Free Vegetable Garden Course by Utah State University

Utah State University Extension offers a free vegetable gardening online course. The course consists of a series of online videos that explains how best to take care of your vegetable garden.

Topics Covered:

• Soil Preparation
• The Vegetable Garden
• Turf Grass & Water Use
• Q&A's

To find more free courses on a various subjects, visit Open Courseware Consortium.

Green Apps

There was an article in CNN that featured “Green” iPhone Apps. It is pretty neat.

Get Green ($0.99): Provides you daily “green” tips.

A Real Tree ($0.99): Promises to plant a real tree when you buy this virtual tree app.

Find Green (Free): Allows you to search for environmentally friendly businesses in your area. You can also visit gengreenlife.com to search for environmentally friendly businesses in your area.

To read more about each app, including a list of pros and cons, click here or visit the links above.

Natural Home "Fresh Finds" Sweepstakes

Natural Home magazine is having a sweepstakes. One (1) winner will receive the following:

6 Kettle Cuisine Soup Boxes 1 Sunshine Burger Sampler Pack 1 18-spice Mountain Rose Herbs Epicurean Organics herb set 1 box JK Soul Salts Organic Herbal Dryer Sachets 1 Linda & Harriet 2010 Calendar 1 ChicoBag Sling rePETe messenger bag 1 LaundryTree Soapnut Starter Kit 1 gallon Vermont Natural Coatings PolyWhey Natural Floor Finish 1 gallon Farrow & Ball No-VOC Wall and Ceiling Primer 3 rolls Graham & Brown FSC-certified Wallpaper 1 Electrolux Ultrasilencer Green Vacuum

Click Here to Enter now. Contest ends on February 16, 2010.