Going coconuts
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Concerns over the negative ecological impact of peat mining have led to the emergence of coir or coconut fiber dust as an alternative to peat moss in gardening mulches. Coir dust is created from the processing of coconut fibers used to make rope or floor mats. The dust can hold twice as much water as peat and is also chemically similar to peat.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 1997
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EarthBox: Enabling anyone to garden anywhere
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EarthBox manufactured by Pennsylvania-based Company Scranton is a self-contained gardening system that easily grows bumper crops of vegetables. One of the benefits of the EarthBoxes is that vegetables can be grown when there is drought and it is too expensive to water a garden.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 2005
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Hypertufa garden planters
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Instructions are presented on how to create a hypertufa planter, or a planter with porosity similar to tufa rock. The uses and benefits of this type of container are also presented.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 1999
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