Learning About Compost Can Really Be Heaps of Fun
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YOUNGSTERS are being invited to take part in a contest to grow their own pumpkins and sunflowers this summer.  The fun competition is being run by Durham County Council to introduce children to gardening and plant biology, as well as raising awareness of home composting.
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Johnstown village manager Sarah Phillips traveled to Bulgaria last week to provide her expertise in waste management for a composting program there.
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Life & style: Green music fans will be able to track down food that doesn't go against their principles thanks to new guide.
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By IAN DRURY  SAINSBURY'S is to sell 500 of its own-brand products in ' compostable' packs to cut down on packaging waste.   Fruit and vegetable wrappers and ready-meal packs can be put on compost heaps with garden clippings and food waste.
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From automatic lawn mowers to storm detectors and and infrared grills, here are some fun and fanciful gadgets for summer.
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Locales that are not always where you want to be but are always fascinating
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Photographers interested in kicking their dependence on chemicals and processing labs can learn to do so with an Exploring Digital Cameras class.
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Gardeners knew it, now scientists have proved it: Weeds really can sniff out tomato plants.
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By NO BYLINE  Some of our favourite things on the world wide web at the moment...   WHEN KILLER PLANTS RULED BRITAINwww.youtube.com/watch?vPART two in an occasional "when they made proper scary telly" nostalgia series: Day of the Triffids.
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By Millar, Heather  It seems like such a tall order: Proactively plan human activities so that they mesh with the natural environment. Try to approach nature as a system, even though we don't now, and may never, fully understand all of its' complexities.
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There's one way to sift through all it has to offer.
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Although the pricey gadget provides a pleasurable way to enjoy literature, don't throw away your paper books just yet. By Tom Bentley.
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Online video is no longer just  fun and games: You might actually learn something.
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A new experiment demonstrates that knowing about a secret ingredient actually changes the experience of taste itself.
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By BARRY FUGATT  Get the soil right and you can successfully grow everything from cacti to tropicals. Get it wrong and virtually everything in the garden struggles.    Gardening ought to be fun. It isn't, however, if our plants don't perform well.
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Your own patch of greenery may be your haven, but what you put in it could be harmful to the environment
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Lycoming County officials and scientists are testing technology they hope will turn organic waste into profitable byproducts.