More Hip Than Hippie #95 - Organic Gardening

Spring has sprung! What better way to celebrate than by starting your own organic garden? We'll help get you started with tips for preparing, planting, and maintaining your organic garden. Don't feel left out apartment dwellers, we've got special tips for growing indoors too!

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Butte Creek's Organic Porter

Chocolate: Green & Black's Organic Espresso dark chocolate bar

Hip News and Finds

News:

• Global warming heats up Homeland Security. Top retired military leaders are warning that global warming poses a threat to national security. Over the next 30 to 40 years, climate change could be catalyst to wars over water, increased hunger instability, and worsening disease among other issues.
• Antibiotic Action. According to Keep Antibiotics Working, the Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse, antibiotics are becoming less effective due to decades of unnecessary overuse in humans and agriculture. Join the Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse and help create change by supporting legislative action in congress.

 

Organic Gardening

Have you always wanted to have an organic garden, but didn't know how to get started? Well we've got you covered. Check out these sites for guides on getting your garden started:

• Organic Gardening Almanac at OrganicGardening.com - Regional gardening calendar with monthly to do list and gardening tips from a real gardener in your area.
• OrganicGardening4U.com- great resource for beginner organic gardeners.
• Successful Organic Gardening in Containers - perfect for those with small spaces or city dwellers.
• Earth Juice organic fertilizers

The need for seed. If you've decided to start from scratch, you'll need quality organic seeds. Here are some good places to start:

• SeedsofChange.com
• WildGardenSeed.com
• HeirloomSeeds.com
• The Organic Gardening Catalogue

Green thumbs love Greenfeet.com! Check out Greenfeet's Yard & Garden section for gardening supplies.

• Mini pH Tests
• Mini Moisture Tester
• Copper T Labels
• 6 Position Low Flow Water Gun

Listener Emails

Once again, we have a bunch of great listener emails. Keep 'em rolling in at hip@greenfeet.com. And don't forget to post articles, links, and speak your mind at our MHTH forum!

• Lend a helping hand. Laura in NYC is working on a couple of charitable projects and needs all the help she can get! On May 12th in DC there will be a fundraiser for the Elise Martin Crosby Scholarship Fund. The organization provides educational scholarships to survivors of domestic violence in an effort to increase their income-earning potential and probability of permanent independence from their abusers.

  In July, Laura will be climbing Mount Shasta. The BCF raises awareness about the harmful health effects caused by environmental toxins. Any help you can offer Laura in her charitable efforts would be appreciated! Keep up the good work Laura!

• The Power of Green. Kristi from Minneapolis wanted to recommend a great article by Thomas Friedman called The Power of Green. The article discusses the green revolution and what needs to happen for green energy to catch on.
• Big Ideas for a Small Planet. Green Neck Laura recommends Big Ideas for a Small Planet, a new series on The Sundance Channel. The documentary series covers some of the most important environmental issues facing humanity.
• Super Stitcher. Shannon in Minnesota learned how to turn old t-shirts into cancer hats from her Aunt, who has been making mittens for orphans from old sweaters for years. She's getting ready to start embroidering, Val recommends checking out SublimeStitching.com for great embroidery patterns.

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