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  • Get pickier about the plants you pick

    Wed, Apr 08, 2009 1:39 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Here are some suggestions on choosing how to fill your garden.

  • Are we being greenyasved by IKEA?

    Tue, Apr 07, 2009 5:25 PM by Matt Hickman

    The Guardian's Fred Pearce has a bone to pick with the Swedish home furnishings giant. Where do you stand?

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  • Red, red green wine

    Mon, Apr 06, 2009 10:02 AM by Matt Hickman

    Raise your recycled content wine glass high this Earth Day to honor the grooviest gal on the green scene, Mother Nature herself.

  • A Monday reminder

    Sun, Apr 05, 2009 9:08 PM by Matt Hickman

    Although the video for Royksopp's "Remind Me" is a couple of years old, it's always good for a quick watch before leaving the house.

  • Gardening adventures: week 3

    Thu, Apr 02, 2009 10:47 PM by Robin Shreeves

    MNN's food blogger has seedlings on her windowsill and very pernicious squirrels in her composter in this week's gardening adventures.

  • Spring cleaning: The oven

    Thu, Apr 02, 2009 12:03 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Use elbow grease to zap kitchen grease.

  • Leaves falling ... and flushing

    Wed, Apr 01, 2009 3:17 PM by Matt Hickman

    Move over, Seventh Generation. Turning a New Leaf unrolls a new line of eco toilet paper.

  • Twitterin' table ferns

    Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:06 PM by Matt Hickman

    File this one under Internet oversharing: Botanicalls, a wireless device for houseplants that tweets based on soil moisture levels.

  • Trapping garden slugs with beer

    Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:14 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Snug as a slug in a mug.

  • BRIGHTER LIVING: Handy lemon uses

    Fri, Mar 27, 2009 1:38 PM

    Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Keep lemons handy for all these great tips.

  • BRIGHTER LIVING: Energy-saving trees

    Fri, Mar 27, 2009 12:55 PM

    Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Avoid the heat island with a few planting tips.

  • Mother Nature goes to Neverland

    Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:26 AM by Matt Hickman

    See photos of Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, which has been left untended since 2005.

  • The first amendments

    Wed, Mar 25, 2009 5:36 PM by Matt Hickman

    The 411 on gardening with organic soil amendments like compost, manure and natural fertilizers.

  • Dung ho

    Tue, Mar 24, 2009 6:54 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Researchers in New York have received a $1 million grant to turn waste into power — and therefore, money.

  • MIO for the masses

    Tue, Mar 24, 2009 6:42 PM by Matt Hickman

    MIO injects a bit of green into Target’s red bulls-eye for a new line of outdoor living products.

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