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DON’T Chuck These 12 Items Onto Your Compost Pile
In 2009 alone, 37% of Americans considered themselves to be home gardeners, and that was before our current gardening re…
One Glassy Garden: Growing Herbs in Mason Jars
Forget the usual terracotta and (ugh!) plastic pots for container gardening. When you grow herbs in mason jars, you…
7 Outrageously-Colored Heirlooms to Eat
Many of the common fruits and vegetables we eat have their respective colors built right into the names: red tomatoes, g…
5 Whimsical Ways to Label Your Seedlings
Without labels for your seeds, you’ll likely forget whether you planted forget-me-nots or cilantro. Then, how will you k…
3 Radical Ways to Grow Veggies Indoors
There’s no getting around it, fellow urban dwellers. It’s straight up difficult for us to grow our own food. Lack of spa…
Slimming Down For the New Year? A Skinny Breakfast Recipe Roundup
Research shows that breakfast eaters consume fewer total calories throughout the day than those who skip it; and breakfa…
5 Best Low-Maintenance Houseplants
image: Rachel Ford James As everything turns brown outside, are you looking for a little greenery in your life? Lush hou…
5 Cold-Happy Foods to Grow This Fall
Those bountiful summer harvests are long over… or so you thought. Just because the weather has turned cool doesn’t…
You Say Tomato, I Say Pomato: Err, Hybrid Fruits?
It’s given us such strange fruits like the pomato, the blood lime and the pluot: Hybridization. It sounds like somethi…
