Category: nature and outdoors
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What’s Up: July 2021 Skywatching Tips from NASA (video)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory What are some skywatching highlights in July 2021? Venus blazes as the “Evening Star” following the sunset, with a much fainter planet Mars nearby. Catch their super close pairing on July 12. Plus, if you can find your way to dark skies, this is the best time of year to enjoy…
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Asteroid Day June 30, 2021… (video)
Well, yesterday was Asteroid Day… It occurs every year on June 30th… Asteroid Day (also known as International Asteroid Day) is an annual global event which is held on the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908, when an asteroid leveled about 2,150 square kilometres (830 sq mi) forest in Siberia. The United Nations has proclaimed it be observed globally on June 30 every year…
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What is Summer Solstice? (video)
The summer solstice, also known as estival solstice or midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the summer solstice is when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky and is the day with the longest period of daylight. Within the…
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The Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Own Garden
By Dan Licamara Gardening can be fun and interesting, but it’s also can be exhausting. You have to be extremely organized, be able to think ahead of your garden, find the things you need easily, and are able to use the correct tools. However, this does not mean that gardening is easy. If you want…
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5 Easy Steps To Building The Ultimate Survival Food Kit
By Anthony S Carter Having something like a survival food kit meant you were labeled a “prepper,” as it that is somehow a bad thing. Preppers used to be laughed at and called “conspiracy theorists” for their beliefs in preparing themselves and their families for any and every upcoming hiccup that life might throw…
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‘Ring Of Fire’ Solar Eclipse on Thursday Morning (video)
On June 10, the new moon will move in front of the sun and will become 2021’s first solar eclipse. It will not cover the sun completely because it is too far from us here on Earth to become a total eclipse. The event will produce a bright annulus, or a ring that…
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Tips For Going Green – Sustainable Living Toward a Circular Economy
By Steve Last In this article we will provide our tips for going green, but let’s be sure we are talking about the same thing first! The term “going green” is the popular term for sustainable living used to describe a certain lifestyle that helps to reduce the impact that humans have on the environment.…
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Total Eclipse of the Supermoon on May 26 (video)
The full moon will sweep through the dark umbral shadow of the Earth on May 26, 2021, this will cause a total eclipse of the moon. The full moon is closest of 2021, it will be the closest and the brightest full moon of the year… it is called a supermoon. For those living in western…
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Greenhouse Growing Requires a Dehumidification Solution
By Abdul Waheed Zafar For the proper growth of plants in a greenhouse, the humidity levels should fall in the ideal range. Too much humidity can slow down the growth of your plants in addition to triggering the growth of mold and mildew. In most cases, a fungal infection may start and damage the…
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Growcentia Announces Mammoth Garden Brand And Entry Into Consumer Garden Market
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Growcentia, Inc., a biotechnology company, announced their entry into the consumer garden market. Since the beginning, Growcentia has focused on bringing positive change to the way the world grows. Now home gardeners can tap into the Mammoth Garden brand, leveraging the powerful, force of nature and science behind every Growcentia product.…