Bin of Redworms Can Create 'Gold' for Garden
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By Carol Desimone The Planter's Palette  Vermicomposting is the process of putting normal kitchen waste into a bin of redworms, and converting it to rich and nutritious humus for plants.
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Plan to have domestic rubbish weighed by microchips in bins in order to encourage recycling.
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You - or your garden - produce green waste which is either collected at the kerbside or you compost at home.   Kerbside collections go to Warrenby depot for checking to ensure the quality of the material is sent for composting.
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It's not a treatment for the  faint-hearted or squeamish but scientists said on Tuesday that  worms could be a new treatment for a bowel disease.
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WUGONG LAKE, China -- Near the banks of the catfish farm he owns is Zhu Zhiqiu's secret weapon for breeding healthy fish: the medicine shed. Inside are iodine bottles, vitamin packets, and Chinese herbal concoctions he says substitute for antibiotics.
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Trees and plants are to be cut down in woodland near Redruth in southwest England after the discovery of a new disease.
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Pay Dirt members enjoy a delicious profit.
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Weeds sometimes hide fertile fields of growth.
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Back Bay, one day, may be a little fresher body of water, thanks to the efforts of Susan Wenzel and many volunteers,  On a recent Saturday, 800 or so flowers, shrubs and trees were planted in a 1,200-foot-long buffer along a lake in South Shore Estates in the Red Mill area.
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Medical scientists are using bloodsucking, parasitic worms to treat patients with asthma.
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WICHITA, Kan. -- It may fall a shade shy of catching thieves redhanded, but for farmers fed up with methamphetamine cooks filching their fertilizer, staining them pink will do just fine.
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A school playground, an eco-therapy unit and a council's twin- bin recycling scheme are among those shortlisted for an award for ecological innovation.   The County Durham Environment Award winners will be announced tomorrow with the successful projects receiving cash prizes.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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Thousands of earthworms guzzle tonnes of scrap food left over from the tables of the rich and famous at South Africa's plush Mount Nelson hotel, quietly doing their bit to save the planet.
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People can halt the decline of many birds by making their gardens more wildlife-friendly, says a charity.
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A COUNCIL'S drive to get more people composting has been hailed a great success.   Sandwell residents have bagged almost 30,000 compost bins at a special low price from the council since the start of the year.
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By PIPPA GREENWOOD  SPLASHES of colour bring a garden to life and now's the time to brighten your patch using all the shades in the floral paintbox. Hanging baskets, window boxes, wall baskets and patio containers bursting with summer bedding plants are all great value and easy to do.