The best strimmers for tidying up your garden
As all gardeners know — whether you're a green-fingered casual or landscaping professional – the secret to a beautiful lawn is blood, sweat, and tears. Well, that and tooling up with the best gear available.Investing in good tools is abso.....»»
Palisades II space dividers by Spacestor
Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand Spacestor has expanded its Palisades divider system, adding softer forms that enable the creation of garden hideaway-like spaces within the workplace. Read more Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand.....»»
Teenage blacksmith Ben Perkins forges social media following
Ben Perkins built a blacksmith's forge in his back garden and taught himself the traditional craft......»»
DeDraft expands east London house with weathering-steel extension
Architecture studio DeDraft has updated a semi-detached house in east London, wrapping a three-storey rear extension in weathering steel and introducing large windows that look out onto the garden. Read more Architecture studio DeDraft has u.....»»
Tropical forest soils capture carbon under elevated nitrogen deposition
In a new study, Dr. Lu Xiankai and his colleagues from the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that tropical forests can capture carbon dioxide (CO2) into soils and thus reduce emitted CO2. But how exact.....»»
Bloomscape’s Justin Mast explains how he built a thriving garden startup in Detroit
Justin Mast has a simple reason for starting his plant retail startup Bloomscape in Detroit. “This is home,” he told me. “This is where I have a really strong network and I knew I’d be able to find a lot of support.” Mast didn’t grow up i.....»»
Review: Our fave gunslinger expels her inner demons in Wynonna Earp finale
Shine on, you lovable hard-drinking, bar brawling, foul-mouthed anti-Buffy. Waverly Earp (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) is trapped in a twisted version of the Garden of Eden......»»
These shapeshifting streetlights are slow tech at its finest
Bloomlight doesn’t just light up when you walk by. It bends toward you—and blooms. There’s a scene in Alice in Wonderland where Alice walks into a garden and hears a voice. She turns and sees a rose that has come to life, its red.....»»
100,000 people ask Biden, will ya break that 2-2 FCC deadlock already?
Advocates urge Biden to quickly nominate someone who "will stand up to the ISPs." Enlarge / President Joe Biden speaks during an event on gun control in the Rose Garden at the White House April 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images |.....»»
I didn’t think I could grow veggies at home, but a smart garden showed me how
Rise gardens is an indoor hydroponic garden with Wi-Fi and built-in LED lights that lets you grow anything, anywhere......»»
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
Runoff from Houston's 2016 Tax Day flood and 2017's Hurricane Harvey flood carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, according to a Rice University study......»»
The best gardening apps for 2021
The top gardening apps help you identify plants and pests and assist with garden care and planting schedules......»»
To help insects, here"s how to make them welcome in your garden
As winter phases into spring across the U.S., gardeners are laying in supplies and making plans. Meanwhile, as the weather warms, common garden insects such as bees, beetles and butterflies will emerge from underground burrows or nests within or on p.....»»
A "Sweet" cherry is the heaviest in the world according to the Guinness World Records
A cherry from the "Sweet" family, cross-bred by the University of Bologna, holds the Guinness World Record for being the world's heaviest cherry. This "Sweet Stephany" cherry comes from Salvi's experimental cherry garden in Runco di Portomaggiore (Fe.....»»
Suave outdoor furniture by Marcel Wanders for Vondom
Dezeen Showroom: Marcel Wanders has created a collection of outdoor seating for Vondom that can move easily from garden to living room thanks to its use of cosy fabrics and sophisticated forms. Read more Dezeen Showroom: Marcel Wanders has.....»»
You can become a virtual landscaper in Minecraft, earning $70 per hour
As reported by CNN, the offer comes from UK company Whatshed?, which describes itself as Britain’s biggest and best garden buildings buyers guide. The ad seeks “to recruit a collective of virtual landscape gardeners to provide professional advice.....»»
Most fern species in Xishuangbanna are rare
A researcher from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) said in a floristic study that the majority of fern species in the forest habitat of Xishuangbanna of Yunnan province are locally rare. Two-thirds of terrestrial fern species and ne.....»»
First Chinese record of web-loving bug family Plokiophilidae reported from Xishuangbanna
A new species of the web-loving bug family Plokiophilidae has been reported from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The family Plokiophilidae is a new record for the fauna of China and the first r.....»»
ISS astronauts tend to their zero-gravity veggie garden
Astronauts on the International Space Station are tending to their veggie garden, where they are growing lettuce, radishes, and now mustard greens and pak choi......»»
Reddit Hires CFO As It Considers IPO
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Reddit, the social network and online bulletin, said on Thursday that it had appointed its first chief financial officer, Drew Vollero, in a move toward tidying up the company's books befor.....»»
Rookie Coding Mistake Prior To Gab Hack Came From Site"s CTO
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Over the weekend, word emerged that a hacker breached far-right social media website Gab and downloaded 70 gigabytes of data by exploiting a garden-variety security flaw known as an SQL injection.....»»