Category Archives: Sustainability

How To Incorporate IPM (Integrated Pest Management) in your Garden or Beekeeping Practice

If I walked up to a hive the same way I walked into a greenhouse when I was an IPM specialist for an ornamental horticulture company, I’d be expecting to have to look a lot harder for bugs. I’d walk between the rows of plants—or frames of bees—finding, identifying and noting down any insects, diseases […]

Top Gardening Books for Beginners

Vegetable Garden Books

It’s no secret that gardening is on the rise. People are starting to grow their own food and plants again for the health benefits and well because it’s fun! However, gardening can be complicated for a beginner. Books are a great way to learn all about gardening. Here are the best gardening books for the […]

How To Start a Vegetable Garden – Starting a Garden From Scratch

Starting a garden is one of the best hobbies anyone can do. Gardening has so many benefits, from helping the environment to improving mental health, it’s a hobby that everyone should consider. My favorite part of gardening is the ability to grow my very own food! I know what was used in the soil and […]

How You Can Help the Bees + Other Pollinators

Bumble bee and honey bees on sunflowers

It’s no secret that there are many issues going on with our environment right now, from climate change to habitat loss, it can seem a little daunting to do anything to help. However, there are many simple things that you can do to help! One of the easiest ways to help the environment is to help […]

How To Start A Pollinator Garden in South Florida

Bee on yellow flower

Around the world, people and communities are realizing how important pollinators are to our environment and livelihood. However, pollinators everywhere are in decline, due to climate change, habitat loss, and pesticide use. There are many ways we can help save our pollinators but one of the best ways is by creating a pollinator garden. Plant […]

Vegan and Honey: Why You Should Support Beekeepers

Honey Bees on Frames

Following a Vegan lifestyle is trending now more than ever. There are so many people who are opening their eyes to how cruel factory farming is and how much it is impacting our Earth. While the transportation sector is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, Animal Agriculture alone is responsible for so […]