Glass makes up a rather large percentage of annual household waste. With the exuberant amount of items that come in glass containers or just the general amount of household items made of glass, the amount of the substances in landfills is growing. It is extremely wasteful to allow glass to pile up in landfills and ...
There are plenty of green products out there for people to help do their part for the environment. In the past though, all of these ‘green’ products were boring, or flat out ugly! Recycled t-shirts looked like recycled t-shirts, re-usable shopping bags were too small to even fit a gallon of milk in, and no ...
Did you know that you can give new life to nearly any old object? Not only can these ‘recycled items’ add unique charm to your home, but they also be incorporated into the garden. With just a little bit of imagination and a lot of creativity, an ordinary garden can be given the ultimate makeover-one ...
Traditional plant pots are practical – but if you are anything like me, you probably like to add a little creativity to your yard and garden. One way to do that is to use discarded boots or shoes as planters. You can, of course, use them exactly as they are by filling them with soil ...
Wait. Is that begonia or ranunculus? Phlox or stonecrop? Have you ever had one of those moments where you stand looking at your garden and wonder which plant is what? If you aren’t one of those nifty planners who maintains a constantly updated, precise schematic, you might want to think about labeling your garden plants. ...
Gourds are closely related to pumpkins and easy to grow in the garden. Growing gourds is not only easy but fun. They take on many forms and can be dried out and used for nearly any purpose. Gourd art goes back for thousands of years. Gourds were one of the first cultivated plants and were ...