A recent study published in the journal, Scientific Reports, compiled data from multiple cities in Toronto and came to the hypothesis that adding 10 trees to your neighborhood could result in the equivalent of feeling $10,000 richer or even 7 years younger! Trees do add beauty and shade but they also remove pollutants from the… Click here to read more…
Lightweight Expandable Hose That Never Kinks
A few years ago the expandable pocket hose hit the infomercial scene. Maybe you were one who called in to order not one, but TWO expandable hoses if you acted right then. It didn’t take long for the consumers to find fault in the too good to be true lightweight hose. Consumer Reports tested the… Click here to read more…
Scary Mutant Flowers Growing Near Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit Japan and nearly destroyed the city of Fukushima. The following day, 12 March, substantial amounts of radioactive material began to be released, and resulted in a nuclear meltdown of three of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant’s 6 nuclear reactors. In the four… Click here to read more…
Syracuse Professor Creates Tree Bearing 40 Types of Fruit
Grafting is the art of attaching a piece of one plant to another in such a way that the two pieces will bond together and become one plant. One plant is used to provide the root system and sometimes the stem, and is commonly known as the rootstock. If you are daring enough to try… Click here to read more…
Are Birds Eating All of Your Fruit?
Nothing is more frustrating than watching all of the hard work you put into growing and nurturing your fruit or nut trees go to the birds! For years people have tried many methods to try and deter birds and other garden moochers from eating their crops. People have tried bird netting, sonic blasting, predator decoys… Click here to read more…
When Tillers Go Bad
The Swedish company Husqrvana is a manufacturer of outdoor power products including robotic mowers, garden tractors, chainsaws and trimmers. This past week Husqrvana had issued a recall on about 24,000 lawn and garden tillers due to the potential hazard caused by the transmission engaging itself and going either forward or backward without warning. So far… Click here to read more…