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Garden Products

A solar battery charger is a wonderful gadget, but in my experience it has its time and place. Not surprisingly, going solar is ideal when you’re off the grid, but have you considered it for trickle-charging? We’ve covered solar chargers in a few previous articles here on EcoVillageGreen and so I wanted to take a [...]

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When I think of air pollution, my thoughts immediately turn to vehicle exhaust and industry. However, all the small engines that we use daily, such as snow blowers and lawn mowers, make a significant contribution to air pollution. Switching to an electric lawn mower can help reduce these urban emissions. In this article, I’ll discuss [...]

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Portable solar panels for camping can mean anything from a little roll-out thin-film PV that straps to a backpack and charges your cell phone, to a 4,000 pound mobile solar array that you tow behind your motor coach. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I’m going to assume that the mobile solar array that folds [...]

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My family and I have moved around a lot due to my husband’s job. This means that I’ve been a sporadic gardener at best; rarely having more than a few growing seasons in the same garden, let alone the same country. However, I’ve learned lots along the way and share some of these organic gardening [...]

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A solar water pump is often the best choice for pumping outdoors or in remote locations where electricity simply isn’t an option. More and more frequently they are being used in gardens, agricultural irrigation, and even for borehole or well pumping in off-grid areas. Of course, a solar water pump that creates a nice backyard [...]

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