Last year, 30.8 million live Christmas trees were purchased in the U.S. To prevent crowding the landfills with discarded trees, which can take centuries to fully decompose, Christmas tree recycling programs have cropped up in communities all across the U.S. to make good use of these rich, renewable resources. From mulch for the garden and wood... [Read more...]

Thanksgiving brings with it excitement of eating all the delicious things we usually deny ourselves through out the year. A literal feast of delicious dishes, as exciting as it seems before Thanksgiving loses some luster the third day after. But instead of tossing out all that great food, try composting it this year. Composting is a natural process that... [Read more...]

Trees, like humans, get sick, too. But it’s not as easy to detect sometimes. Your tree won’t cough, or have a running nose and you can’t take its temperature. The best offense is ultimate defense when it comes to greenery. Prevention is key to a beautiful healthy tree. Some ways to keep your trees from “catching” a disease are as following:  Keep... [Read more...]

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