Are Dandelions Weeds?

Come spring when plant growth is abundant, the battle is fierce in yards everywhere to eliminate each and every dandelion from lawns. While there certainly are many people who despise dandelions in modern times, they were actually brought to America from Europe on purpose. As Columbia University explains, early American settlers of the 1600s used …

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Best Ways To Pick Up Acorns

When fall is near, many homeowners begin to dread not only the leaf clean-up process, but potentially acorn clean-up as well.  If you have acorns, you have an oak tree lingering somewhere near your home. In fact, all oak trees produce acorns which are true nuts. If you happen to live by mature oak trees, …

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Is an Acorn a Nut?

Trying to figure what is and what is not a nut is a very confusing topic for many people. For example, the coconut has the word “nut” in its name, yet it is not actually a nut, botanically. Rather, it is a drupe which is a stone fruit with a fleshy exterior that protects a …

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