Plan A Pollinator Garden For Your Home Growing a pollinator garden is one of the best, and most beautiful, ways to create a more sustainable planet. You may not realize if, but pollinators are very important to each of us in our daily lives. Without pollinators, our food supply would simply collapse. Many pollinator populations…
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Improve Your World With These Garden Resolutions We can all do a little more to improve the world. Why not start in your own garden with these very easy garden resolutions. Every little bit helps! Start Composting Composting is easy, reduces waste, and gives you back great soil to put back in the garden. Why…
Native Plants Have Many Benefits A native plants is a plant that originate in and is native to a geographical region. In other words, it naturally occurs in the area and can be found in nature. Why Use Native Plants Using native plants in the landscape makes sense for a whole host of reasons. Because…
Celebrate Earth Day And Make A Difference Earth Day is this Sunday April 22, 2018. This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues. This is more important than ever as the environment and natural resources are more challenged than ever. Common Earth Day activities include planting trees, cleaning up litter,…
Dividing Perennials Dividing perennials is a great way to keep your garden from getting over crowded. It is also a great way to get new plants to spread to other parts of your landscape. One other side benefit, you can trade extra plants with friends for some of their extras. The following instructions are from…
Greenfest to celebrate the Environment of Montgomery County Saturday, March 28th at 11am Silver Spring, MD – Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring, and Jesup Blair Local Park Learn and Explore! Join your neighbors in celebrating the environment of Montgomery County This is a free event with something for everyone: Schedule of Events Rain or shine Food is…
How much do you know about hybrid cars? Hybrid cars are more plentiful, advanced and efficient than ever, with dozens of options now available to consumers. These fuel-saving, emissions-cutting vehicles currently make up 3% of the total car and light truck market in the United States, helping to meet the government’s tougher fuel-economy standards. But…
14 Ways to Change Your State in 2014 Reprinted from NCSU* Sustainability (Bruce’s alma mater! – Go Pack!) Posted December 29, 2013 by cwdavis3 & filed under All Blogs, Community,Planet. These 14 actions will help you, NC State and our world be more sustainable: Use a reusable water bottle. They help reduce waste and they’re awesome (see our favorite reasons why). Drive less, walk…