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How green is your thumb?

By: Daniela Payne

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How green is your thumb?

When it comes to gardening, are your habits eco-friendly? Take part two of our eco-quiz to find out!

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If you’ve chosen C, you probably know a great deal about vegetable gardening. Did you know that you don’t have to use pesticides to keep bug and critters away from your tasty veggies? Separating your vegetable rows with marigolds will help stave off roundworms. They also attract bees that will help along the pollination process.

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Chrysanthemums, chives, garlic and onions are also known to keep pests away from your precious veggies.

Page 1: Organic waste
Page 2: Waste not, want not
Page 3: Eat your veggies
Page 4: Growing tips
Page 5: Pest control
Page 6: Be kind to your pets
Page 7: Build it, and they will come
Page 8: Built it right
Page 9: And finally...
Page 10: Small plots

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Drew

on 2008-09-29

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SFI and CSA certifications are also environmentally friendly options for lumber, not just FSC. http://www.sfiprogram.org/ http://www.csa.ca/Default.asp?language=English

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