Now is the time to start sprouting seeds if you're planning a garden this Summer, but this easy technique is also perfect for a windowsill collection of herbs or bright flowers. Save your paper egg ...

If Elaine Coeyman were to write a book about how to live well, it would include sage advice about tackling big projects — like growing your own food and renovating your home — on a budget, without ...

Protecting tender plants and seedlings needn’t prove expensive thanks to these DIY mini greenhouses you can make yourself. With just a little know how and some smart upcycling, you can create some ...

This year, Americans will drink more than 30 billion single-serving bottles of water. To raise awareness of the alarming problem of plastic waste, Jasmine Zimmerman created the Bottle House – an ...

What do you do with the empty plastic bottles that you really shouldn't have been drinking out of, anyway? These British school children spent a year and half collecting 1,500 of them and used the ...

If climate change is to be prevented and environmental consciousness is to prevail, then our children must be well educated in sustainability-focused initiatives. With that in mind, the school ...

You can get multiple uses from a plastic salad container. We were in need of some dark green leafy vegetables last January, so I started buying 1-pound plastic boxes of organic baby spinach. One day, ...

If your recycling bin is overflowing with plastic milk jugs, free up some space by repurposing them in the yard as mini-greenhouses to help young plants thrive.

Don't make a mistake that beginning gardeners make too often and forget to start your seeds indoors to have them ready for spring planting. The best environment for germinating seeds indoors requires ...