In this month's Good Gardening, John Fischer explains how the opportunity to eat more mayonnaise, enjoy an exotic looking gray green plant, and marvel at the stunning purple blooms got him to reintroduce a specific thistle to his yard - the artichoke.

In this month's installment of Living Less Unsustainably, KLCC's John Fischer contemplates how important it is to be understanding of different ways people do things in different places, especially when it comes to sustainability practices.

Keeping your trees low and pickable is a lifelong process, but if life got too busy and the trees got too tall, you'll need to take drastic measures to get trees back to short ladder picking height.

Lane County Waste Management is conducting a survey to see how much residents know about the proper way to dispose of, or recycle, batteries.

In this installment of Good Gardening, John Fischer explains when to follow the out with the old, in with the new garden strategy.

John Fischer makes the most of his two minutes with tips on how to help save the planet from waste, one action at a time.

KLCC's John Fischer explains his perfectly measurable attributes.

In this episode of Living Less Unsustainably, KLCC's John Fischer explains The Toolbox Project's tool lending library.

As the steady winter rains end really end the summer garden season, it's a good time to look back at what worked, failed, and surprised you so next years garden can be better - or if there were a lot of failures, not as disappointing.

One billion umbrellas are thrown away each year, and only a few go anywhere but the landfill. The reason - cheap products turned inside out by the first strong gust of wind. As winter approaches, consider an umbrella that can stand up to the weather.