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DIY Sweat-sacoche diy-laptop-sweat – the Trendy Girl. Tea Tree Oil as a Tick Repellent. 9GAG. AilmentsSs - What Grandma Knew - Herbal Remedies for Common Problems& - StumbleUpon. What to Plant Now: Central-Midwest Gardening Region. Plants That Stop — Even Eat — Mosquitoes.

While I’m still gathering feedback on DEET -free repellents I thought you’d appreciate some information on plants that may help keep mosquitoes where they belong–far, far away from you. (Note: the leaves of the following must be crushed to release the aroma. Otherwise mosquitoes can’t smell them): Photo: NellsWiki. Eartheasy Blog - StumbleUpon. It took over 20 years of gardening to realize that I didn’t have to work so hard to achieve a fruitful harvest.

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As the limitless energy of my youth gradually gave way to the physical realities of mid-life, the slow accretion of experience eventually led to an awareness that less work can result in greater crop yields. Inspired in part by Masanobu Fukuoka’s book, One Straw Revolution, my family experimented with gardening methods which could increase yields with less effort. Fukuoka spent over three decades perfecting his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Here are the strategies we used which enabled us to greatly increase our garden yield, while requiring less time and less work. Do It Yourself - Carbon Sequestration at home - Home.