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Feed Ducks Frozen Peas, Not Bread, Wildlife Organization Urges
Bread makes ducks sick, prevents them from learning to forage, and can even deform their wings so they can’t fly. Here are some healthier alternatives, if you must feed the ducks.
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How to Attract and Protect Native “Super Pollinator” Bees
One mason bee can pollinate as many blossoms as 100 honey bees!
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Windcatchers Generate 2.5 Times As Much Electricity as Wind Turbines Per Square Foot
Norwegian “Windcatchers” could revolutionize offshore wind energy
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Being Barefoot Benefits Brain Development
Bare feet are important to optimal nervous system and brain development
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Stop Buying Seedless Watermelons! The Old-Fashioned Seeded Kind are Better!
Studies show watermelon seeds fight cancer, protect the heart and increase sperm count! Plus seeded watermelons are sweeter than seedless!
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If You See This Invasive “Miracle” Weed, Don’t Kill It, Eat It
Purslane is medicine, not a menace. It’s also a culinary delight making its way into farmer’s markets and fancy restaurants.
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One-Acre Permaculture Garden Feeds 50 Families
One-acre garden provides fruit, veggies and eggs for 50 families with very little labor More and more people are learning growing food doesn’t have to be hard work. When you work with nature instead of against it, it does much of the work for you.
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7 SIMPLE steps for Transforming Dead Dirt into Living Soil
1. Stop tilling 2. Stop weeding 3. Stop fertilizing 4. Plant cover crops 5. Add compost 6. Add microbes 7. Add worms
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Meet the World’s Smallest Bird: The “Bee Hummingbird”
Often mistaken for a bumblebee because of its buzzing wings, the “bee hummingbird’s” body is only one inch long and weighs less than a penny!
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Stop the War on “Invasive” Plants, They Do More Good Than Harm
The counterproductive war on “invasive” plants is funded by herbicide companies. “Invasive” honeysuckle has quadrupled native bird populations, purple loosestrife cleans up polluted waterways, Japanese knotweed is a staple for native pollinators, and kudzu heals soil damaged by human development.