Even a small planting of natives can provide habitat for wildlife in crisis. Where concrete pavers once sat in our yard, flowers now bloom.
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One Year Update on Converting the Dead Lawn to Native Plants
If the relentless bad news about the climate crisis has you feeling anxious, planting native plants can help both the ecosystem and your mood.
Gardening Is Good for Your Mental Health and the Planet
When stress, anxiety, or sadness creep in, stepping into a garden can offer you some much needed relief. These five tips will get you started.
How to Sew a Garden Kneeling Pad with Fabric Scraps
If you have old jeans and lots of fabric scraps, you have the components to sew a kneeling pad for comfortably working in the garden.
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Laundry to Landscape Grey Water System Conserves Water and Money
Our laundry-to-landscape grey water system captures water from the washing machine, diverts it to plants outside and lowers our water bill.
8-Week Challenge: Plant Natives to Halt the Biodiversity Crisis
Want to do something about the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis? Follow this 8-week challenge to get native plants into your yard.
How to Transform a Free Burlap Sack Into a Planter
Burlap sacks make inexpensive, attractive planters for your yard. Get them free from a caf茅 for zero-waste gardening on the cheap.
13 Tips for Plastic Free Gardening on the Cheap
Gardeners want to fill their yards with plants鈥攏ot the landfill with plastic. These tips will cut loads of the plastic you find in nurseries.
Frugal Hugelkultur: How to Build the Ultimate Raised Garden Bed
Hugelkultur beds contain dead wood that, upon decomposition, returns water and nutrients to the soil for waste-free, frugal gardening.