TerraCycle Products and Upcycling

TerraCycle now has many more useful organic gardening products as well as household cleaning supplies, pet supplies, office supplies and are well known for their bags and totes made from used Juice Drink Pouches.

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Fall Plantings

Soon it will be time for fall gardening.  Removing the spent annuals, pulling the endless weeds, cultivating mulch and planting fall flowers.
Just because mums are available now (in August), does not necessarily mean you should start today.  Growers push an early batch because the retailers have been sitting idle for most of July and August.  [...]

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Storm Water Run-Off, It’s Everyone’s Problem

Storm Water Run-off is a problem in every section of the United States. Some areas of course are worse than others. Every time it rains there are massive amounts of chemicals, oils, heavy metals running off our roof, through our grass and flower beds, down our driveways and into our storm drains which leads out [...]

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The Essence of Living Green

What difference can one homeowner make to the environment? Why, when big polluters are making “green” changes, do we need to change our daily living habits? The answer is simple… children! By making slight and easy changes in the way we look at, and treat Planet Earth today, future generations of children will have [...]

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