{"id":711156,"date":"2010-04-06T22:35:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T02:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=10474"},"modified":"2010-04-06T22:35:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T02:35:20","slug":"get-a-greener-green-thumb-with-eco-friendly-garden-accessories-and-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/711156","title":{"rendered":"Get a greener green thumb with eco-friendly garden accessories and tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <a href=\"mailto:melissa@noofanglemedia.com\">Melissa Segrest<\/a><br \/>\nGreen Right Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those\u00a0tomatoes are looking good. Your compost is top-notch, you&#8217;ve added extra manure for a nitrogen boost and the aphids have been blasted away with a strong spray of water. The grass-clipping mulch has smothered any weeds, and there are no spotted leaves or blossom-end rot to be seen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10475\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 189px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10475\" title=\"istockphoto\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.greenrightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/istockphoto.jpg?resize=179%2C162\" alt=\"Gardening tools and decor can be environmentally sound and still get the job done\" width=\"179\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gardening tools and decor can be environmentally sound and still get the job done<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You are on top of your organic gardening game.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, your tools, mower, garden garb, decorative touches and composter reveal the truth &#8212; you aren&#8217;t as eco-minded as you think. All that factory-made plastic and gasoline and synthetic\u00a0fabrics leave a big, ugly carbon footprint all over your marigolds.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re ready to take the next step and get completely green in your garden, we&#8217;ve shopped around and found a variety of items that are natural, fair trade, recycled or sustainable. Stroll through our selections and see\u00a0how green you can get.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\">Ironic that the container green gardeners use to create their all-natural fertilizer is often made from\u00a0synthetic materials. A little shopping turns up a selection of compost bins made of recycled plastic. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaiam.com\/product\/eco-home-outdoor\/outdoor\/bio-orb-composter.do\" >Bio-Orb Composter<\/a> (below), for example, makes it easy to mix and aerate\u00a0the ingredients with a bit of rolling. It has a 36&#8243; diameter and costs $159 from Gaiam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaiam.com\/product\/eco-home-outdoor\/outdoor\/bio-orb-composter.do\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10477 aligncenter\" title=\"Gaiam Bio_Orb Composter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.greenrightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gaiam-Bio_Orb-Composter.jpg?resize=304%2C302\" alt=\"Gaiam Bio_Orb Composter\" width=\"304\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong>Composters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other natural composters include the jumbo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumbleweedcompostbin.com\/\" >Tumbleweed composter<\/a>,\u00a0100 percent recycled plastic, which spins vertically to keep ingredients cooking ($200) or the the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compostbins.com\/compost-bins\/worm-composters\/cascadewormfactory5traywormcomposterterracotta.cfm\" >Worm Factory composter<\/a>, also of recycled plastic, which combines some squirmy ingredients for a rich, quick compost ($100).<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Melissa Segrest Green Right Now Those\u00a0tomatoes are looking good. Your compost is top-notch, you&#8217;ve added extra manure for a nitrogen boost and the aphids have been blasted away with a strong spray of water. The grass-clipping mulch has smothered any weeds, and there are no spotted leaves or blossom-end rot to be seen. 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