Do You Know Your First Frost and Last Frost Dates?
Learn when your first frost date and last frost date is. Knowing these dates helps you avoid killing or damaging seedlings and new plantings.
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
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?
Climate Change: This NOAA Video Explains it Perfectly
This video animation from NOAA on climate change shows how changing weather patterns present a vicious cycle of worsening climate.
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Immediately see which USDA Hardiness Zone your town or city is in. This is critical to know so you buy plants that can survive winters in your area.
The Impact Of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
If Silent Spring by Rachel Carson didn’t give birth to the environmental movement, it certainly provided the kick start. Its impact is still felt today.
Earth Day: What it is, How it Started, and How You Can Celebrate This Year
In 1970, it wasn’t illegal for factories to spew poisonous smoke, dump toxic sludge or release fish-killing effluent into water. Earth Day changed that.
