If you have arrived at this blog then you are obviously interested in how our unpredictable weather is affecting the plants in our gardens.. Weather has always been the a challenge for gardening but in recent years the seasons have become blurred and no longer can we safely predict what type of weather to expect. […]
Continue reading...2. December 2010
Comments Off on Green roofs sprout in USA and Canada
Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in US cities with major initiatives in Chicago, Portland and Washington.According to Green Roofs for Healthy Cities roughly 10 million square feet of green roofs were built in 2009, compared to a million in 2004. Toronto, Canada has become the first city in the Western Hemisphere to mandate green […]
Continue reading...22. September 2010
Comments Off on Old flowers help future climate change studies
Flowers picked up to 150 years ago in Victorian England show that old collections of pressed plants around the world can help the study of climate change, scientists said today: http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-51655320100922
Continue reading...17. August 2010
Comments Off on Weather chaos and climate change
Floods in Pakistan, drought in Russia and record temperatures across the USA during summer 2010 raises the question whether these far-flung disasters are connected and if global warming is causing such weather extremes. The collective answer of the scientific community can be boiled down to a single word: probably. “The climate is changing,” said Jay Lawrimore, chief […]
Continue reading...14. August 2010
Comments Off on Green agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture is tipped to be the next big investment potential in the USA and Canada. Venture capitalists predict that a growing awareness of conventional agriculture’s contribution to climate change and concerns over its consumption of water and energy are creating markets for technological innovation to minimize those effects. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/energy-environment/22AG.html?ref=start-ups http://www.newseedadvisors.com/ http://www.investeco.com/
Continue reading...11. August 2010
Comments Off on Grow your own and bake bread to make a difference
Wheat prices are rising as a result of severe drought in Russia this summer which could have an ongoing effect on the world’s food chain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10859883 Beat the unpredictable global weather this summer by growing your own food and baking your own bread.http://www.allotment.org.uk/allotment_foods/bread-making/index.php
Continue reading...19. July 2010
Comments Off on Hottest year on record?
http://vodpod.com/watch/4018941-2010-hottest-year-so-far-on-record http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/07/2010717132048381555.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7895681/Worlds-hottest-year-on-record-expected.html http://climateprogress.org/2010/07/10/nasa-hottest-year-solar-minimum/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100716/wl_nm/us_weather_hottest_record http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/hottest-year-on-record/story-e6frg12c-1225892772028 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/World+simmers+hottest+year+record/3290162/story.html
Continue reading...6. June 2010
Comments Off on UN Video for 2010 Year of Biodiversity
Biodiversity is life – Biodiversity is our life 70% of plants are threatened by extinction as a result of climate change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1VYmpTikgw&feature=related
Continue reading...17. May 2010
Comments Off on International Year of Biodiversity
The United Nations have chosen 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is inviting the world to take action in order to safeguard the variety of life on Earth and the natural living systems that provide us with food,fuel, health,wealth, and other vital services.There are events taking place all over the world which […]
Continue reading...2. May 2010
Comments Off on Indoor gardening
I have to admit I am a bit of a fair weather gardener – I hate gardening in the rain! Which means that my plans to get outside digging the soil today had to change in view of the miserable weather. Time to get in a spot of indoor gardening. My chillis, peppers and tomato […]
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9. January 2011
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