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How to Start Your Own Herb Garden

Would I consider myself a green thumb-obsessed environmentalist who loves the planet? Not really. All this started from the fact that I'm just cheap. Keeping a small herb garden and growing some even from seed isn't difficult. For the most part, the herbs one uses in almost daily food preparation are ones that are hearty enough for the even the most questionable green thumb. Here are some herb-growing basics for the no-muss, no-fuss crowd.

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13 Comments | Posted by Denise Sakaki, April 22, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Tagged: gardens, herbs, how tos, plants, Serious Green, tips

In Videos: Time-Lapse Videos of Growing Plants

Metafilter rounds up 20 time-lapse videos that capture plant growth. See how your corn, peppers, mushrooms, and peas came to be. Here are four of my favorite videos after the jump....

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2 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 27, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Tagged: plants, time-lapse, videos

Martha Brews Up Some Compost Tea

Photograph from The Martha BlogOh, March, the month that officially ushers in spring, and with it, thoughts of gardening. Martha Stewart, on her blog, shows us how to brew "compost tea." It's not exactly something you'd want to drink as a human, but your plants will appreciate a taste of the stuff. Using a special contraption to brew it, Martha and her staff steep compost in tap water that's been infused with a special microbial powder that gets the nutrient action going. Martha recommends feeding plants with it once a month—or every two weeks, if your little green friends seem particularly stressed....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 1, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: gardening, Martha Stewart, plants