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How to be greener

I work at a university that has finally decided to develop a "sustainability initiative." Because I am a librarian, I was asked to create a bibliography of resources to enhance our faculty's understanding of the concept and how they might incorporate it into their departments' curricula.

Pop Bottle Pots

Pop Bottle Pots So they're not very stylin', but these self-watering planters made from junked pop bottles are pretty handy for the well-intentioned but forgetful gardener. The bottom watering system keeps cuttings and seedlings on the right side of moist without

Don’t have room for a garden? Knit Your Own!

So besides being an avid gardening, I've an avid knitter. That means I'm always looking for cool new things to knit up. Today I got the idea in my head "hey, what about knitting plants??" So after a little searching I found these awesome knit plants that you can

Siftin’ for Gold

Some how we missed spring here in the Piedmont of North Carolina. The cool breezy afternoons have passed us over, and we went from weather in the 30's to weather in the 80's. What is a girl to do? I say its time to put some funk into

A Kitchen Garden Blog Well Worth Checking Out

I found out about this wonderful weblog recently when I Googled "kitchen garden", hungry for images of neat rows of leafy beet tops, close-ups of fragrant basil and walls of greenery. The weblog is called In My Kitchen Garden and it's a spin-off of another site, READ MORE...

Chicago Apartment Therapy

- From Chicago Apartment Therapy (April 2006.) apartment.jpg "Speaking of Spring, You Grow Girl is an amazing website that will inspire both the novice and experienced gardener (and no, you don't have to be a girl). Our friend Roni turned us on to You Grow Girl

Saucy Magazine Interview

From: Saucy Magazine With Chan Stroman Gayla Trail is a graphic designer, writer and gardener in Toronto. She wrote, took most of the photographs for, and designed the new book You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening, which grew out of YouGrowGirl.com, the popular gardening web site created by

Toronto Star - Featured

- From: The Toronto Star (May 21, 2005.) torontostar1.jpg torontostar2.jpg -Shopping Section

Venus Magazine, Spring 2005

- From: VENUS Magazine Spring 2005 venus.jpg -page 75

Library Journal Review

From: Library Journal Review "Reaching a new audience, this gardening book is as fresh and funky as the web site that inspired it. A professional print designer before turning to web design, Trail couldn't find gardening information geared toward young, hip, frugal, urban gardeners like herself, so she used
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