Plants vs. frost

Thanks, ADD-riddled Canadian climate. Tonight I had to protect some of my tomato and pepper plants from possible frost. Having run out of jars and plastic bottles I channeled MacGyver and came up with a quick way to cover up all the plants. I threaded plastic bags we had in abundance with some left-over wood and covered the plants that way. The wood kept the plastic bags from flying away fairly well so far. I figured that you can also tie the bags at the base of the plant if it’s windy, but I just bunched them up. I’d post some photos, but it’s cold and dark out. Sigh.

An amazing DIY Hummingbird feeder

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Diversity of Species in the Rainforest

Today I came across a compelling and beautiful ad for OroVerde. These scary logging machines are very much real. While close to 135,000 square miles of logged forest are regrowing, the threat of multiple specie loss still looms.

“The destruction of the rainforest comes in many shapes. And there are all kinds of animal and plant species which suffer as a result. Every hour three different types of animal and plant life are made extinct. Help us to save the rainforest: www.oroverde.de.”

Via Osocio

Beautiful Iceland

WWF Canada: Bigger problem

A beatiful spot shot by Woods + Low and DraftFCB of Toronto highlighting the story behind “green” products that end up on our store shelves.