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Virtual garden planner connects gardeners and grows community. By its very nature, gardening is a down-to-earth endeavor, and one which requires you to get offline, get out in the sun, and get your hands in the soil, but that doesn't mean that the world of technology and social media has no place in the garden. After all, the internet is a good place to get gardening tips and ideas from, and to peruse seed catalogs and learn from others, and even if you've got a fellow gardener in your community to connect with, the web offers access to a variety of digital garden tools that can be integrated into your learning experience, such as this virtual garden planner.

I previously covered an online organic vegetable garden planner, Smart Gardener, which can help guide beginning gardeners, but this newest virtual garden planner has an added social and community-building aspect to it that could serve as a great resource for those who'd like to connect to other gardeners and get advice and support. Have you ever used a digital garden planner such as Greenius? Marcus Bleasdale's Shocking Photos Reveal the Ugly Truth Behind Smartphone Manufacturing. Most of us are never farther than arm's reach of our smartphones. We use them constantly to snap pictures and post tweets, oblivious to the sacrifices that must be made in order for billions of people around the world to have smartphones in their pockets. In the 125th anniversary issue of National Geographic magazine, documentary photographer and filmmaker Marcus Bleasdale's stunning images pull back the curtain of our ignorance.

The full spread depicts the men, women, and children who put their lives on the line, enduring horrifying conditions, in order to harvest the precious minerals needed to make each and every smartphone on the market. Top image: A child is put to work at a militia-run mine in Watsa. © Marcus Bleasdale/National Geographic Here’s an excerpt from the National Geographic piece, The Price of Precious, explaining more: All images © Marcus Bleasdale/National Geographic. Smartphone image via luluemonathletica.