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  1. mTip: Enlist Your Animals To Help Recycle

    Ever wonder if it’s worthwhile to recycle something like a glass peanut butter jar when it seems to take gallons of water to clean it before recycling? If so, I...
  2. mTip: Fast & Free Fall Floral Arrangement

    Use what you have in your garden for a fast and free fall floral arrangement: 1. Great bud vase/s *Invest in these not store bought flowers! 2. Branchy clipping/s of...
  3. To Bog or Not To Bog

    Obviously we bogged. Why? Two reasons: First, my yard happens to be a bog (well, not in the “official” definition of the word but it’s WET) and I considered this...
  4. Visiting Martha Stewart’s Garden

    Shaun Kass, Martha’s Head Gardener, and I pose in front of Martha’s conservatory. Over a year ago I came up with a unique fundraising idea for my nonprofit, The Giving...
  5. Margarita+The Giving Gardens=Pure Joy

    Meet Margarita Pichardo. She owns one of the very first Habitat for Humanity homes that The Giving Gardens landscaped. Margarita was given a gift five years ago and just look...
  6. Returning to Triathlon, The Great Balancing Act

    A Heaven on Earth Home, is a constant balancing act; taking care of the family, maintaining the home and garden, preparing nutritious and tasty meals (that EVERYONE likes!) and unfortunately...