Boland Elementary School second-graders learned how to grow their own food Thursday. Twenty-one students planted seeds that will grow into carrots and radishes in a garden they created outside on school grounds. Source

Forests don’t have to be far-flung nature reserves, isolated from human life. Instead, we can grow them right where we are — even in cities. Eco-entrepreneur and TED Fellow Shubhendu Sharma grows ultra-dense, biodiverse mini-forests of native species in urban areas by engineering soil, microbes and biomass to kickstart natural growth processes. Follow along as…

The pesky little black or grey flies darting around your indoor plants are fungus gnats! While the flying adults are just plain annoying, it’s the larvae which live in the potting mix that can be doing some serious harm to your plants. The adult flies lay their eggs into the potting mix and the teenie…