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THE WORLD OF WORMS

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

“A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.”
~William Shakespeare.
Let’s hear it for worms! They not only help to increase the amount of air and water that gets into the soil, but they also play a key part in breaking [...]

Trichoderma in Hydroponic Systems

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ 7 comments

What is Trichoderma?

Trichoderma is a naturally occurring genus of soil fungi which has been known to possess bio control qualities against a number of plant pathogens since the 1920s. While there are a number of plant-associated microbes, both fungi and bacteria which are strongly beneficial to plants, none has been more intensively studied than [...]

Breeding Microbes with Compost Tea

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ 10 comments

Unveiling the Microscopic Secrets of Connoisseur Organic Growers
“We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than we do about the soil underfoot.”
~Leonardo da Vinci
Commercial grape growers in Sonoma and Napa pay big bucks for beneficial biology consultants to come to their vineyards. And for good reason—the right blend of microbiology in their soils can [...]

Vide-oh-no! The Most Controversial Music Videos of All Time

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Ever since the 1981 launch of MTV heralded the age of 24-hour music television, bands and artists have recognized what a potent marketing tool the music video is.
With the medium firmly in the mainstream, musicians and directors use promo clips to make themselves more appealing to fans by seizing the opportunity to present themselves in [...]

Aquaponics Explained: Plant Nutrient Management in Aquaponics

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 19, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

When I first stumbled upon aquaponics in early 2009 it was while I was still running product development, and by extension the plant laboratory, for AeroGrow International. While I am not a scientist by education (my undergraduate degree is in Agricultural Economics) I learned a tremendous amount about hydroponic nutrients in my various plant research [...]

Unveiling The World’s Biggest GROW SHOW!

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s big. Really big! In fact, it’s the biggest on the planet!
GROW 2011 in Los Angeles is the world’s largest hydroponics and indoor gardening expo. And it’s taking place on October 1st and 2nd this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Basically, if you’re into hydroponics or growing indoors / in a greenhouse then this [...]

FARM:Shop – A farm in a shop!

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Eco-designers Something and Son have taken the term Farm Shop literally, and have taken on the task of converting a disused shop in Hackney, East London, UK into a working farm. They have been working in partnership with Hackney Council as part of a regeneration scheme to breathe new life into redundant spaces.
Something and Son, [...]

American Hydroponics and Rimol Greenhouse Systems Join Forces

By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 17, 2011 ⋅ One comment

A New Hampshire greenhouse manufacturer and a California hydroponics company are hoping that their budding East/West relationship will be one that bears fruit for their customers and the environment.
Hooksett, NH-based Rimol Greenhouse Systems (RGS) and Arcata, California-based American Hydroponics (AmHydro) announced today that they have entered a partnership for the mutual goal of providing growers [...]

WTF is Wikileaks?

By UGM - UK Edition ⋅ December 22, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

“Nature knows no indecencies: man invents them.”
~Mark Twain
How would you explain the Internet to people living 100 years ago? Admittedly, 100 years isn’t a very long time but it’s more than sufficient to purify our reference points. For instance, it would be meaningless to define the Internet in terms of “computers” let alone “computer networks”. [...]

Top ten lies about Senate Bill 510

By Everest ⋅ December 1, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

(NaturalNews) The Food Safety Modernization Act looks like it’s headed to become law. It’s being hailed as a “breakthrough” achievement in food safety, and it would hand vast new powers and funding to the FDA so that it can clean up the food supply and protect all Americans from food-borne pathogens.
There’s just one problem with [...]

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