Grass roofs has become popular recently in Europe. They are beautiful, pratical and still original. The idea of that kind of buildings became alive because of love to ecological living.
Below you can find some historical examples from cold Iceland. Although these are not modern houses they are picturing the whole idea of grass roofs. Doesn't it look beautiful?

Posted by: Alice in rustic, gardening, garden, flowers on
Apr 1, 2009
A person that has just started their adventure with gardening and garden decor, and is about to arrange the garden by theirself might not be so enthusiastic at first. Many people ask friends and family for advice, read books, articles and magazines about garden decorating. But many are forgetting that it's their own garden and it should be designed for their own needs.
Posted by: Alice in spider, nature, mantis, animals on
Mar 24, 2009
1. Praying mantis
The female of this insect has already become synonymous of a despotic lover. During copulation, a male praying mantis loses his head for his partner.
During the sexual act the female eats her partner! This is one of the weirdest nature phenomenon known. Although the concept of a lover as a main dish for dinner might be quite frightening (especially for males :) , among the insects such cannibalism is quite common
