Go Green

Today the buzz word is global warming and we all are concerned about it. All are showing there concern for it. But how many people restrain themselves from printing and wasting paper, cutting trees etc.
We should take up green measures to ensure that further damage to the environment can be stopped. Green industry is symbolic of that effort. Recycling of wastes is one of the key features of this industry. Achieving waste less work process which would cause minimal damage to environment is the primary objective of green industry. Carbon credit is an initiative to this end to give impetus to the industries to reduce their carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. Though not many industrial houses are carbon positive. Exploring alternative energy like sea, wind, water would be another important step to this end.

Gardening For Peace

Once God was asked “ why have you left so many people starving? If you cannot provide food for all, why have you given birth to so many people?” God replied, sighing, “I have arranged for food for all but if people fight and one snatches food assigned for another, how can I help it!”

When we all are talking about world peace, we must understand that starving stomach does not let the mind to listen to the soft and embellished talkes over peace, harmony and juxtaposition. To have a peaceful world, first we have to ensure food for all. There have bee a lot of programs taken up by several governments across the world to ensure food for all. However, as an individual we can also put some effort at to that end. We can contribute to this noble cause with minimal effort and a bit of consciousness.

There are hardly any people who don’t like gardening. Hence we can use gardening as a method to produce food and make sure that no one starves. PEACE GARDENING comes into the picture here. This is an organic method of gardening that complies to the nature farming and uses different organic methods to produce food. Use of organic manures, flame weeding, use of effective microorganisms, non-GMO organically grown seeds, minimum tillage system etc are the primary features of peace gardening.
Researches have shown that pecae gardening can produce crop without environmental damage and has a spiritual dimension that gives mental peace to the practitioners also.

Hence, gardening for peace will not only end hunger, but will feed the human spirit as well.

Garden Maintenance Tools- Make Gardening a Fun

Do you have garden at home? Are you happy with the quality of your garden maintenance? Do you know about garden maintenance tools? Let us probe in to why knowing about them is important.

Garden is an addition to the beauty of your home. But well maintained garden is the one that you would enjoy as a gardener. Well maintained garden gives you the pride to have a garden in tip-top condition. People would appreciate your effort and some would envy. Apart from timely watering and sowing seeds in different seasons, your garden needs serious maintenance to produce desired results. Hence, garden maintenance tools are very important to have your garden in proper condition.

The maintenance activity is no longer a spine breaking job these days as it used to be years back, with the availability of advanced garden maintenance tools. The tools that you need generally to nurture your garden are rotovators, turf Cutter, lawn mower, weeder, chipper etc. these are some of the main tools that you need for garden maintenance. Now let us discuss about the tools in brief to have some idea about the tools, their functions and use value.

Rotovators:

For gardening first time or during maintenance work the toughest job is to till the ground. You may need this function if you wish to expand the size of your garden. Rotovator helps you to get the work done. It helps in preparing the bed for plants. There are ample varieties available in the market that would suit your purpose for small or home gardens. The rotovator that you need for maintenance work would have 8 HP with good engine.

Turf Cutter:

This plays a role in removing the old styled turf. With lot of innovation and research the manufacturers have come up with advanced turf cutters with better efficiency. Now, available are the turf cutters that have a petrol driven engine and are very easy to operate.

Lawn Mower:

This is one amongst the important garden maintenance tools that helps you cutting the lawn evenly, with its rotating blades. There are different types of lawn mowers that you can use. Depending on rotation it can be cylinder, reel or rotary mowers. Again depending upon energy usage type lawn mowers can be either petrol driven, electric (corded and cordless), gas driven etc. Depending on your needs you should buy one.

Weeder:

This is fantastic product to uproot the weeds and roots from your garden. Weeds are not good for your garden and they tarnish the show of your garden also. Hence they should be removed as and when they sprout.

 Chipper Shredder:

This helps to put your garden waste to the perfect use of producing mulch for your garden. This will save time and money for. There are many good manufacturers who are producing innovative and efficient chipper shredder that will convert all the garden wastes like, leaves, branches and sticks into richly nutritious manure that you can use to fertilize your garden.

Now, hope you have a fair idea of what garden maintenance tools you need to have a properly maintained garden.