Alexander B asked:


I buy and make shoes, clothing, bag, etc out of hemp and I have my own organic garden. I don’t drive cars and I recycle. How can I be more Green/organic?

Anon asked:


I think that even if global warming isn’t real what human kind is doing to the planet - turning it to a suburbian wasteland with exactly 5 types of plants being ok and EVERY thing else being a weed is horrible, especially when those plants people like are non native and take hundreds of gallons of water, pesticides, and fertilizers just to survive each year, in each yard.

What if the government heavily pushed the individual, organic garden? Building codes included greywater(non toilet water that is safe to put on plants as is) and composting toilet systems as nescessary? Outlawed(and enforced) the sale of non native plants, including grasses, for outside planting in every region, town and state? There was a bill passed that every house above a certain energy consumption/emission level(including trash) in say…20 years(to give technology time to catch up) would be fined and every house that complied each year before the deadline would receive major incentives and tax cuts forever?

abes3369 asked:


We have a few strawberry plants, but something is getting to them. We can’t find any bugs, but there is clearly somehting eating the plants. The foiledge is about half of what it used to be. The garden is organic, so we don’t use pesticides or fungicides, so we just don’t know what to to. Are there any natural remedies out there?

crystal. asked:


We re-started an Earth Club at my high school and I was wondering if anyone had ideas to help our wonderful Earth, and environment, as well as ways to go green, and other ways to save our environmental issues??

Here are some ideas already taken:
Beach clean-up, Educating primary school children, Recycling contests/recycling bins all over campus, Organic garden, planting trees, eco-friendly fundraisers, donations to organizations in favor of helping the earth.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE RESPECTED, SO PLEASE DO NOT MAKE RUDE REAMARKS, AND PLEASE ANSWER IF YOU ARE HELPFUL TO MY QUESTION. I NEVER MENTIONED THAT I DIDN’T CARE ABOUT BABIES AND SUCH, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS WORLD. IF YOUR ANSWER IS NOT RELEVANT TO MY QUESTION, NOR IS IT HELPFUL, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Jaques asked:


Michelle Obama

Sludge in the Garden
by Mike Krumboltz

New homes are full of questions and possibilities. What color to paint the walls? How to arrange the furniture? What to plant in the garden? The Obama family must have asked a lot of those same questions when they moved into the White House. However, the first lady’s dreams of growing an organic vegetable garden have been dragged down by a previous resident that refuses to leave: sludge.

Various sources within the Buzz are reporting that Michelle Obama’s organic garden has been besieged by icky goo in the ground. As a result, the veggies aren’t quite what the first lady had in mind. According to Daily Finance, the National Park Service tested the soil in the vegetable patch and found highly elevated levels of lead due to sewage used as fertilizer.

So the question is: Who to blame? While dumping sewage into the ground sounds like a crime worthy of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons, the actual perpetrators were none other than the Clintons. Yep, back when Bill and Hillary were living it up in the White House, their gardening team used sewage sludge for fertilizer. The fiends!

Sounds gross, but it’s actually fairly common. However, it does mean that the highly touted organic garden will never attain organic status. The certification process doesn’t allow the use of sludge as a fertilizer substitute. And there’s another problem: If Malia and Sasha weren’t into eating their veggies before, it’s going to be that much harder to get ‘em to eat ‘em now.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92869?fp=1

Amy L asked:


What’s the wackiest natural remedy you’ve tried that works?

Have you debunked any myths regarding natural solutions?

What are your greatest rewards?

S asked:


I’m interested in conserving water by reusing my shower water to water the garden. Are there any soaps and shampoos that are all natural and won’t harm the garden (or the environment) if they are washed directly into the soil?

Also, I read that shower water is considered greywater if it comes in contact with human skin, even if you don’t use any soaps. But I can’t imagine it would be very harmful to plants in the garden. Wouldn’t it just be water and some dead skin cells and body oils?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

qncyguy21 asked:


What are some good organic methods for preventing or treating common garden pest/pathogen infestations such as white flies, aphids, blights etc

Please let me know which specific infection your treatment treats….. Want to be well armed going into the spring planting season, so I don’t have to resort to chemicals methods.
thanks

2 Happily Married Americans asked:


Who here is still doing everything they hoped to on Earth Day? What is the hardest thing for you, recycling, driving less, not using a/c, less water, organic gardening?

We are still doing what we planned on. I drive very little now, and really don’t miss it. Our garden isn’t as productive as we would like, but we were short on rain for a month or so. We are still electricity junkies, for TV, computers and fans, but have really gotten into freecycling. How are you doing?

Elizabeth T asked:


I would love to grow my own organic vegetable garden. What kinds of things or products should I use to fertilize and de-bug? Any other tips? Thanks!