House Plants

Everyone has had at least one plant with those bad-looking brown ending tips. You are not alone, this is indeed one of the most common problems in gardening. We find it unsightly, but on top of that, it makes us worry about what causes brown tips and how we might fix them. Plants develop brown…

Not all pots are sold with saucers. Nevertheless, buying saucers alone is more expensive than creating your own drip trays. If you don’t know which material to use for your DIY plant saucer, fret not because here are some tips to consider. Plant saucers can be made from recycled household objects to save money, reduce…

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve bought a fantastic Christmas tree only to realize that it is unable to fit through doorways or it brushes the ceiling of your living room? Yes, I know, the tree looked smaller in a wide-open retail lot! But is there something that can be done…

With multiple videos of Christmas tree falls circling the internet, toppling disasters may not be so uncommon for people who choose to take home real evergreens each year. But why do Christmas trees tend to fall? To keep a Christmas tree steadily upright, a wide and heavy stand is essential. Fishing lines, flat wooden board…

The tradition of bringing home real Christmas trees each year can be a fun bonding experience with your family. However, these fragrant, lively trees can also leave a sticky trail of sap on your car, furniture, and everywhere else. Christmas trees such as Pines, Firs, Spruces, and Cedars secrete resinous sap as a defense mechanism…

Only 1 out of 4 trees is handpicked and chopped fresh for Christmas each year [1]. This means that 75% of real Christmas trees in the US are bought from retailers who sell pre-cut trees, with the trees losing their freshness after all the time spent in shipping and distribution. As a result, you may…

With 26 million real Christmas trees being purchased in the US each year [1], the high demand for these evergreens pushes farmers and distributors to harvest and transport the trees as early as October. By Christmas, the trees are most likely to dry up and lose a lot of needles. Chopped Christmas trees shed off…

Real, living Christmas trees have an aesthetic beauty and fragrance that artificial Christmas trees simply cannot match. But watering a real tree, especially if indoors in a container, is not an easy task! It requires consistency. The only way to keep a chopped Christmas tree hydrated throughout the holiday season is to 1) remove the…

For many people, Christmas just doesn’t feel as merry without the smell of Pine, Fir, Spruce, Cypress, or Cedar wafting through the living room while you exchange gifts with your family. Once the holidays are over and all decorations have been taken down, you may be curious to know if your Christmas tree could be…

It’s almost that jolly time of the year again for families to decorate a Christmas tree together and exchange gifts under that tree. Being the centerpiece of an annual tradition which is observed in 94 million households in the USA alone [1], the Christmas tree presents an environmental choice for each family: artificial or fake….

We know how plants are healthy when we see what’s above the ground. However, the color, feel, and smell of roots can give us better answers about each plant’s health and condition. Healthy roots are white or very light-colored. On the other hand, sick roots are often brown, black, gray-brown, reddish-brown, or even purple and…