"On the weekend we spent a few hours in our garden.
My husband hopped onto the roof and cleaned the gutters.
My baby sat in his pram and stared up at the swaying silhouette of trees.
My two boys constructed some kind of bomb shelter out of old wooden planks, and made magic potions with muddy rain water."
-http://www.karencheng.com.au/2009/08/31/my-organic-garden-weekend-jobs/
It's a major challenge, all right, but after losing all the tomatoes in New York, we're trying to see if at least one of the Maine tomato patches can fight off late blight (Phytopthera infestans), one of the most devastating vegetable diseases. It's the one that led to the Irish potato famine and it's just as deadly almost two centuries later.
P. infestans is always around, but it came early this year, and more ferociously than ever before. Farmers and home gardeners from Maine to South Carolina -- and quite a way west -- have already lost their crops to what has turned out to be the most widespread outbreak in U.S. history.
If you see any signs of late blight, experts advise destroying all infected plants at once, to stop the spread of spores. And if you live in an area where there are gardens or farms that have not yet been hit that is the advice to take; late blight is highly contagious. But if everyone else already has it and yours is the garden that's hanging in, you might as well join us in employing:"
If you are looking to make a green office, then you need to
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This powerstrip saves 10% on your home or business electric bill. According to the Department of Energy, 75 percent of all household electricity consumption is consumed when products are turned off. This costs the average home almost $1,200 each year.
Do you dash out the door at the end of every day and you turn off your computer, but forget to forget to turn off your monitor, cell phone, printer and everything else that is sucking up energy while you sleep? Have no fear, Ecostrip is here! This modified powerstrip will turn off everything plugged into it when you turn off your computer for the day. Only one switch to remember now.
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-http://www.thegreenworkplace.com/2009/08/save-power-with-ecostrip.html
Students in Florida are learning about solar energy. Great educational opportunity to learn more about solar panels. "Richard Welch shook his head when his classmates cheered after finding out their paychecks were in. "It's not about the money; it's about this here," he said, waving a certificate showing he had completed four weeks of training in solar technology last week. The 18-year-old Welch was one of 45 students to earn the solar certificate and three other training certificates, as well as a paycheck, through the solar technology training offered as part of the federal stimulus-funded summer youth program. FloridaWorks, the state's work force board for Alachua and Bradford counties, received $1.5 million in stimulus funds for job services, $590,000 of which went to summer internships and job training programs for 500 youths ages 16-24. It was open to low-income, at-risk or learning disabled youths who received $7.50 an hour for up to 100 hours for training programs or jobs at 100 employers."
Solar panels at a school in Connecticut are providing 75% of the energy they need
