3/29/13

With so many choices in energy-efficient lighting available, it can be an overwhelming experience when you need to replace a light bulb. The free iPhone app "Light Bulb Finder" makes it easy for you by creating a customized shopping list of recommended energy-efficient bulbs for every room of your house. It helps you decide if a CFL or LED bulb is the right choice and even guides you to the closest retailer to help find those bulbs.

3/28/13

If you find yourself driving in the middle of farmland with nowhere to, well, relieve yourself, look for the nearest field of corn, tomatoes or cucumber. A Finnish study showed that human urine is a remarkable natural fertilizer for these crops because urine is rich in nitrogen, potassium and phosphate -- all ingredients plants love. In fact, tomato plants that were fertilized with urine produced 4.2 more tomatoes than plants that were grown traditionally. Whether or not you try this in your own garden, it's good to remember natural ways to fertilize are always better than chemically produced ways.

3/27/13

Here's a fun experiment to try at home with a leftover garlic clove: Grow a new garlic plant. Fill a small pot with potting soil, and stick the garlic clove into the soil so the root end is immersed and the top part is right below the surface. Water the plant and place it in a warm, sunlit spot in the house like a windowsill. In a few weeks, the garlic clove will start growing new shoots. Over time, the clove will multiply until you have a whole new garlic bulb.