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Travel News, Tourist Attractions and Vacation Spots Gardening Tips - 7 Habits of Successful Gardeners Originally published January 2009 Or is it the Seven Pillars of Horticultural Wisdom? As everyone's resolutions remind us, we love attaching a number to advice, a number smaller than the one I regard as most realistic: The Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-Two Things It's Important to Remember Before Getting Out of Bed. So be warned: I haven't really honed it down to only seven; these are just the first seven essentials that came to mind when I decided to do this. And not in order, either. Make CompostUse CompostPlant Crops in Wide BedsMulchFeed the Soil, Not the PlantsShare SomethingBe There Photo: The compost bins at Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, N.Y. 1. Short version: Mother Nature never throws anything away. Longer version: Composting is the rare silk purse from sow's ear, something for nothing, win-win. It's easy to fall into thinking that compost's last name is bin, and that careful layering and turning are part of the deal. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Got seeds? 7.

This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die | Design for Good You don't find many designers working in the funeral business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and maybe they should be). However, the product designer Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life after death with an eco solution to the dirty business of the actual, you know, transition. His Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose and inside it contains the seed of a tree. I, personally, would much rather leave behind a tree than a tombstone. Related Content If You Liked the 'Bios Urn,' You'll Love 'The Spirit Tree' Daniel Honan Managing Editor, Big Think

Heike Weber Installations Utterly amazing installations by Heike Weber. She draws with permanentmarkers on acrylic floor and walls – surfaces that have reached up to 600 m2. I can’t begin to imagine how time consuming these breathtaking installations must have been. Via TRIANGULATION Water droplets suspended in mid-air with sound | Geek Pick When you see a picture of water droplets suspended in mid-air, you probably expect they were caught during their trip down to the ground. Surely these droplets aren’t defying gravity, right? Fear not — the fundamentals of physics are safe. What we have here is an example of some unexpected, and very cool science . The acoustic levatator being used in this clip is based on a NASA design. The two cones you see are speakers. When tuned correctly, the two opposing sound waves combine to form a standing wave. Pharmaceutical companies often use acoustic levitation to evaporate water from samples of water-soluble compounds without risking contamination or loss of mass in a container. via Hack a Day

Into The Mind – Official Teaser – Whitelines Snowboarding The North Face have put out this somewhat trippy teaser for their new multi-disciplinary flick, Into The Mind. As far as we can tell the film will include skiers, climbers and kayakers as well as riders, so it’s safe to say that with this, along with the fact that it’s shot in the nature-loving Art of Flight slowmo that crowds always seem to love, means that it’s aimed at a pretty wide audience. Nonetheless, with riders like Xavier de Le Rue, Benji Farrow and DCP representing the sport, this should be one to watch. The marketing spiel alone is worth a read: “Blur the lines between dream state and reality, as you perceive the world through the minds of many.