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    #63831   2008-05-15 11:40 GMT      
    i have a project to build a eco friendly house and at the moment i'm doing to garden so far i have desgined it but i was wondering if there was anything else i could put in to make it more eco friendly

    so far i have:
    a wind turbine
    compost bin
    trees
    vegetable patch
    solar lighting
    rain collection tub

    is there any other items that could make my garden more eco friendly. Thanks

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    #63832   2008-05-15 11:48 GMT      
    Native plants, wildflowers and plants for wildlife - berries, flowers for humingbirds/butterflies. Bat, bird and toad houses

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    #63833   2008-05-16 02:46 GMT      
    plants that cleans up pollutant like tulip, sansevieria,beonia,fern, English Ivy, and etc. Lime which will attracts some butterflies to lay egg and caterpillar grow into butterfly. Put out some sugar water on hanging dish to attract humbinbirdes.
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