Green roofs aren’t just for far-sighted developers and bureaucrats. Homeowners and their dogs can enjoy them, too. Yep, dogs. Durham’s possibly first green roof is on a dog house. Although Lucy, a ...

Our family designed and built a gambrel-roofed greenhouse from the ground up. In this article, I provide step-by-step details on how to build this greenhouse with a 2-by-4 structure. We also created a ...

Greenhouses, sometimes referred to as glass houses, hothouses, or conservatories, are sanctuaries where temperature and lighting conditions are ideal for plants to grow, regardless of the outdoor ...

Green roofs, living roofs, vegetated roofs, ecoroofs — whatever you want to call them, they are sprouting up everywhere lately, including atop residential homes. And with that increase in popularity ...

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Many cities have created goals to reduce their carbon footprint over the next couple of years. One way they have found to do this is through the roofs of buildings, i.e. "green" and "cool" roofs. You ...