Eco Friendly

To reduce your garden’s carbon footprint, try organic pesticides… Be safe, be sure!

Due to the recent Zika spraying, massive use of neonicotinoid pesticides,  and other environmental factors, bees are now on the endangered species list, effective October 31, 2016. If bees go extinct, honey won't be the only thing we'll be missing: A third of the food humans eat would disappear with the bees. To put things in perspective, that means no more blueberries, apples, pumpkins, or almonds – all those plants (among others) need bees. Worried yet?

You eat local. You eat what’s in season. You choose to eat sustainably. But what about your yard? Do you practice sustainable landscaping?

Traditional landscaping poses a concern when it comes to a healthy eco-system. Straining our natural resources and contributing to pollution, it is time to re-asses these practices and consider sustainable landscaping.

Your inner recycler wants to live in a shipping container! Shipping containers are just that – reused containers that were once used for freight movement on trains or barges. Turns out, they can make a pretty sweet set-up on land, too.