It takes a green thumb to excel at yard work and gardening. Unfortunately, those activities can actually lead to you losing your green thumb — or, in rare instances, your life. Over the past 10 years, emergency rooms from California to the Carolinas reported nearly 3.2 million lawn and garden […]
Is America experiencing a drought in lawn and garden activity? The answer appears to be yes. But a recent surge of interest in gardening and yard work may reverse that trend. “COVID-19 has had a gigantic impact on the gardening industry,” says Dave Whitinger, executive director of the National Gardening […]
Florida may be known as the Sunshine State, but it deserves another nickname — the Gardening State (not to be confused with New Jersey, the Garden State). Three cities in Florida are at the top of our list of America’s Best Cities for Urban Gardening, and another three Sunshine State cities […]
Being stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic means fewer vacations, strangers delivering meals and groceries, and a greater reliance on Wi-Fi for all those work-from-home video calls or job interviews. The majority of us aren’t fortunate enough to be “stuck” at a beach bungalow. So, if you’re truly staying […]
If you’ve done any shopping amid the coronavirus pandemic or you’ve seen any news coverage, you know that many Americans are stockpiling one product in particular — toilet paper. With store shelves empty, interest is surging in toilet paper alternatives. Cities, States Most Interested in TP Alternatives According to Google […]
When a college football team competes on new turf at its home stadium, it could put a new spring in their step and boost their pride. What it won’t do is propel the team to victory. A LawnStarter analysis of the 15 U.S. college football teams that played on new […]
Yes, Georgia, there is a Santa Claus. With Albany sitting at No. 1, three regions in Georgia gain a seat in our sleigh of the top 10 regions in the U.S. for believers in Jolly Old Saint Nick. Macon, Ga., earns the No. 3 spot in our ranking of the […]
Finding a basketball game to watch in the Norfolk, Va., area is a slam dunk. And finding a place to play basketball there is an alley-oop. Figures from the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit that promotes parks and other public spaces, indicate Norfolk lays up 406 public basketball hoops […]
“The Voice” judges and celebrity couple Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton embrace it. So do former President Bill Clinton, actress Natalie Portman, pop superstar Madonna and tennis legend Venus Williams. All of these high-profile people count themselves among the millions of American devotees of veganism. In the U.S., 3% of […]
In McAllen, a Texas city along the U.S. border with Mexico, the heat is on … and on and on and on. From 1979 to 2018, McAllen saw the average number of days per year with a heat index of at least 105 degrees shoot up by 21.9, according to […]