trilogy - Unnatural Selection (part 5 of 5)
- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Wishing you could find an all natural pesticide? How about a peacock or two? Not only are peacocks (peafowl) magical and mystical birds, they are great "bug hunters", too! Turn them loose in your yard, pastures, or fields and they will take care of the unwanted insects in short order. They are also very good at sounding the alert if snakes or other intruders are nearby. Peacocks require no more care than any other barnyard bird - clean food and water, a safe place to roost, and lots of Love. Who can resist their mystical songs and magical feathers? Using peacocks for insect control is a far more environmentally sound method than using toxic chemicals that do harm for years after they are applied! In order to Understand the dangers of GMOs, we need to Understand GMOs themselves, as well as how they affect those who are subject to them. We hope this video series will help us all to see more clearly the dangers of GMOs that have been turned loose, unmonitored, unchecked, and unstoppable into our environment. |
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