A great community garden on a rooftop in Nashville

A great community garden on a rooftop in Nashville

Julie Berbiglia takes us to the rooftop of the McKendree United Methodist Church that hosts a community garden featuring deep raised beds, large planters and rain barrels. It also functions as the play area for the day-care kids, who really enjoy it, as you can see in the video. And part of the food grown…

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How I cope with my love for coffee

A cup of Espresso

  By Linda Cornelius ecogal Author and Designer Coffee actually isn’t as bad as we used to think, but it certainly has to be kept in line so it’s not drunk in harmful quantities. As in all things, a little goes a long way, too much is not good for your health. So how does…

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Understanding plants and growth

Jeff Poppen, The Barefoot Farmer, photo by Alan Messer

  Biochemistry — by Jeff Poppen barefootfarmer.org I recently attended an advanced course in biochemistry. You may not want to read any further. On the other hand, if everything in the world can be reduced to a few unreducible elements, let’s try to learn a little about them. N, P, and K are the primary…

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