GreenAndGrumpy, Author at Green and Grumpy

What is My Garden Zone? (Planting Zone, Hardiness Zone)

Check this color-coded garden zone map (aka hardiness zones or planting zones) to determine your zone and what it means for your garden.

Growing mums from cuttings isn’t hard. Save money by growing mums for free and get them to come back year after year.

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.

Are compost and soil the same thing? Not exactly. Let’s talk about the difference between soil and compost and why it matters.

Mums (or chrysanthemums) can be grown as perennials to come back year after year if you follow these basic care tips.

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.

Why something called an EPR law may be the only solution to get our astronomical plastics problem under control in the United States.

We discuss how clean your recyclables need to be, whether you should rinse recyclables and recycling contamination.

We answer your questions about recycling aluminum cans and how you might even be able to make a little money by scrapping.

Our recycling system is broken in many ways. This article explains how it got this way, and why you should still keep recycling.