Check this color-coded garden zone map (aka hardiness zones or planting zones) to determine your zone and what it means for your garden.
Blog Archive
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How to Grow Mums from Cuttings
Growing mums from cuttings isn’t hard. Save money by growing mums for free and get them to come back year after year.
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Can Guinness Cans Be Recycled?
Some beers like Guinness come with a plastic ball, or widget, inside the can. Here’s how to recycle an aluminum can with a widget inside.
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Are Compost and Soil the Same Thing?
Are compost and soil the same thing? Not exactly. Let’s talk about the difference between soil and compost and why it matters.
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How to Get Mums to Come Back Next Year
Mums (or chrysanthemums) can be grown as perennials to come back year after year if you follow these basic care tips.
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Update – DIY Wire Compost Bin – Easy!
An update on how my DIY compost bins made from wire hardware cloth are working out, with a list of drawbacks and benefits of this method.
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It’s Time to Hold Manufacturers Responsible for Plastic Pollution
Why something called an EPR law may be the only solution to get our astronomical plastics problem under control in the United States.
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Do I Need to Rinse Recyclables?
We discuss how clean your recyclables need to be, whether you should rinse recyclables and recycling contamination.
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Understanding Aluminum Can Recycling
We answer your questions about recycling aluminum cans and how you might even be able to make a little money by scrapping.
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Yes, recycling is broken. It’s still worth doing.
Our recycling system is broken in many ways. This article explains how it got this way, and why you should still keep recycling.