Posts by Justin Emig:

The Rise of Community Organic Gardens

 |  22nd Dec 2011  |  Filed under Vegetable Gardening

Much to the delight of any organic gardener, more and more community gardens are sprouting up in towns across the country. Hermosa Beach, California is no exception. As Doug Morino from DailyBreeze.com states in his article, officials in Hermosa Beach are looking to expand their already established community garden.

The new project will make plots of land available for public lease so&hellip

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A Trip to Rodale and the Rodale Institute

 |  23rd Nov 2011  |  Filed under Using Organics

I had the pleasure of visiting the campus of prominent publisher, Rodale Inc. and toured their beautiful LEED compliant facility which provides countless benefits for employees and sustainable living. The nature of Rodale is showcased throughout the building, from the quiet rooms on each floor, to the delicious food offered by their on site cafeteria.

I also had the pleasure of meeting the&hellip

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Don’t want to kill your insects…. you could always eat them!

 |  26th Oct 2011  |  Filed under Home Pest Control

While i much prefer to use organic pest control products like Safer® organic pest control products to eliminate my insects, there is certainly a number of people in the world who would rather eat the insects instead of killing them.

A number of cities including: LA, Memphis, Raleigh and Richmond are having events known as “Bug Cook-Offs” where participants are eating a wide variety of&hellip

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Infographic: The Stinky Truth on Stink Bugs from Safer®

 |  15th Oct 2011  |  Filed under Home Pest Control

The folks at Safer® put together this pretty sweet infographic outlining the truth behind stink bugs. As i mentioned earlier in the year, stink bugs are a major problem for gardeners. Now that the weather is colder and more people are not gardening, stink bugs want to make their way inside to hibernate for the winter….so that means they are taking over our house just like they took over our&hellip

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