Green Ideas

Purple Vegetables and Purple Fruits

As predicted by the US supermarket giant Whole Foods, 2017 has been the year of the purple foods trend. Like…

Plants That Repel Bugs – The last thing anybody wants when they’re enjoying a nice evening in their garden by…

Ever heard of the Jaboticaba fruit and tree? What about the Brazilian Grape Tree? Well, neither had I until recently….

An economy with a low environmental impact is an ever-topical theme, and one that will be even more so from…

For most of us, the daily commute to work can an absolute pain. Although traffic and the long delays are…

Carotenoids are substances that we often impulsively connect only with getting tan, but they have many other characteristics that are…

We’ve learned about rainbows ever since we were kids. We’ve drawn a multitude of them and we’ve seen plenty of…

Average shower water consumption should be monitored, especially in the summer, when we more commonly hear about drought warnings. It…

Where Do Fruit Flies Come From? – We all know how annoying fruit flies can be. We see them in…

Among the most common allergies is that to dust mites, microorganisms not visible to the naked eye, that made nests…