Posted in Area Fun Events, Coastal Living in Wilmington NC, GREEN Eco Topics, tagged New Hanover County Cooperative extension, Wilmington NC gardening, Wilmington nc trees on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Each year since we have lived in Wilmington, we look forward to the annual TreeFest held every January at the Independence Mall. It’s a wonderful opportunity to give green thumbs an early winter boost. Up to 5 free bare-root seedlings are distributed per person to plant in their winter garden.
Don’t know what to plant? Volunteers [...]
Posted in GREEN Eco Topics, tagged Wilmington NC, wilmington nc landscaping on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for a great landscape plant that grows in all soil conditions, can be shaped into a tree or grow natural y into a free form shape like a large shrub. Look no further than the Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Wax myrtle variety is a very hardy and easy to grow large shrub/tree that will [...]
Posted in GREEN Eco Topics on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a give most of us hate the JUNK mail that clogs our mailboxes just about every day. It’s time consuming to sort through and it seems that no matter what the efforts to curtail it, just keeps on multiplying. And all that wasted paper ..it’s a greenies nightmare!
Now comes an organization that came up with [...]
Posted in GREEN Eco Topics on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I never thought I would say this but…Mom knew best.
Well not about everything I must say. But when it came to being environmentally and ecologically correct, she was right on! Back in those days, who knew from ecological! I am not even sure if the word had made it to Webster’s.
In the interest of not dating [...]
