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No Plot? No Problem
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 25, 2019
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Open Source and Open Design
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 14, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It all started, I guess, with computers, or better with software, from general programs, such as Open Office, The Gimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, etc., to entire operating systems such as Linux, and others.
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Paper is a near-perfect barrier to hackers, ransomware and other exploits
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 6, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The most “futuristic” data security is a pen and pad, and also the old-fashioned typewriter.
CORONA TOOLS: AMERICA’S LEADING NAME IN GARDEN TOOLS LAUNCHES IN THE UK
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 22, 2019
– Press Release – There will soon be exciting new options for gardeners, as Corona Tools, America’s leading tool innovator, launches its premium gardening tools in the UK.
ARS-300L Needle Nose Fruit Snip – Product Review
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 10, 2019
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The 300L is a Japanese manufactured fruit pruner which has become an instant industry favorite due to its lightweight design and extremely impressive cutting power.
Urine as compost agitator
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Yes, it works, and it works extremely well. OK, it all sounds rather strange, and maybe even icky, collecting urine in a container and then putting it onto the compost heap or into the compost bin but that is what was done not so long ago in rural households anyway.
Burgon & Ball container weeder – Product Review
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 3, 2019
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) This container weeder, with a compact head and inwards-facing blade to protect plant stems from accidental damage, is ideal for scraping off moss, weeding and turning over the soil.
Is your garden buzzing?
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 1, 2019
Hozelock’s bee friendly Plant A Pot campaign is set to take you by ‘swarm’! With more than 18,000 pledges to plant bee-friendly plants in 2018 Hozelock’s Plant A Pot campaign has been a huge success so far and wants to help keep gardens buzzing this year!
Sharing bar soap cannot make you sick
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 11, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Sharing a bar soap cannot make you sick and it is way better for the environment than is liquid soap.
Garden Press Event 2019
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Wednesday, February 27, 2019 saw the Garden Press Event held at the Business Design Center in Islington, London (UK) and the event was well attended as far as exhibitors and press visitors are concerned.
DOFF provides new weapon for gardeners to defend themselves against slugs and snails
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Doff has announced the launch of its brand new and exciting organic slug and snail killer based on Ferric Phosphate, replacing previously popular pellets containing the now banned chemical, Metaldehyde.
The Mountfield MC48Li 48V.a revolution in home woodcutting
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
– PRESS RELEASE – With over 50 years of life at the top as the UK's lawn mower and gardening tool manufacturers, MOUNTFIELD have excelled in providing new and innovative cordless products. With the array of storms, wind and rain so far this month, many gardens are sure to need a bit of a tidy up.so
Garden tool maintenance
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 17, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In January and February, aside from pruning your apple trees and such, is the quiet in the garden and for the gardener. But now it just the right time to give your tools some TLC, some tender loving care.
Circular Electronics Day aims to extend the lifespan of electronics
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 23, 2019
Press Release Today’s extensive consumption of electronics lead to alarming amounts of waste and the release of substances hazardous to human health and the environment. Finite natural resources are extracted from the ground at a fast rate and reserves are running low.
Bring back the edge
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 22, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The, what I call, trench edge was a standard feature around flower and shrub beds and borders in municipal formal gardens, parks and also in the formal gardens at general homes.
PASSIONATE ABOUT POTS: A NEW RHS-ENDORSED COLLECTION OF CONTAINER GARDENING TOOLS FROM BURGON & BALL
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Recycling is a fraud, a sham, a scam
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 27, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Recycling is a fraud, a sham, a scam, perpetrated by big business on the citizens and municipalities to make us all feel good about single use packaging. It won't save the planet.
Huskup – Product Review
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 10, 2018
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Reusable and plastic free, Huskup brings takeaway coffee back down to earth Durable, biodegradable and entirely free from plastic, Huskup is tackling the UK’s disposable culture one flat white at a time with a brand new reusable coffee cup made from rice husks.
INTRODUCING “NEW WAVE”–Press Release
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 22, 2019
INTRODUCING “NEW WAVE”: WOOL AND THE GANG IS LAUNCHING A BRAND NEW ECO YARN MADE FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC Wool and the Gang is excited to share it's latest fibre innovation: New Wave. Our new conscious yarn for the new wave knitter.
Nettle fiber, nettle cloth
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 5, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In ancient times stinging nettle was used to make fiber and cloth similar to canvas and linen. In fact all three processes involve retting.
Which Plants Should I Prune in January?
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 24, 2019
Check out which garden favourites will benefit from a trim this month January is a great time to prune plants, because you can see their framework, which makes the job a lot easier.
40 MEPs support campaign asking people to eat vegan for Lent
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
The parliamentarians have signed a statement of support for the Million Dollar Vegan campaign, which encourages people to fight climate change with diet change LONDON, UK, Wednesday 27 February 2019: As a result of recent research which details the devastating effects of animal agriculture on our planet and the environment, 40 Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have declared their support for the Million Dollar Vegan campaign – including UK MEPs Catherine Bearder and John Flack.
The Book of Trees – Book Review
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The Book of Trees by Piotr Socha (Author), Wojciech Grajkowski (Author) Published by Thames and Hudson (Big Books) (13 Sept. 2018) Hardcover: 80 pages Size: 15 x 2.2 x 21 cm ISBN-13: 978-0500651698 Why are trees so important? How many types are there?
Russian backyard agriculture
Green (Living) Review
MAY 13, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Around 35 million backyard gardens are in private family possession in Russia and the government supports this with a legal right to a free, tax-free piece of land from 1-3 ha (in some regions even up to 6 ha).
Take back the tap
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 19, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Take back the tap: Let's put and end to the big business fraud of bottled water Corporations like Nestlé are wasting your money, and not just Nestlé.
DIY gardening apron from an old pair of jeans
Green (Living) Review
JULY 16, 2018
By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Upcycling an old pair of jeans into a gardening apron. Almost costs nothing and should give a long service, especially if sharp tools are put into the pockets in pocket protectors, made from old leather or plastic lotion bottles.
Early sunshine may be making us all happy, but if the weather turns there’ll be nothing to smile about
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
The story about the well
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 8, 2018
According to a legend from the 19th century, one day the truth and the lie meet. The lie says to the truth: "Today is a wonderful day"! The truth looks to the sky and sighs, because the day was really beautiful. So they spend a lot of time together and finally come past a well. The lie says to the truth: "The water is very beautiful, let us take a bath together!" " The truth, once again skeptical, tests the water and discovers that it is really beautiful.
Philanthropy is a scam
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 10, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Capitalists are fooling the world with the hoax of Philanthropy Philanthropy is a scam as it allows the (super) rich to influence global affairs and gain political power with no consequences.
Back to Basics in Information Security
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 25, 2019
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Complexity heralds return of ‘back to basics’ approach in 2019 for information security professionals according to Infosecurity Europe poll and more than half (55%) of respondents say they plan to ‘go back to basics’ while 45% reveal they will invest in more technology It appears that many organizations will begin the New Year and the new financial year by reviewing their security infrastructure and taking a ‘back to basics’ approach to information security.
Spear & Jackson Precision Snips – Product Review
Green (Living) Review
MAY 24, 2018
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Spear & Jackson PRECISION SNIPS SK5 steel blades for lasting sharpness with a built-in locking catch for safe transportation and storage SRP: £6.49
The real reason behind austerity
Green (Living) Review
MAY 21, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The real reason behind austerity is to erode hope, to increase inequality and to make people's lives so hard that they do not have a chance to demand better. Nay, not just that, but that they even do not dare to demand better for fear of falling every deeper into poverty.
Pizza boxes, fast food cardboard and similar
Green (Living) Review
JULY 4, 2017
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) On those boxes we can see greenwash in action almost in the extreme.
The pathological consumption of the majority
Green (Living) Review
JULY 23, 2017
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The pathological consumption of the majority, for I do know that not all participate in it, has become so normalized that we scarcely notice it.
Zero waste myths: should we really be avoiding plastic?
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 4, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) First of all it also must be said that “zero waste” is a myth itself. There is no such thing as “zero waste”. It will never be possible.
Why upcycling must become an economic sector
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Upcycling is, in general, the process where (at least) some of the shape and properties of the original waste product are retained – though not always, and we will come to that later – and where another useful product is produced from it.
Plogging. or picking litter while you jog
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 30, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Plogging is a new concept in and from Sweden that hopefully is going to make its way to other places as well. Plogging is the Swedish word, or better the English translation for it, for just picking up trash while you are out jogging. It is also super easy.
From consumer society to maker society
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 19, 2017
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) There was a time when people made and grew almost all of the things they needed; the majority of them at least. They did not – and could not – simply go to the stores or order on-line for home delivery.
The madness of perpetual growth on a finite planet
Green (Living) Review
JULY 14, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It is amazing how many, apparently same, people believe that you can have infinite perpetual economic growth on a finite Planet such as ours.
Upcoming GDPR regulation used to spam
Green (Living) Review
MAY 17, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) One cannot call it any other way. In the last couple of days, aside from the ones I have been/am subscribed to, there are emails arriving from organizations, PR companies, and whatever that I have never heard of and never been subscribed to any of their mailing lists.
Rekindling our connection to print and paper
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 2, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) I have always been a paper guy – preferring to sit down with a good book in hand, not a digital device. And on the writing side, at least as far as notes and drafts of articles, etc., are concerned a pen & paper guy.
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