When Marisa Mender-Franklin walks through any of the nine flower farms she runs in Memphis, Tennessee, her first thoughts are of gratitude. Partly for the flowers and the bees, but mostly for the support of her neighbors. That's because members of her local Facebook Buy Nothing group ...
September marks the beginning of the great summer-to-fall garden transition and, although most summer plants still have life left in them, many gardeners are turning their attention to the iconic chrysanthemum. The majority of mums sold in pre-planted containers at the garden center are typical "cushion" mums. I wouldn't garden without them, but there are plenty of other interesting options for gardeners looking to branch out. Botanists worldwide recognize approximately 40 species of wild chrysanthemums. Over centuries, hundreds of thousands of varieties and cultivars have been bred ...
I have overheard the following conversation all too many times: Person 1: “How do you find the time to read so much?” Person 2: “Well, I listen to audiobooks in the car and at the gym and…” Person 1: “Oh, so you're not really reading. Audiobooks are cheating.” Well, ...
I’m always looking for good books to read and I freely admit that I really like a good mystery. And when I learned that Wanda Brunstetter, the famous Christian novelist, was writing mysteries, my ears perked up a little bit. I have read a Wanda Brunstetter book before. In fact, she had ...
Although a vegetable garden can still produce food in the winter months, and the first frost in our area is typically in mid-October, now is the time to start preparing the garden for the cold season. Managing a vegetable garden through a Pennsylvania winter involves clearing dead annuals ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Software engineer Josh Dersch loves old computers. He spends countless hours tinkering in his garage, trying to coax decades-old machines back to life. He estimates he owns more than 200 vintage computers and devices in his Seattle home. "It's always been ...
