Written by John Egan With a nickname like the Green Mountain State, it’s fitting that Vermont has cultivated a sizable presence in organic farming. A LawnStarter review of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows Vermont leads the country for the number of organic-certified farms per 100,000 residents. […]
Written by John Egan In the San Francisco, CA, metro area, many homes worth at least $1 million don’t actually fall into the luxury category. In fact, it’s almost a luxury if you can buy a home in the country’s most expensive housing market that’s valued at less than $1 […]
Written by John Egan When it comes to Christmas lights, the Oklahoma City, OK, metro area is a shining star. The OKC metro area tops LawnStarter’s new ranking, based on Google Trends data, of the 8 Places Where Christmas Lights Truly Make People’s Faces Light Up. Jump to List of […]
Written by John Egan The state of the Christmas tree business in Kentucky is almost as sad as Charlie Brown’s famously frail Christmas tree. A LawnStarter review of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows Christmas tree production in Kentucky plummeted 85.9 percent from 2002 to 2012. That […]
Long Island, NY, is undergoing a residential building boom — just in time for Amazon to drop a corporate office there that eventually will employ 25,000 people. A LawnStarter analysis of data from real estate brokerage Redfin shows that among more than 70 U.S. metro locations, Long Island — home […]
Charlie Brown — America’s most loveable cartoon kid and star of the Halloween classic “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” — would be proud of Omaha, NE. Every October, Omaha’s Village Pointe shopping center hosts the Great Pumpkin Festival, whose highlight is the lighting of the city’s famous pumpkin “tree.” […]
At least online, Knoxville, TN, has gone to the dogs. Based on research by LawnStarter, Knoxville collars the No. 1 ranking for web-driven interest in Buddy, Bella and other four-legged friends. For our ranking, we reviewed Google search activity from June 2013 to June 2018 for the term “dogs.” Fetching […]
Boise, ID, has truly gone to the dogs—largely because it’s easy to find a dog park there. According to data compiled by The Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit organization, shows Boise has the most dog parks among the country’s 100 largest cities. The nonprofit counted 15 dog parks in Boise […]
In recent months, volcanic eruptions have spewed volcanic fog, a form of hazy air pollution commonly known as “vog,” into the air on the island of Hawaii. However, the vog has dirtied the air over only a small sliver of the Big Island. Meanwhile, the air in Honolulu, on the […]
When you’re hunting for a place to live, your considerations typically include tangible factors like housing costs, school quality and weather (which is vital for lawn care). But one aspect that’s significant — but less measurable and perhaps overlooked — is pride in your community. In the latest Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being […]