I know we just looked at indoor water gardens yesterday, but I came across another water garden tidbit today – but this piece of news is concerned with outdoor water gardens. The scoop is about this new aquatic weed cutter that’s actually lightweight, easy to use, and requires no chemicals to remove weeds.

According to the press release, Justo Zarazua, a retired tool designer, invented this new weed removal alternative, The Weedgator. This tool is a five-foot long environmentally-friendly weed cutter that weighs just two pounds.
There are actually already manual tools for aquatic weed removal on the market, but most weigh …read more

Pesticides and other harmful chemicals you put on your lawn are not only detrimental to the air, water, and soil (i.e. the whole flipping planet) but the health of your family and community. The pesticides you use for lawn care don’t stay on your lawn. You and your family drag them into the house on your shoes. Pets run through the lawn and spread the pesticides. And particles drift off into the neighborhood. Yay! Instead, keep it green and healthy by reducing your overall use of pesticides – in fact, many people don’t use any pesticides at all.

Here’s how to …read more

This Earth Day I’m going to run crazy through my yard and pick dandelions from the vast weed garden in my yard and boil some potatoes (that I didn’t grow because that would require a green thumb whereas dandelions do not) and whip up some DandePotatoes.
Ok, maybe not. But my father’s wife Anni did. No kidding. A couple weeks ago they were in town and Anni asks me if I was going to use my dandelions. Really, it looked like we had a garden of them out there. (And it dawned on me our fruitful supply was likely due to …read more