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7 Smokable Plants You Can Grow That Aren't Marijuana
Don't worry, it's totally legal
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How Growing Giant Vegetables Became a Pandemic Pastime
Growing giant produce has taken off across the country during the pandemic. Seed companies say they saw a surge in home gardeners buying larger varieties, especially in the pandemic’s early months.
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Inside the Booming White Sage Black Market
As “smudging” has been appropriated from Native American use, the selling of sage offers a cautionary tale for the wellness economy—one where the intentions of users can be subverted by suppliers, and many sellers have no idea of their impacts.
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'It satisfies a nurturing instinct': how lockdown has created a veg-growing revolution
The lockdown has created a crop-growing revolution that enthusiasts say could transform how we think about nature, food security and our communities. Growing vegetables has long been hailed as one of the most beneficial of pastimes and an initial run on vegetable seeds in the early days of the Covid-19 crisis has resulted in a bumper crop of early seedlings, which gardeners are sharing using social media and community groups to spread the good news about the “good life”.
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Vegetable Seeds Are the New Toilet Paper
Got seeds? Seed sellers across North America have been overwhelmed by skyrocketing demand in recent weeks as home gardeners are preparing to grow their own vegetables in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Designing an end to a toxic American obsession: The Lawn
Lawns have proliferated since the rise of the suburbs in the mid-20th century. But their maintenance produces greenhouses gases and they are biodiversity deserts. Shifting attitudes to lawn care offers a giant eco opportunity. The question is, how?
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How Often Do I Need Yard Maintenance?
How often should you mow your lawn? How often should you schedule lawn care services? How often do you need yard maintenance? These are all very common questions we get on a regular basis, especially from new clients looking at having a regular yard, lawn, and landscape maintenance. But it also depends on the time of year and the weather.
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Semi-transparent solar cells could make greenhouses self-sufficient
Greenhouses and solar panels both need to be placed in areas with a lot of sunlight – so why not combine the two? Semi-transparent solar cells could potentially be built into the glass roof panels of greenhouses, capturing light at wavelengths that plants don’t use anyway. Now, researchers at North…
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Grow Lights for Indoor Plants and Indoor Gardening: An Overview
Warm vs cool? 'Full-spectrum?' LED, CFL, or HID? Here's what you need to know about indoor grow lights for starting seeds, gardening inside, or houseplants.
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48 Hilarious Vegan Hunter Pics
They might be posing with their weapons in their hands, but they sure aren’t crouching down next to animals. No siree! Instead, they’re proudly posing next to the vegetables they ‘hunted’ in their gardens.
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Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed
Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making airborne sounds when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water-starved crops.
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391-Year-Old Bonsai Tree Survived Hiroshima Bombings and Keeps Growing
This Hiroshima bonsai tree, now in the U.S. National Arboretum, survived the atomic bomb in 1945, but its history was only revealed in 2001.
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The history of the Wardian case, the box that changed the world
When two boxes packed with ferns and grasses survived the six-month ocean journey from London to Sydney in 1833, gardeners rejoiced.
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Group of biologists tries to bury the idea that plants are conscious
Environmental crisis clouding scientific objectivity about plants’ feelings, says botanist
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Why You Should Let Nature Take Over Your Lawn
Turning your perfectly unnatural (yet impressively green!) lawn into an imperfectly wild(ish) piece of land requires a little time and energy at first.
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The Complete Guide to Roundup Exposure. Are you at Risk?
Roundup is everywhere. In fact it is the most used herbicide in the world. Its in your food, on your lawn and in your garden. Worst of all, the real risks of chronic roundup exposure are just now being realized. This complete roundup exposure guide will help you avoid the risks of Roundup, and help you decide what to do if you have been chronically exposed.
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The Healing Power of Gardens
Even for people who are deeply disabled neurologically, nature can be more powerful than any medication. By Oliver Sacks.
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10 Signs it's Time to Prune Your Trees
Yes, we still are in winter so most of our trees are still dormant but there is an occasional reason to tram or prune a tree regardless of the time of year. If your trees are looking a little shaggy or you are concerned for the safety of the tree or other items in your yard, here are 10 signs that it’s time to prune your trees.
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Master List of Low Light Indoor Plants
The BEST low light indoor plants and how to care for each of them! If you want unique and easy to care for low light plants, this is the ultimate list!
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How to Build a Greenhouse
You can grow plants and vegetables year-round by making your own greenhouse.
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