How to Store Your Produce
We’re often asked about the best ways to use, store and revive our produce over the course of the season. Outside of donating, freezing is obviously one of the best ways to get more from every delivery. But before you toss it all in a tupperware and stuff to the back of the drawer, take a moment to review the preferred techniques.
Environmentalism via Hobby
The simple definition: It’s from here. Of course it's a liiiittle bit more complicated than that. But fear not, we'll explain it as best we know how.
Does My Business Really Need Native Landscaping?
Your customers are Carolinians. Your collaborators are Carolinians. Heck, maybe even your products and services themselves are Carolinian. Shouldn’t your plants be Carolinians, too?
Drought-Proofing Your Landscape
Put on a pair of sunglasses, then have a look at the US Drought Monitor. All that red, orange and yellow may get tough on the eyes, but it’s even tougher on the plants that depend on centuries of predictable rainfall patterns
Composting Without Composting
We’re not trying to cut into our own business here—there’s still only one place in Charlotte to look for regular, reliable food scrap pickups—but composting doesn’t require a PhD. Or an apprenticeship. Or technical skills. Or even a house or a yard, for that matter.
Can we actually reverse climate change?
While the rates of acceleration and general outlook doesn’t look exactly spectacular for those of us concerned with global warming, it’s important to remember that not only is there still hope: There’s hope right in your own backyard.
New Year, Same You
Resolutions are… a mixed bag. Some of us keep up with them. Some of us like the idea of keeping up with them. And still others of us fall into that same-old-same-old once spring has sprung and patio happy hours are back on the menu.
The Most Planted of 2025
It’s that special, overmarketed time of the year when you hear from just about every subscription service under the sun, ready with a recap of your most-listened, most-watched and most-everything-else. …it got us thinking. What’s in our pantheon of plants?
On the Value of Land
99.9% of the time, there’s nothing spectacular about the surface beneath your feet. Dirt, grass, laminate, concrete—whatever you’re standing above right now, we’re willing to bet you wouldn’t give it a second thought unless you were reading this sentence.
A Primer on Grass Alternatives
Around these parts, autumn is planting season. Late September through November is just about the best time of the year for native seed—but why, you might ask?