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Transform Your Garden in 2025 with These 10 Award-Winning Plants and Products

(BPT) - As winter turns into spring, it's time for gardeners to consider which plants they'll cultivate in planters, pots and gardens. If you're in the midst of planning your garden and need …
Thursday, January 30
Tips for creating the perfect outdoor kitchen
(BPT) - With the growing trend toward creating outdoor living spaces, building an outdoor kitchen has never been more popular—or more attainable. Whether you love entertaining or simply enjoy …
Saturday, January 11
American mistletoe's genus *Phoradendron* means 'thief of trees' in Greek.
Mistletoe – famous for stolen holiday kisses – is a parasite that steals water and nutrients from other plants
This evergreen plant has some tricky ways to get ahead, but it’s a valuable part of the ecosystem.
David Hillock, Oklahoma State University, The Conversation
Friday, January 3
Meet the peach that traveled the Trail of Tears and the elders working to save it
Grist follows the journey of the Indian peach through genocide, climate change, and more challenges.
Taylar Dawn Stagner for Grist
Friday, January 3
Top 4 essentials for better outdoor living
(BPT) - Because you love your home, you want to make your outdoor spaces just as comfortable and unique as the ones you've created indoors. Whether you dream of entertaining or relaxing, you want to …
Thursday, October 31, 2024
From watering via ice cubes to spritzing with hydrogen peroxide – 4 misguided plant health trends on social media
The internet is full of advice on just about everything, including plant care. As the director of a plant diagnostic laboratory and expert on plant medicine, I help people manage their plants’ health
Nick Goltz, University of Connecticut, The Conversation
Monday, April 15, 2024

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow

Most of us aren’t spending our days watching our houseplants grow. We see their signs of life only occasionally – a new leaf unfurled, a stem leaning toward the window.
Chantal Nguyen, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation
Saturday, January 13, 2024

Cherry blossoms – celebrated in Japan for centuries and gifted to Americans – are an appreciation of impermanence and spring

Cherry blossoms mark the beginning of spring. Various festivals are regularly organized in California, Colorado, Georgia, Tennessee and Washington, D.C., to celebrate the bloom of cherry trees. …
Małgorzata (Gosia) K. Citko-DuPlantis, University of Tennessee, The Conversation
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Lifestyle news
Galentine's Day has become a thing—why hasn't Malentine's Day?
The Conversation explores why men don't have a holiday to celebrate friendship between bros.
Deana Rohlinger for The Conversation
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Why breakup anxiety hits hard and how to get back on your feet
Rula examines the role of anxiety in the post-breakup experience, and how therapy can help.
Siobhan Neela-Stock
Yesterday at 9:30 AM
Quality time is the most popular love language in America—here's how the others rank
Hims conducted a new study to discover which love languages are most prized by Americans.
Melissa Lavigne-Delville
4 days ago
Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it's the best job behind bars.
The Marshall Project spotlights some of the incarcerated firefighters doing one of the riskiest, lowest-paying, but reportedly best jobs in jail.
Jamiles Lartey for The Marshall Project, Shannon Heffernan for The Marshall Project, Keri Blakinger for The Los Angeles Times
4 days ago
How one city scrambled to resolve a tied election vote
Votebeat reports on Corpus Christi's use of a classic game of chance to settle a vote tie.
Natalia Contreras for Votebeat
4 days ago
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