Take cut trees to a local site to be turned into mulch for area trails, or put it in your pond to serve as a fish habitat. Balled-and-burlapped trees can be replanted.

Whether valued for their foliage or their flowers, used in foundation planting or as screens, shrubs are an integral component in any landscape. Here are my favorites, divided by season.

Signal Mountain glass artist Susan Parry created ornaments for the trees at the nation’s Capitol, as well as wearable art in her home studio.

One East Tennessee soap company is about more than clean hands. Good Fortune Soap, founded by Jennifer Jack, focuses on paying it forward and giving back to the local and global community.
The University of Tennessee Extension offers an affordable basic soil test so gardeners can learn the proper amount of lime and fertilizer needed for lawns and gardens.

Even as the weather turns cold and the leaves fall from the trees, you can still enjoy products you love fresh from the farm.
A local banker has written a suspense novel, set in Tennessee, about a family’s anguish over the kidnapping of a young woman, which appears to be orchestrated by her banker father.
My last chore tonight is the living room, and I can’t help but think there might not be another living room in the whole world with the same contents as my own.

Gardening for wildlife is a great way to enhance your landscape, create a fun project for you and your family, and contribute to local conservation efforts.