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I have always been a fan of rock gardens. Why? Well, they look great and they are pretty easy to maintain as long as you keep the grass and weeds from popping up between the rocks (which is sometimes easier said than done). What kind of rocks are the best rocks? Well any old hard kind will do (basically any rock). There are many different designs for rock gardens and some include other materials that accent the rocks or vice versa. In any event there are a lot of interesting things you can do when you are building a rock garden to increase the aesthetics of your yard. In order to research them, I have provided 30 great online resources for your review:

1. Garden Tool Organizer

http://www.gardentoolorganizerreview.info/zen-garden-japanese-rock-garden-its-simplicity-and-tranquility-help-you-still-your-mind-after-a-busy-day/

This a blog that features aspects and qualities of Japanese Zen rock gardens.

2. ACNARGS

http://acnargs.blogspot.com/

This blog is the official web portal of the group Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society.

3. Designing a Rock Garden

http://gardening-secrets.com/articles/15709/designing-a-rock-garden-what-you-should-know/

This is a well written article that helps you learn how to design your own rock garden.

4. Windrock point

http://windrockpoint.wordpress.com/

This blog picks apart the different angles and components of a good rock garden.

5. Around Dublin

http://www.arounddublinblog.com/2009/08/home-and-landscaping-project-ideas-for-dublin/

Learn what kinds of gardens are ideal around Dublin. Some examples of these include rock and Japanese gardens.

6. Healing Magic Hands

http://healingmagichands.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/i-feel-like-its-monday/

Enjoy the images of rock gardens featured in this blog.

7. Rockrose Blogspot

http://wwwrockrose.blogspot.com/

This blog features a mixture of rock and flower gardens.

8. Big Orange Landmarks

http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-110-los-angeles-police-academy-rock.html

This article details a really great rock garden located at the Los Angeles Police Academy.

9. The Garden Lady

http://www.thegardenlady.org/2010/09/20/a-rock-garden-question/

Having a rockery in your yard can be a lot of work, but making one can be stunning. Read this blog and find out more!

10. Garden Ria

http://gardenria.blogspot.com/

This blog is all about Japanese gardens and their use of rocks.

11. And today problem is…

http://daveross.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/my-zen-garden-peace-and-tranquility/

What does your Zen garden need? Probably rocks and some statues.

12. Rotary Botanical Garden Hort Blog

http://rotarygardens.blogspot.com/2010/09/next-phase.html

This is the story of another great rock garden.

13. Optimistic Quotes

http://practicaloptimism.com/the-art-of-japanese-rock-garden-landscaping/

Learn the art of Japanese rock gardening from this blog.

14. Rose Vintage: Garden

http://rosevintage.typepad.com/rose_vintage/garden/

This garden is an alpine garden with a unique use of rocks.

15. Learn About Gardens

http://learnaboutgardens.com/2010/10/06/gardening-design-ideas-and-tips/

One of the gardens discussed on this blog page is the Zen or Japanese rock garden. This kind of garden is usually laid out with gravel, rocks and sand.

16. My Ideal Garden

http://www.myidealgarden.com/

This is full of landscaping ideas and tips including designing with rocks and other elements.

17. The Gardens Blog

http://www.thegardensblog.com/category/decorative-gardens/

Learn how to decorate your gardens with different styles ranging from spring to Zen.

18. Garden

http://www.garden.ie/gardendesign.aspx?id=403

Hard landscape usually includes rock elements check this blog out for examples.

19. Rock Star

http://www.rockstarplants.com/americanrockgardens.html

This blog showcases pictures of American rock gardens.

20. The Rock Pile

http://www.therockpile.com/2010/04/12/rock-gardens/

This blog features different places that may utilize rock as functional and aesthetic elements including in gardens.

21. Wilson Bros. Nursery

http://www.wilsonbrosnursery.com/Articles/Rock-Gardens.aspx

You can explore the wonders of rock gardens and discover plants suitable for rock gardens on this blog.

22. My Garden

http://www.mygarden.lt/2009/08/11/a-miniature-rock-garden/

Find out the suitable decors, components and plants for a miniature rock garden.

23. Home Garden Design

http://www.homegardendesign.info/therockgarden.html

Know what the essential elements to include in your rock garden are from this blog.

24. Rob’s Plant

http://www.robsplants.com/garden/rockgarden.php

Discover some flowering plants to be included in your rock garden such as cadillo, keeled garlic, glassy onion.

25. Jonah Center

http://www.thejonahcenter.org/milardogarden.php

This feature on eco-friendly garden that presents detailed information and great images to suit visitors.

26. Green Acres Vista

http://greenacresvista.com/blog/

Discovered the Rockin’ Rocks garden from this blog. The blog contains tips and pieces of advice to get the cool rock garden theme.

27. Garden Design Pictures

http://gardendesignpictures.com/

You can get inspiration for your rock garden from this blog.

28. Canned Dam Gardens

http://cannedam.blogspot.com/2008/07/rock-garden.html

This blog has samples of flowers for your rock garden such as sedum angelina, thyme and scotch moss.

29. Wise Acre Gardens

http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/the-tale-of-a-rock/

An interesting story of how our rock garden bloomed.

30. Dry Creek Garden

http://www.drycreekgarden.com/blog/drycreek/index.cfm

Create a natural rock garden and learn the basic steps and principles from this blog.

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It’s amazing how creative people can be when they put their minds to it. Especially as it relates to the use of recycled materials in various art projects. Once you start to think about it you start to get inspired by what you might have lying around the house or in your garage that you could turn into a cool craft project. As I was researching this article I caught the bug for sure and before long I had a laundry list of projects just waiting to consume my spare time (fun stuff for sure). So, I do hope that you find some projects that you would like to do with yourself or perhaps with your family when you review this list of 40 blogs about recycled crafts.

1. Recycled Can Crafts
http://recycledcancrafts.blogspot.com/
This blog features various projects created from recycled cans. This artist aims to reduce trash created by used cans and transform them into beautiful creations.

2. Bugg Design
http://ladybugsf.blogspot.com/
This blog features designs from recycled and up-cycled materials. It’s a bit older and we miss her posts, but the crafts here are timeless.

3. Audrey’s Country Crafts
http://audreyscountrycrafts.blogspot.com/
This blog presents different crafts including several made from recycled materials.

4.  Recycled Products Information
http://www.recycledproduct.info/
From recycled plastic bottles to recycled gift wrappers, this blog contains articles on various recycling ideas that you may want to try.

5. Criss Cross Crafts Blog
http://crisscrosscrafts.co.uk/blog/
This blog is generally about unique crafting tips that leverage recycled materials.

6. Mzuribeads
http://mzuribeads.blogspot.com/
This blog was started in 2009 and has different creations made from recycled paper beads.

7. Recycled-papers
http://www.recycled-papers.net/
This blog stresses the importance of using recycled paper which is conceptually reusable for many projects you will see throughout this list of blogs.

8. Crochet everywhere
http://crocheteverywhere.blogspot.com/
This blog includes a feature article on recycled bags which is a must read.

9. My Recycled bags.Com
http://www.myrecycledbags.com/
This blogsite shares information about crochet and other crafts but the spin on this one is that the projects involve recycled materials.

10. What I Made
http://www.whatimade.com/index.php/an-elegant-tin-can-tea-light-holder/
This blog exhibits an amazing recycling project utilizing a used tin can and transforming it into a candle holder right before our very eyes.

11. Bella Tierra Jewelry
http://bellatierradesigns.wordpress.com/
This blog gives tips on using various recycled and natural materials to create jewelry of all kinds.

12. Recycled Crafts
http://recycledcrafts.craftgossip.com/
This blog links you to various articles and sites around the web to help you find several great recycled craft projects.

13. Dollar Store Crafts
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/
This blog features inexpensive craft projects including those that utilize recycled materials.

14. Crafts Kaboose
http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/earth-day/recycling-or-reusing-materials-to-make-new-crafts.html
Let your kids discover the importance and beauty of making crafts from recycled products. This blog has projects like cardboard tube wall flowers, scrap cloth pencil holders, and an earth jug planter.

15. Art-Not Just a Guy Sue Once Knew
http://artzjayne.blogspot.com/
This blog features different pieces of art made from recycled and eco-friendly materials.

16. Tatting treasures from thrash
http://tattingtreasuresfromtrash.blogspot.com/
This blog has various bag projects from recycled denim fabric. It features steps and tips with several pictures at each phase to make it easy to follow along.

17. Daily Art Muse
http://dailyartmuse.com/?s=recycle&x=43&y=14
Who says recycled crafts are not elegant? Visit this blog and view images and stories about modern and chic recycled crafts.

18. Art Addict
http://artaddict.wordpress.com/?s=recycle
Learn more about new recycling tips, eco-friendly projects, and artists that are inspiring others through this blog.

19. Craftzine Blog
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/recycle/
This blog is rich resource of various arts projects made by different people. Some art crafts it has are: paper towel roll flowers, dresses from recycled newspaper, and a soda tab belt.

20. Craftstylish
http://www.craftstylish.com/
Learn to make tote bags and earrings from recycled materials and much more from this blog.

21. Crafting a Green World
http://craftingagreenworld.com/
This blog is all about creating green crafts through making good use of recycled and personally consumed materials.

22. Recycle RemakE…
http://re-craft.blogspot.com/
I like the concept of reinvented crafts on this site to refer to items created from recycled materials.

23. All Cratfs.Net
http://allcrafts.allcraftsblogs.com/2010/08/25/mason-jar-soap-dispenser-recycled-craft/
This blog features a great soap dispenser made from recycled materials.

24. Think Crafts
http://thinkcrafts.com/?s=recycle
From decoupage to recycled denims, you’ll find unique ideas here.

25. Zakka Life
http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/#uds-search-results
Visitors can enjoy weekly ideas and tips about original crafts projects particularly recycled ones (not recycled ideas, but materials).

26. Crafty Pod
http://www.craftypod.com/2009/04/18/more-recycled-crafts/
Learn how to make projects from old fabrics and magazines on this blog.

27. Craft Test Dummies.com
http://www.crafttestdummies.com/crafts-for-kids/recycled-zipper-pulls-and-luggage-tags/
This is a great tutorial on making zipper pulls and luggage tags from recycled materials.

28. Fab Mums
http://www.fabmums.com/category/recycling/
You can probably guess what the recycled materials are used for by the name of the blog.

29. Gabriela Delworth
http://gabrieladelworth.com/?s=recycle
Crafts enthusiasts of all ages will love the recycled projects featured in this blog.

30. Make-Stuff
http://www.make-stuff.com/recycling/
This blog has a list of suggestions on what stuff in your house you can use to create recycled masterpieces.

31. All Crafts.Com
http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/index.shtml
Discover what you can make from recycled paper through this blog.

32. Craftster
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=18.0
This site has a forum for recycled crafts enthusiasts to share their ideas and opinions with each other.

33. Essortment.com
http://www.essortment.com/all/recyclepapers_rlyb.htm
Use your old newspaper to create something new with step-by-step instructions from this blog.

34. Planet Green.Com
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/surprisingly-beautiful-crafts-recycled-paper.html
Phonebook lampshades and cardboard cuff bracelets are a couple of the featured projects you will find in this blog.

35. Planet Pals
http://www.planetpals.com/recycle_crafts_kids.html
This blog contains cool ideas on creating kid-friendly crafts. It gives readers tips and guidelines in making toys made from cardboard boxes, jars and bottles.

36. Making Friends
http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle.htm
Your kids will surely love the ideas and projects featured in this blog. The materials included are old computer parts, old containers and paper.

37. Country Living
http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/green-crafts-0309
Learn what you can do with the items from your trash to create art from your own waste.

38. Creativity Portal
http://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/artscrafts/crafts_frugal.html
Why is crafting with recycled materials important and where can you get resources? Read this blog and find out.

39. Fun in the Making
http://www.funinthemaking.net/category/crafts/
The posts come with bright and high resolution images that readers can enjoy its simply a great resource for ideas on recycled crafts.

40. Craft Stew
http://craftstew.com/category/recycled-crafts
Coasters from plastic bags and a classic wagon bookshelf are some projects featured in this blog.

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There are many different ways to enhance the aesthetics of your home via adding different types of lighting. Whether you are looking for the perfect exterior lighting to properly greet visitors when they come to your home at night or the perfect recessed lighting options for your family room, it takes some research. One of the most useful resources for me are the various books that have been written on this subject (mainly because they usually have great pictures in them that help me visualize the end results). So if you have a lighting project come up you may want to go over to Amazon or Borders and pick up one of the following great books:

1. Lighting Design & Installation: Techniques & Projects for Lighting Your Home and Landscape from Creative Publishing.
This book discusses different techniques and styles for home and landscape lighting.

2. Outdoor lighting: physics, vision and perception by Duco Schreuder
This book was released in 2008 and has 448 pages covering theoretical aspects of lighting as well as the basics of installing interior and exterior lighting.

3. Home Lighting by Stacey Berman
Learn techniques in light installation in various parts of your house, inside and out.

4. Home lighting from Southern Living
Published in 1999, this book has all the tips and techniques for lighting the inside and outside of your home.

5. Lighting: recipes & ideas, simple solutions for the home by Sally Storey
This 104-page book helps readers acquire comprehensive and practical techniques for your home’s lighting needs.

6. Residential Lighting: A Practical Guide to Beautiful and Sustainable Design by Randall Whitehead
Learn some lighting secrets to make your house and landscape fulfill their potential. This book will help you identify the right tools and processes to light up your home and yard.

7. Ideas for Great Home Lighting by Scott Atkinson
Obtain the most modern ideas for innovative and efficient methods for lighting your house. You can also find an extensive photo gallery in this book to illustrate the author’s points.

8. The Complete Home Lighting Book: Contemporary Interior and Exterior Lighting for the Home by James Davidson
This book explains several common principles of home lighting both inside and out.

9. How to design and install outdoor lighting by William H. W. Wilson
Learn to install and maintain lighting fixtures for the exterior of your home including a special focus on gardens and pool areas.

10. Indoor and outdoor lighting solutions by Larry Johnson
This 112-page book discusses various lighting techniques for your house that will fit your lifestyle. It has style guides for everything from casual to the most elegant.

11. The art of outdoor lighting: landscapes with the beauty of lighting by Randall Whitehead
This book also serves as directory for lighting and landscape designers as well as a basic guide for several exterior lighting design concepts.

12. Lighting the Home by Matthew Luckiesh
This 320-page book is a good source for unusual and helpful tips for using lighting in different ways.

13. The Home Lighting Effects Bible: Ideas and Know-How for Better Lighting in Every Part of Your Home by Lucy Martin
This book includes more than 200 solutions for various home lighting challenges. This book exhibits how lighting can transform the interior and exterior of your home.

14. Lighting modern buildings by Derek Phillips
This book is written by one of the best (most well-known) lighting designers. It illustrates various lighting techniques and their dramatic effects on your house.

15. Luxe Lighting: A Portfolio by Lighting Design Alliance
Learn the proper conjunction of lighting and architecture inside and outside your home to create that perfect effect.

16. The Art of Lighting: An International Profile of Home Lighting by Randall Whitehead
Discover the functional and stylistic aspect of lighting for your house’s exterior and interior.

17. Interior lighting for designers by Gary Gordon
Learn to amplify the artistic impact of your house through this book. The reader will be introduced to lighting jargon, perception and general design strategies.

18. Perfect Lighting: Inspiring Solutions for Every Room by Sally Storey
This is a reference book that helps readers achieve sophisticated lighting styles for their home’s interior and exterior.

19. How to Design and Install Outdoor Lighting (Ortho Library) by William H. W. Wilson
Want to get contemporary and stylistic ideas for your garden lighting? This book will teach you the proper installation of excellent garden lighting.

20. Decorative Lighting Ideas & Projects (Better Homes & Gardens) by Brian Kramer
Mr. Kramer introduces the readers the proper guidelines in lighting for various parts of your house.

21. Lighting Your Home: Inside and Out by Jane Cornell.
This book provides practical lighting installation tips as well. as a large amount of aesthetic theory surrounding lighting.

22. Light Your Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Practical and Decorative Lighting by Elizabeth Wilhide
House lighting does not need to be solely functional but should be aesthetic as well. Learn the various ways of enhancing your home’s appearance through proper lighting.

23. The Lighting Pattern Book for Homes by Russell P. Leslie
This book has some great tips on cost estimation, installation and maintenance. It’s a real practical book that will help you discover the most efficient way to get the lighting you want.

24. Lighting: Good Ideas by Marta Feduchi
This book describes various lighting solutions for your home from garden variety to really eccentric.

25. Kevin McCloud’s Lighting Book: The Ultimate Guide to Lighting Every Room in the Home by Kevin McCloud
This book explores the effective use of mood lighting and making sure that you select the right type of lighting for each room in your home.

26. Lighting: A Design Source Book by Elizabeth Wilhide
This is another interesting lighting design book that considers the proper mood that you are setting for each room through the use of lighting.

27. Bright Ideas: Professional Lighting Secrets for Your Home by Sharon McFarlane
-make your home a real haven by learning to light it the professional way. This book teaches the ideal way lighting the interior and exterior spaces of your abode.

28. Lighting Style by Kevin McCloud
In this book, lighting and furniture businessman Kevin McCloud has provided readers with an outstanding and complete guide to implementing various home lighting solutions.

29. Space and Light: How to Maximize the Potential of Your Home (Mitchell Beazley Interiors) by Katherine Sorrell
This book is filled with tips and guidelines for opening up spaces and brightening up homes through various lighting choices.

30. Soma Basics: Lighting by Sebastian Conran
The photography/illustrations in this book are fantastic and really help you to grasp the concepts that the author is emphasizing. If you are a visual learner, then this book will be very helpful for you.

31. Lighting 2000: A Guide to the Best in Contemporary Lighting Design by Tina Skinner
This book is the result of a collaboration of the top 60 European and American lighting designers.

32. Right Light: Lighting Essentials for the Home by Lisa Skolnik
Skolnik discovers the comfortable and bright effects of proper lighting inside and outside your home.

33. Designing with Light by Victoria Meyers
This book is a good resource in finding the right lighting style for your home. Learn the ideal lighting for different spaces in your residence—inside and out.

34. Lighting Kitchens and Baths by Jane Grosslight
Grosslight provides several lighting solutions for bathrooms and kitchens.

35. Ultimate Lighting Design by Herve Descottes
This is a great book from a lighting designer/artist. The illustrations are amazing and show you just how much can be accomplished through proper lighting.

36. Lighting by Design by Sally Storey
This book discovers the essence of lighting your home’s interior and exterior. It has tips and guidelines especially for pool areas.

37. Lighting Your Home by R. Beigel
This 144-page book is a good source on lighting tips for both inside and outside your home.

38 . Garden Lighting by John Raine
Improve your garden’s appearance through lighting. This book will describe how you can provide the perfect lighting for your flower garden and/or other gardens.

39. My Lighting Collection: From Pine Splints to Led Lights by William R. Smith
A collection of lighting that you can utilize in home and landscape lighting.

40. Design Ideas for Basements (2nd Edition) by Wayne Kalyn
This book teaches readers the proper way of lighting their basement. It also provides readers with different solutions for the types of challenges that are common in basements.

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As a lawn care service network, you can expect that we in general encourage people to plant trees for various reasons. Sometimes we are wanting to add curb appeal to the home and other times we are just encouraging them to replace the trees that were cut down/harvested in order to clear the land for their homes and to provide the requisite building materials. We think that it is always a good idea to try and be as aware as possible of environmental issues and how the things we can plant can truly make a difference. It’s a lot like voting in elections in the U.S., many people think that their one vote doesn’t matter, but in fact it can actually make a huge difference if everyone starts thinking that way. The same can be said of environmental issues and deforestation of our lands. YOU can make a difference and you can start by planting a tree or sponsoring a tree. Here are 30 blogs that will keep you informed and help you understand why we should plant trees:

1. Gardener’s Land
http://www.gardenersland.com/
This is a really well put together and current blog that offers several planting tips for trees including several uses for tree by-products (palm tree fibers and more).

2. Perry Barr Focus Team
http://perrybarrfocusteam.blogspot.com/
This is a good blog with articles on planting trees as well as green initiatives in general. It has a bit more of a political feel to it but I have found the articles to be well written and I like the fact that they have updated this blog frequently since 2006.

3. C’mon Let’s Plant a Tree
http://cmonletsplantatree.blogspot.com/
This blog is exactly on topic as it encourages people to plant trees to offset those which have been harvested. It also talks about how trees impact our environment and other impacts they can have on air quality.

4. Team Earth
http://blog.teamearth.com/tag/planting-trees/
This is the official blogsite of Team Earth. They have multiple articles on planting trees especially stressing the fact that they absorb carbon making them one of the keys to controlling climate change.

5. Tree Planting
http://www.treeplantingonline.com/
This blog is one of the older blogs on the list, but as you might have guessed from the title it has multiple articles on planting trees and some videos you can watch. I’d like to see more activity from this author again because this blog showed a lot of promise.

6. Switchboard
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/
This blog has a lot of great authors writing about a wide variety of environmental issues including planting trees. Here is a really fresh and good article regarding palm trees: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/revitalization_with_palm_trees.html.

7. Tree Hugger
http://www.treehugger.com/
This is the official website of the discovery company—Tree Hugger. It contains blog articles about planting trees and preserving the environment along with interviews of some of the most prestigious environmentalists in the world.

8. Plant Trees
http://arbordaynow.tumblr.com/
This blog is the web home of the Arbor Day Foundation. Its main goal is encourage people to take notice of the environment and it even invites readers to join the cause by planting a tree themselves.

9. For a Changing World
http://www.forachangingworld.com
This site is a hub for various contributors who want to share insightful essays in helping for the world’s development in terms of education, culture and of course environmental change.

10. TreeBanker’s Blog
http://www.treebanker.com
This blog tackles issues on the environment and forests preservation as a way of conserving Mother Nature.

11. Sanctuary Forest
http://sanctuaryforest.org/
Sanctuary Forest is a non-profit land trust located in Northern California which is committed to various forest preservation concerns. I would recommend you take advantage of their educational programs as well.

12. The Daily Green
http://www.thedailygreen.com/
This site is the consumer’s guide to the green revolution. It is very professional and contains a ton of great resources about the environment including lots of articles about trees (even why leaves change their color).

13. Eno Tree Planting Day 2010
http://www.enotreeday.net/
This site is the extension of the Environment Online (ENO), which aims to encourage people to engage in tree-planting.

14. Cleantech Blog
http://www.cleantechblog.com/2009/02/tree-planting-as-carbon-offsets-does.html
This blog focuses on insights and news about various issues regarding green technology, energy and climate change.

15. Plant a Tree USA
http://plantatreeusa.blogspot.com/
This blog space is the extension of Plant a Tree USA. It promotes sustainable ways of preserving Mother Nature especially by planting trees.

16. Kabissa
http://www.kabissa.org/blog/onura-tree-planting-project-0
This blog has the mission of uplifting the lives of people in Africa. Tree planting is one of the site’s activities intended to help people in Africa.

17. Sustainable Global Gardens
http://www.sustainableglobalgardens.org/2008/10/tree-planting-project-in-rombo-district-kilimanjaro-region-tanzania/
This is a great article on a good blog that covers planting trees along with several great photos as they go through the process of helping the environment in Kilimanjaro.

18. Climate Ark
http://www.climateark.org/
This is my favorite site in the list with a great name and more importantly a tremendous amount of current information about the environment and updates of people that need help as well as those that are doing their best to make a difference. If you only look at one blog in this list, make sure it is this one! Check out this article as a good example: http://forests.org/blog/2010/09/alert-urge-forest-stewardship.asp.

19. News, Resources, and Commentary on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability
http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/
If you are tired of people arguing over the legitimacy of global warming, point them to this site so they can get better informed. It also covers various forest conservation news, articles, and events.

20. Wood Lands
http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/
This blog aims to empower and inform people about preserving woodlands in the UK.

21. Merritt Permaculture Class
http://merrittlandhort.com/permaculture/wordpress/
This is a class blog for students of the Merritt permaculture class to help them keep track of their projects and share their efforts with others which also has some great pictures of forest areas.

22. NJ Urban Forest Blog
http://njurbanforest.com/
The purpose of NJ Urban Forest Blog is to raise awareness for the environment especially in your backyard. It has topics regarding tree-planting and animal preservation.

23. The Environmental Blog
http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/
This blog comes to us from Portland, Oregon and does a great job of being a proponent of planting trees at the same time it raises the overall awareness level of the need to do something to preserve our forests and woods.

24. Austin Tree Expert
http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/
The author passionately believes that trees have a huge impact on our quality of life and this passion is very visible by the articles and information on his site, it is simply great!

25. Greening the economy: read and react
http://greeneconomy.blogactiv.eu/
Readers are informed about environmental issues regarding green ecology, tree-planting, and sustainable consumption. Readers are also encouraged strongly to participate in the discussions on this site they are very lively.

26. City Fruit
http://cityfruit.org/blog/
City Fruit is a blog that aids tree growers to acquire useful information regarding fruit-bearing trees and related stuff.

27. Forest Protection Blog
http://forests.org/blog/
This blog has started in 1995 and has been continuously running. It aims to provide knowledge about preserving forests and planting trees in general.

28. Save the Trees
http://www.saveingrahamtrees.info/
This blog has purpose of saving trees from redundant clearing. Additional information on various urban forest landscapes is also included in the blog.

29. CIFOR’s Blog
http://ciforblog.wordpress.com/
This organization’s web extension hopes to uplift human well-being and nature preservation. CIFOR, actually is among the 15 centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

30. Save our figs and other trees in Newcastle
http://saveourfigs.wordpress.com/
This blog promotes the activities of Newcastle’s council in saving fig and other trees in the region.

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