Most soils need the addition of organic fertilizers to keep them fertile and healthy. Organic fertilizers come from decomposed plants, animals, and natural minerals. The nutrients that come from organic fertilizers are only released gradually during high temperatures, moisture, and... Read More

Chitosan has been around for ages. It is known throughout the world as a simple substance taken from chitin, a polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans. Chitin has long been considered as the nature’s second most abundant polymer. This is for the fact that it... Read More

The debate rages about whether the melting of the ice cap is being caused by humans or by just a common weather cycle. However, there’s no debate at all about whether the ice cap is melting or not. It’s melting – and it’s melting at a rather alarming rate,... Read More

Plastic shopping bags are controversial. Now, a couple of decades ago this is a sentence one wouldn’t have imagined typing or reading, but today, the issue of plastic shopping bags is one which raises a lot of hackles. One of the major issues is that when disposed of, plastic... Read More

Have you ever wondered which American city was the coldest or the warmest? Do you just accept the fact that since Chicago bills itself as the “Windy City,” it must be the windiest city in America? You’d be wrong if you did. Dan Baker, who by day works in Dallas,... Read More

What is Chitosan? That’s the most common question we often hear from those who want to know the nature of chitosan. Now, when you hear the word “chitosan”, are you not also tempted to ask such question? Well, I guess all of those who hear the word for the first time... Read More

Compost is a fantastic fertilizer for any garden, and it’s cheap and easy to make. Follow these five easy steps to your very own home-grown compost heap: 1. Find a suitable container. Ideally, this will be plastic and with a lid to keep rain out. 2. Fill the container. As a... Read More

Organic gardening is an agricultural trend that has more and more people composting manure in their backyards. Unfortunately, not all organic home growers have farmer’s access to manure or even a backyard on which to do the composting. To answer this growing need, manufacturers... Read More

Laptops and computers are like anything technological: prone to failure. After a few years of hard graft, your handy laptop will eventually bite the dust and it’ll be time to replace it. The problem may be caused by a software or hardware glitch, but the end result is always... Read More

Perhaps one of the highly debated or most controversial issues in the field of science and medicine today is the various claims on the effectiveness of chitosan. Chitosan is highly marketed these days as a fat burner. Many of its manufacturers even dubbed it as the “fat magnet”,... Read More