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John Fischer/KLCCTypically, April Showers bring May vegetables, but this year keeping recently planted beds damp has been difficult. The dry air evaporates any water you put on before the seeds have time to germinate. -
John Fischer/KLCCIf you have the space to keep something that might be needed down the road, store it and pass it on. Your friends - and the Earth will thank you.
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If you want a clean car, there are steps you can take to keep the runoff out of rivers. -
Being an organic gardener doesn't mean you don't fight pests with spray bottles- it just means what you put in the bottle is not a synthetic chemical. -
With picnic and festival season upon us, consider reducing your waste by packing your own reusable dishes, silver, and cups - napkins too. -
Generally speaking, the movers of the bug world - praying mantis, lady beetles, spiders and dragonflies are good for your garden, and should not be harmed. -
When Springfield Creamery moved to a bigger location 35 years ago, they put up new buildings, and planted 200 trees around the outside of the land. That helped sequester climate-warming CO2. -
If you want the look and feel of the tropics in your garden this summer, you don't need a greenhouse - you just need the right plants. -
Many of us are making big efforts to reduce our personal carbon footprint - maybe better called our climate footprint. But most of us have two footprints, and the bigger one may land at work. -
Herbicides kill herbs - aka plants, and while chemical herbicides like RoundUp get all the publicity, organic herbicides can be just as effective without the environmental consequences. -
John Fischer says, like most zealots, he can be so focused on the solution to a problem that he' may have forgotten to listen to the whole story. -
Proper pruning could help preserve the urban forest during the next storm.
