The New Click & Grow Herb Garden Does Everything But Harvest Itself

The New Click & Grow Herb Garden Does Everything But Harvest Itself

Click and Grow’s second generation home hydroponic system launches today that, like its predecessor, provides urban gardeners an organic, pesticide-free, and nearly autonomous herb garden. Except the new Smart Herb Garden doesn’t need a bright window spot—it includes its own miniature sun.

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Magic floor sinks into the ground to transform into an outdoor pool

Magic floor sinks into the ground to transform into an outdoor pool

Everyone wants a pool in their backyard until they realize they never actually swim in it. Those neglected pools become nothing more than holes in the ground filled with cloudy water that act as mosquito magnets. Not this pool though. This outdoor pool is magic. The floors sinks into the ground and it fills itself up with water. Lovely.

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How to Get Your Garden Ready for Spring Planting

How to Get Your Garden Ready for Spring Planting

Even as the East Coast continues to dig out of its latest snowpocalypse the country’s more hospitable climes are already beginning to thaw out. And now that your garden no longer resembles tundra, it’s time to dig in and get your plot ready for spring planting. Here’s what you’ll need to do.

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How to Conserve Water During a Drought

How to Conserve Water During a Drought

California is facing "perhaps the worst drought that [it] has ever seen since records (began) about 100 years ago," announced Governor Jerry Brown in a recent press conference after declaring a drought emergency for the state. Here are four easy ways to minimize your water usage until the rains come again.

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7 Plants To Scare Off Burglars, Nosy Neighbors, and Everyone Else

7 Plants To Scare Off Burglars, Nosy Neighbors, and Everyone Else

Do you want to avoid burglars and nosy neighbors? And pets and small children? And possibly all other human beings? But do you also have a refined aesthetic sense—none of that ugly concrete, please—and a green thumb? No worries! These anti-personnel plants are as effective as any moat.

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Cooking with Cannabis: How to Make Weed Butter

Cooking with Cannabis: How to Make Weed Butter

Getting your daily dose of THC shouldn’t require coughing and hacking through bong hits or dropping hundreds of dollars on vaporizers. Here’s how to give your cooking a dash of psychedelic deliciousness.

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How to Order Fresh Food Online

How to Order Fresh Food Online

Services like Seamless, Grub Hub, and Eat 24 are lifesavers when you’re hungry and don’t feel like cooking, but they only serve prepared fare. So what do you do when you want to make your own meal but can’t bother going to the supermarket yourself? Place your order with one of these helpful online grocers and get your goods delivered right to your door.

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Build a Perfect Fire on Christmas Eve Without Burning Down the House

Build a Perfect Fire on Christmas Eve Without Burning Down the House

There’s nothing quite like a Hallmark-style Christmas eve (or morning), replete with logs roaring in the hearth. And the hearth is where it belongs; nobody wants a house fire for Christmas. Here’s how to properly and responsibly start up a yule log without resorting to Duraflames (because really, that’s just cheating.)

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Heat the Room You’re Actually In This Winter, Not the Entire House

Heat the Room You're Actually In This Winter, Not the Entire House

Baby, it’s cold outside. Actually, it’s pretty darn chilly inside too. But before you go cranking up the house’s thermostat and heating a bunch of empty rooms, take a look at some toe-toasting space heater alternatives.

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Show Old Man Winter Who’s Boss With a Winter Emergency Kit

Show Old Man Winter Who's Boss With a Winter Emergency Kit

With the East Coast inundated with rain, sleet, and snow—and the West Coast not faring much better—now would be a good time to make sure your cold weather emergency kit is topped off with fresh supplies. Wait—you don’t have a cold weather go-bag? Here’s what you’ll need to make it through the winter without shivering in the dark every time a storm knocks out the power.

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