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20 Ways to Use Tea Towels

The ever-versatile tea towel can help fight waste in the kitchen and make many tasks easier.

by Katherine Martinko

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Sustainable Eating

A heap of freshly grown organic alfalfa sprouts is piled on a small saucer. In the background is the sprouting jar with more sprouts

How to Grow Your Own Sprouts in a Jar

Food doesn't get more local than this.

by Melissa Breyer

Garden

For a Healthier Yard, Skip the Rake

Leave the leaves.

by Derek Markham

Indoor Gardening

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5 Health Benefits of Houseplants

More reasons to praise our plants.

by Melissa Breyer

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6 of the Biggest Flowers on Earth

Today, flowering plants are among the most diverse classes of life on the planet.

by David DeFranza

10 Refrigerator Food Storage Mistakes

by Melissa Breyer

Let the Kids Be Bored

by Katherine Martinko

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How (And Why) to Compost in Winter

by Matt Hickman

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8 Species With 'Superpowers'

by Angela Nelson

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