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Reluctant confessions of an earthworm killer / Nightmare on Earthworm Street

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Over the last few years vermiculture, or earthworm farming, has grown to become one of the most popular "green" methods of dealing with vegetative kitchen scraps and garden waste. Share our squirming shame as we expose the terrible truth about our experiences with earthworm-composting.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 14:36
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A venture into the world of eco-flooring: cork tiles

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Find out about our venture into the world of DIY eco-flooring and see the result of covering our little kitchen floor with cork tiles.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 August 2010 17:28
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Our first brush with eco-friendly paints: SelfCoat and ProNature

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Read about our first experiences using eco-friendly paints - we tried both SelfCoat (now no longer on the market) and EnviroTouch's ProNature.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 15:00
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Creating a waterwise indigenous “stone garden”

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The Eastern Cape has experienced drought-like conditions for quite some time now. We are solely reliant on rainwater in our household so we do our best to employ a water-wise approach to gardening. See a step-by-step account of how we went about creating a watering-free indigenous "stone garden" in our front yard.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 14:59
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Growing veggies on a deck

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We currently live on a relatively small property with very limited useable garden space. Despite this, however, we have a lovely wooden deck at the front of our house. Find out how we went about building a raised veggie patch on our deck.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 August 2010 17:28
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Trench transformations

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We've found that one of the simplest ways of disposing of organic garden and kitchen waste is to make direct use of it for trench gardening. Read about our experiments in transforming trash to treasure.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 14:57
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Simple and inexpensive compost bin

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We have been composting a proportion of our organic kitchen scraps and garden waste for quite some time now, but since moving to a new home in East London, we decided that the time had come to build a better compost bin based on the lessons we've learned thus far. Find out how we went about making a simple and inexpensive compost bin.

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