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As soon as I saw the Back to The Roots Water Garden at my friend’s house I knew I had to have it. This fish…

In the late 1700s, a wealthy landowner and botanist imported a ginkgo biloba from China to plant at his palatial West Philly estate. They grew in…

I asked a few of my favorite green bloggers and activists to give me one New Year’s Resolution. Even the best greenies among us know…

Isn’t it ironic that with all we do to protect nature, it’s nature’s creatures who come bite us in the ass? We want to be…

As a wanna-be food-swapping, gardening, bread-making homesteader, nothing excites me more than a chance to check out a farm fresh mecca right in the heart…

You know how despite having a failure garden and being very lax recently on actually cooking, I like to fancy myself an urban homesteader. And…

It’s the time of year when all my friends are posting photos of their beautiful garden bounties, showing off their homegrown tomatoes and wondering what…

Help! My beautiful garden is infested with slimy slugs! When we first saw them we thought they were just goofy, harmless little creatures. But then…

I like to think I’m crafty, but I have more of a creative brain than nimble fingers. I can’t cut in a straight line and…

I’m ridiculously proud of my new little garden. Since last year when we knocked down the big creepy fountain installed by my home’s previous owner,…