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New reasons to plant in a greenhouse

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gardeners, if you've ever been tempted to give Mother Nature a little nudge, consider installing a greenhouse.
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Do Your Part: Searching for the safest sunscreen

One of the best parts of the summer for me is hitting the lake with family and friends. I love relaxing on the water and feeling the sun on my skin. What I don't love is jumping through hurdles to find the safest sunscreen among all the different varieties on store shelves. This year though, sunscreen...
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Indoor pot production leaves giant carbon footprint

Marijuana growing is not a green industry.
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Lexington's third annual coop tour illustrates growing popularity of back-yard chickens

Having back-yard chickens sounds like great fun in the summertime when the birds are out eating bugs and skedaddling around the garden. But what happens when winter arrives and snow begins to fall? Do chickens get cold? Do you have to put a heater in the chicken house? Do chickens suddenly become...
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Along N.J. bay, rising sea draws ever closer

The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.
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Grand Canyon wildlife event to honor memory of park biologist

Eric York was obsessed with the big cats - their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park's annual tourist invasion.
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Interior Department proposes new rules for fracking on federal lands

The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal lands Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry.
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Along N.J. bay, rising sea draws ever closer

The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.
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Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill

A Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill.
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Plan carefully to get a bumper tomato crop

It's time to dream of those summertime sandwiches and BLTs, made with tomatoes you grow in your own yard - in pots or the ground.