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Nature's ways of improving backyard gardening

You might be working harder in the garden than you have to.

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Diggin' In: Try these new plants to perk up your landscape

Tired of ivy that claims too much of your yard, or boxwood that looks brown and dead inside?
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Living Smart: After the storm

For those whose homes have been damaged by storms, it's important they take action quickly to begin the remediation process before secondary damage occurs.
HOME & GARDEN

Pollen count apps for smartphones are nothing to sneeze at

Kate O'Reilly's spring allergy survival kit includes the usual stuff - nasal sprays, allergy pills and a box of tissues. This season, she's added a new weapon to her line of defense: an app on her smartphone.
HOME & GARDEN

New reasons to plant in a greenhouse

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gardeners, if you've ever been tempted to give Mother Nature a little nudge, consider installing a greenhouse.
GREEN LIVING

Do Your Part: Searching for the safest sunscreen

One of the best parts of the summer for me is hitting the lake with family and friends. I love relaxing on the water and feeling the sun on my skin. What I don't love is jumping through hurdles to find the safest sunscreen among all the different varieties on store shelves. This year though, sunscreen...
GREEN LIVING

Indoor pot production leaves giant carbon footprint

Marijuana growing is not a green industry.
GREEN LIVING

Along N.J. bay, rising sea draws ever closer

The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.
GREEN LIVING

Grand Canyon wildlife event to honor memory of park biologist

Eric York was obsessed with the big cats - their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park's annual tourist invasion.
GREEN LIVING

Interior Department proposes new rules for fracking on federal lands

The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal lands Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry.
HOME & GARDEN

Plan carefully to get a bumper tomato crop

It's time to dream of those summertime sandwiches and BLTs, made with tomatoes you grow in your own yard - in pots or the ground.