Home & Garden

    Tips, lists, and expert opinion on making your home and garden a safe and thriving eco-friendly haven.
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    4 Ways to Use Green Bananas That Won't Ripen
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    16 of the Best Low-Maintenance Outdoor Potted Plants to Transform Your Space
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    How to Make DIY Perfume With Fresh Flowers
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    Skip the Rake and Leave the Leaves for a Healthier, Greener Yard
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    How to Grow Hydroponic Lettuce: Plant Care Tips
    8 Facts About the Misunderstood House Spider
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    25 Things to Do With Old Candle Jars
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    4 Ways to Use Green Bananas That Won't Ripen
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    12 Ways to Use Vinegar and Baking Soda to Clean Every Room in Your Home
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    12 Ways to Get Clean Air in Your Home
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    10 Remarkable Types of Caterpillars and What They Become
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    20 Native Florida Plants That Thrive in the State’s Heat and Humidity
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    17 Best Plants That Work Perfectly Around the Pool
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    What Is Rambutan and How to Eat It
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    9 Surprising Facts About Ladybugs
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    Here's a Shipping Container Tiny House That You Can Build Yourself or Buy
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    Why You Shouldn't Buy Ladybugs for Natural Pest Control in Your Garden
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    Build a $300 Underground Greenhouse for Year-Round Gardening
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    Download a Free Native-Plant Garden Plan for Your Specific Region
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    What an Hour of Gardening Does to Your Body
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    12 Ways to Get Rid of Fruit Flies Naturally
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    5 Ways to Kill Mold Naturally
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    6 Recipes for Green Bell Peppers When You Have Way More Than You Need
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    What's the Difference Between Oatmeal and Porridge?
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    20 Moth Species More Beautiful Than Butterflies
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    13 Natural Remedies for the Ant Invasion
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    How to Plant a Clover Lawn
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    8 Fruits You Think Are Vegetables
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    Do Pineapples Grow on Trees?
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    12 Plants That Repel Unwanted Insects (Including Mosquitoes)
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    20 Low-Maintenance Zone 6 Plants
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    How to Make a Baking Soda and Vinegar Volcano at Home
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    Can You Spray Rubbing Alcohol on Plants?
    Are There Ground-Up Cockroaches in Coffee?
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    9 Natural Home Remedies for Fleas
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    9 Types of Praying Mantis
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    8 Natural & Homemade Insecticides: Save Your Garden Without Killing the Earth
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    How to Make Soy Candles
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    What Is Castile Soap? Uses and Benefits
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    7 Fruits and Veggies That Used to Look a Whole Lot Different
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    How to Raise and Care for Baby Goats
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    11 Ways to Use Nutritional Yeast (and Why You Should)
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    Identifying Wild Mushrooms: What to Eat, What to Avoid
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    37 Inspirational Gardening Quotes
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    12 Ways to Get Rid of Slugs Naturally
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    How to Make an Emergency Candle With Household Objects
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    8 Ways to Know Your Watermelon Is Ripe
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    Are There Really Dead Wasps in Your Figs?
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    8 Things You Never Knew About Dragonflies
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    How to Make Your Own Washing Machine Cleaner
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    How to Get Rid of Gnats Naturally and Keep Them Away
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    8 Facts About the Fascinating Roly-Poly
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    A Beginner’s Guide to Rainwater Harvesting
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    32 Companion Plants to Grow With Your Peppers
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    17 Top Stinky Cheeses
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    How to Identify Different Types of Bees
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    Butterflies Prove Complex Learning May Be More Common in Insects Than We Thought
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    18 Great Uses for the Glorious Box Grater
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    5 Attributes of Successful Gardeners

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