Plastic shopping bags can remain intact for years in the environment, sometimes killing wildlife. They don’t actually decay, but break down into tiny plastic particles, causing trouble for ever-smaller creatures. Some places have started charging for plastic bags, or even banning them altogether. (Generally, charging is preferable — it works well, yet preserves choice.) Reusable shopping bags are a better alternative to throwaway plastic bags.
January and February are prime garden-planning months. Look in a nursery catalog, and you’ll see a little colored map of North America that helps figure out which plants grow well in what areas. The problem is, many of those maps are wrong. Uh oh…
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