Susan Patterson

Even if you don’t drink wine all that often, those empty wine bottles can stack up quickly. While you could recycle them, why not repurpose instead? Thankfully, they’re the perfect …

Other than Charlotte, that intelligent, graceful spider that spun a web to save Wilbur the pig in “Charlotte’s Web,” spiders are something that most of us don’t want to have …

It’s hard to believe that fall is just around the corner- weren’t we just celebrating the New Year? It certainly seems that way, but the reality is, soon those annuals …

I’m always looking for ways to save money, so when I stumbled across this cool tutorial on Zero Waste Chef about using horse chestnuts (or conkers) to make laundry soap …

Planting perennials in the fall is a simple way to enjoy a larger, more stunning garden next spring. While you’re probably more accustomed to planting in spring, autumn is another …

We’ve written about the dangers of many store-bought household cleaning products – most are loaded with harmful chemicals. In fact, the average household contains some 62 toxic chemicals,as environmental experts …

Not all geeks sit behind a computer, there are more than a few gardeners who love a great garden gadget and some of the new, trendy items that have come …

Thanks to the numerous advancements in technology, today we have a wealth of electronic gadgets at our fingertips, from smartphones and laptops to tablets and portable printers that make doing …

Fall is just around the corner, and with it, that wonderfully cooler, crisp air, colorful leaves and those fabulous aromas like cinnamon and apples wafting through the air. It’s one …

Tiny houses have become a huge thing – do a google search and you’ll find countless blogs about it, or just flip through the channels on TV, there’s Tiny House, …