Poinsettias are excellent houseplants, and they will easily look great throughout the holiday season with minimal care. Here are 7 expert tips for poinsettia care.

Holiday decorating is a tradition that lives on with holiday containers made with greenery and ornamental berries found in your own yard. Decorative holiday containers add a personal touch to the holiday season.

A Gratitude Tree (also known as a Thankful Tree) offers a great way for you and your family to appreciate the blessings in your lives. We’ve all got lots to be thankful for, but sometimes we forget to take time out of our busy days to simply say “thank you.”

Halloween decorating ideas start with bundled corn stalks and a few small pumpkins. For more ambitious Halloween decorating ideas, add skeletons and spiders

These two natural insect control methods show how you can kill insect pests without resorting to using harsh chemicals.

In case you haven’t noticed, Americans are pet crazy. There are almost 90 million dogs and more than 94 million cats living in our homes. According to statistica.com, a whopping 68 percent of all U.S. households owned pets, and that’s up from 56 percent in 1988. It’s estimated that the average pet owner spends $477 dollars a year just on food treats for their pets. Keeping our pets healthy and happy is…

It's time to take a more earth-friendly (and personal-health friendly) approach to our kitchens. Here are three easy ways to make your kitchen greener.

Mother Nature can be hard on our clothes. The next time you wonder what to wear in the yard, consider these fun and functional outdoor apparel items.

If you grow houseplants, sooner or later you will have to deal with fungus gnats. Fungus gnats are the tiny flying pests that can swarm like an annoying black cloud whenever an infested houseplant or outdoor potted plant is moved. Fungus gnats (Bradysia species) are small, mosquito-like insects that commonly infest the growing medium in which houseplants and outdoor potted plants grow. Often, when outdoor…