by Cameron Linton | Oct 3, 2018 | Houseplants, Useful Plants
As the days get shorter and the sunlight gets weaker, roughly one in five Americans may suffer from a form of seasonal depression or the winter blues. Bringing houseplants into your home and office can help reduce stress, increase oxygen levels, and boost your mood....
by Cameron Linton | Oct 1, 2018 | Edible Plants, Education, Gardening, Useful Plants
As you’re digging up the 10,000th spud or trimming the millionth cucumber (didn’t you only plant two of those?), you might be wondering what to do with all of your extra veggies. While most gardeners are certainly happier to have surplus produce than to have an empty...
by Cameron Linton | Sep 28, 2018 | Edible Plants, Education, Gardening, Useful Plants
It’s that time of year – pumpkin spice lattes are all over everything, leaves are turning colors, and… you’re drowning in extra fruits and berries that you need to find a way to preserve. Or is that just me? While you might want to make jams or jellies year...
by Cameron Linton | Sep 24, 2018 | Edible Plants, Education, Gardening
In all of the excitement of planting your vegetable garden, you forgot to label the rows of greenery. Now you’re looking at lines of little green seedlings (or a tangled mess of adult plants), and wondering what’s going on in your garden. DOWNLOAD PLANTSNAP Before you...
by Cameron Linton | Sep 19, 2018 | Biology, Plant Identification
Poison oak, or Toxicodendron diversilobum or Toxicodendron pubescens, is another relative of poison ivy and poison sumac. There are two species of poison oak: eastern and western. Both species are common across North America in a variety of habitats, making it a good...
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