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Saturday, September 12, 2009
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Five Hard-To-Kill Houseplants For Your Home Or Workspace

5:30AM Adam Pash | Plants can transform your home or workspace into a more peaceful, tranquil and beautiful place, but if you’re not good with them, your improved space can quickly turn into a depressing chamber of death. The solution: Get some more resilient plants. More »
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Friday, August 14, 2009
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Keep Your Plants Pampered With A Wine Bottle Plant Nanny

4:00AM Rosa Golijan | You can keep your plants well-watered by arranging for Twitter alerts when they’re thirsty, but using a wine bottle as a “plant nanny” to maintain consistent levels of moisture seems more efficient. Plus you can sate your own thirst, too. More »
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Landscape Your Yard On The Cheap

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Yes, your yard or lawn could look a lot better with some landscaping—but that doesn’t mean you need to start hiring. Removing brown spots, killing weeds and brightening your green space can be relatively cheap and DIY jobs. More »
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
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Tormato Stabilises And Feeds Your Tomato Plants

6:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Why limit yourself to ugly and utilitarian tomato cages? The homemade Tormato is tomato cage that both looks cool and delivers the nutrients your little red globes need. More »
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Choose Plants That Need Less Water For A Low Maintenance Garden

4:00AM Azadeh Ensha | We recently helped you get to know your edible outdoor greens, but if you’re looking to grow—not eat—your plants and your thumb is anything but green, here are a few low maintenance options. More »
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Friday, April 17, 2009
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The Workplace Jungle

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | What does five years worth of vine growth in an office look like? It looks like a whole wall and ceiling of mood lifting, air filtering, green awesomeness. More »
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Build A Self-Watering Garden With Recycled Water

7:00AM Adam Pash | Over at DIY web site Instructables, user askjerry details how he recycles the condensation water from his air conditioner through a self-watering garden system for some seriously green gardening. More »
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Get Started Growing Indoor Herbs

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | The key to a successful indoor herb garden is to start with the hardiest and easiest plants and expand your collection from there. Check out the following suggestions to get started. More »
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
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Turn Storage Containers Into Self Watering Tomato Planters

2:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’d like to have delicious home-grown tomatoes but lack a garden to grow them in, you’ll definitely want to check out this ingenious and inexpensive self-watering system. More »
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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Turn A Wine Bottle Into A Terrarium

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | It’s no ship in a bottle, but it is a novel way to add some low-maintenance greenery to your desk. With a little bit of patience, you can turn a wine bottle into a terrarium. While it may not be the first thing you’d think to recycle a wine bottle into, the results are pretty neat. Inspired by the awesome terrariums designed by artist Paula Hayes, seen below, Dr. Vino tried his hand at turning an empty bottle of rose wine into a moss filled terrarium. More »
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