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Vegetable Gardens Crop Up in Seattle Parking Strips

Seattle Times | Maureen O'Hagan | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Tiny Gardens, Parking Strip Vegetables Gardens, Vegetable Gardens, Local Food, Urban Gardening, Food, Environment, Gardening, Green News

Last year, the city issued 22 permits for parking-strip gardens. This year, they've issued 52, and that's for hardscaping alone. There's no telling ho...

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Go Green, Quit Exercising

Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 08.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Bicycling, Tomatoes, Solar Ovens, Urban Gardening, Exercise, Gym, Green Living, Green News
Rebekah and Stephen Hren

With so much work to be done to make our world a sustainable place, does it make any kind of sense to be expending precious calories in so wanton a matter?

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Rooftop Vegetable Gardens Are Sprouting Up Across America

nytimes.com | Marian Burros | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Organic Farming, Farming, New York, Local Food, Organic Food, Organic Garden, Urban Gardening, Food, Gardening, Vegetable Garden, Living News

THIS summer, Tony Tomelden hopes to be making bloody marys at the Pug in Washington, D.C., with tomatoes and chilies grown above the bar, thanks to th...

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Low-Tech Green Walls: Plant Vines For Insulation

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Plants, Green Walls, Urban Gardening, Vines, Green Living, Giy, Green Roofs, Green News

Vines such as ivy, russian-vine and virgina creeper grow quickly and have an immediate effect; according to Livingroofs.org. Climbers can dramatica...

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The 10 Easiest Vegetables To Grow At Home

EcoSalon | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Farming, Vegetable Garden, Urban Gardening, Giy, Victory Garden, Green News

Gardening is hot, hot, hot. And why not? Planting a few seeds on your deck or in your backyard yields delicious, organic results - and money savings, ...

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Jake Gyllenhaal's Urban Gardening Lesson (VIDEO)

Just Jared, Treehugger | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Urban Gardening, Jake Gyllenhaal, Urban Farming, Green Living, Green News

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal spent some time at a school, waving a shovel about a new garden and having microphones and cameras thrust toward him: The 28-ye...

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Twittering Plant Knows How To Get What It Wants

Discover Magazine | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Botanicalls, Plants, Houseplants, Twitter, Urban Gardening, Twittering Plant, Green Technology, Green News

Are you slowly killing your houseplants? Is it because you're too busy Twittering? THEN HAS THE INTERNET GOT THE SOLUTION FOR YOU! Discover found a...

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How To Get Started In Community Gardening

Chelsea Green | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Community Garden, Eating Matters, Urban Gardening, Giy, Green News

The following is an excerpt from Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community by Heather C. Flores. It h...

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The Tomato, the Banker, and the Alderman

Flora Lazar | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Leon Despres, Vegetables, Farmers Markets, Food, Gardening, Hyde Park, Ron Grzywinski, Tomatoes, Community Development, Shorebank, Socially Responsible Investing, Urban Gardening, Leaon Despres Tomato, Hyde Park Gardening, Despres Tomato, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

The Despres Tomato's characteristic thin skin and fragility are probably not a reflection of the 100-year-old alderman who was known throughout his career for his tenacity.

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A Garden Grows In Cabrini

Chi Town Daily News | Mary Brophy | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: City Farm, Urban Gardening, Green Chicago, Chicago Food, Cabrini Green Garden, Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Urban Farms, City Farm Chicago, Cabrini Green, Chicago Sustainable Food, Resource Center Chicago, Home News

Eventually, the land at City Farm in Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood will sell for millions of dollars and a development deal. But for now, it s...

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