Hugelkultur: The Ultimate Raised Garden Bed?
Hugelkultur mimics the way a forest uses organic matter, but in reverse. This method uses tree wood to feed your garden for years.
How To Be the Best Gardener
Steps to become a better gardener and create a safer environment for your food, family, pets, wildlife, and the biological community in your soil.
Are Holiday Poinsettias Harmful To Dogs and Cats?
The Poinsettia is a beautiful plant which has come to be identified with the holidays. But is it poisonous to your cat or dog?
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How Many Types of Christmas Trees Are There?
With a little knowledge about the different species of Christmas trees, you can narrow your choices on the tree farm and cut the perfect tree for your home.
Tips For Buying the Perfect Fresh Cut Christmas Tree
The most exciting day of the season isn’t Christmas or Christmas Eve, but the day I bring home the Christmas tree. That’s my official start of the holiday.
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8 Ways Trees Protect Your Home
Besides aesthetics and shade, trees also stabilize soil and reduce erosion, store water, provide wildlife habitat, and moderate air and soil temperatures
Pictures of Hurricane Sandy Damage, Bethlehem, PA
Hurricane sandy was the most ferocious storm to ever hit the Northeast. Pictures of the damage to my town, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Magid gardening gloves (review)
I’m incredibly hard on gardening gloves – I go through them like nobody’s business. But these Magid gardening gloves are beautiful and tough.
The Power Of We Gardeners
Gardeners work together to make a positive difference in their own communities and around the world.
Climate Change: Bill Nye the Science Guy and Isaac Asimov sing it out!
Bill Nye, Isaac Asimov and others “sing” about climate change in a video produced by the BBC. Who says you can’t have a little fun with a serious subject?
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