How to grow a veggies on your balcony?
Hi guys! I'm sure that some of you live in apartements like I do with no garden space. I'm a student, so money is tight and food is expensive. I've been thinking about growing my vegetables on my...
View ArticlePots and Pans
What type of skillets, pots and pans do you recomend? Type of material I think most of, as probably not all brands are aviable every places. I've had non-stick pans most of my life, as I do tend to...
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DIY Photo Thread
I'm planning quite a few projects around the house at the moment, and I thought it might be good to have a thread for sharing photos of works in progress/finished results I don't have any pictures at...
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West Shetland Island for sale for the price of a London flat....
I found this very interesting ... An entire West Shetland island is up for sale for the same price as a two-bed flat in London The cottages need some Tender Loving Care, though ... Read more
View ArticleLaundry Issues
Not sure that this is the right place to post this, but I wanted to have a thread dealing with laundry issues. One question that I have deals with washing laundry in "cold" water*, and the use of...
View ArticleMycelium building insulation hailed for superior enviro qualities
A UK entrepreneur developing mushroom-based insulation and other biological materials for the construction industry has won an international award for innovation. Ehab Syed, who founded his company...
View ArticleHomemade, vegan detergents
I didn't know where to put it, but "home" sound not too bad place. But are there anyone here that is making detergents on their own? Both for dishwasher and washing machine. All my outdoors clothes,...
View ArticleThe Houseplant Thread
I hope this isn't out of place, as most houseplants aren't edible. But I do often grow vegetable plants indoors during cold weather. I started a similar thread over on VB some time ago, but there...
View ArticleWhy you should not plant bamboo in your yard
Why you should not plant bamboo in your yard
View ArticleMarie Kondo
Anyone discovered this woman and her magic of having a tidy home? I did last week. After some funny memes about only having 30 books (like, on your nightstand?) I found her book on Storytel (audio book...
View ArticleHow to keep bugs off the plants
I'm looking for some advice on how to keep the bugs off the plants in the garden. In past years I would have just sprayed stuff on there to kill them once they were on (green fly / white fly etc), but...
View ArticleSlug & Snail barrier (vegan friendly)
Here's one for my fellow compassionate gardeners! A vegan friendly slug & snail deterrent. I created this video in my garden yesterday for anyone interested how to make slug barriers with re-used...
View ArticleWhat's in your Garden?
My peach tree has blossoms on it- hopefully we won't have a late freeze which kills them and prevents any fruit from happening. It seems I finally have the knack for growing garlic: the cloves I...
View ArticleHow do you protect yourself from poison ivy?
I work at a community college as a groundskeeper. The heat is bad, but what bugs me even more than that is the poison ivy. I wear gloves, arm sleeves, but I frequently get and give poison ivy to my bf....
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Veganic Gardening course
Hi all Long time reader, first time poster here. I garden on my apartment balcony,and really needed a refresher course and some encouragement. Just finished the Learn Veganic gardening course and could...
View ArticleI think I have bedbugs
This morning I noticed red blotches all down both sides of my torso, from 3mm to 20mm across. They must be quite livid as my colour vision isn’t good. They don’t hurt or itch at all, and I wouldn’t...
View ArticleLilac bush
After my lilac bush bloomed this year many of its leaves fell off. In August it bloomed for a second time; this has never happened before. Can anyone explain why this happened?
View ArticleVeganism & Gardening-Justice & Compassion
Ginny Messina said: Here in western Massachusetts, there is a blanket of snow on the ground, but I’m dreaming about my garden. It’s what gardeners do. If we’re not out and about among the flowers,...
View ArticleWhat's in your Garden (& Indoor Plants)
The previous garden thread was started back in 2017, and had several good years. I figured it was time to start a new one. I thought maybe this time it should be a year-long thread, at least: I...
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