Few things in a restaurant are more frustrating than a paper straw. The soggy mouthfeel, the eventual bend in the middle, the inevitable disintegration before your drink is finished. It's a ...

Paper drinking straws — those sometimes-soggy but mostly plant-based utensils — may be more likely to contain “forever chemicals” than straws made of other materials, according to recent research. The ...

When it comes to covers for your garden soil, pine straw may be right. You'll only know for sure once you've compared it to ...

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. It’s hard to believe the humble drinking straw has become Public Enemy No. 1, but here we are. As it turns ...

If you need to top up the mulch in your garden, you might be faced with the choice between using pine bark or pine straw. Here's what to know about each one.

One of the best natural mulches for vegetable gardens is straw. Straw is a by product of grain crops and is made up of the dead stalks and leaves left behind after farmers harvest the grain. It can be ...

After being in the news a lot last year, the debate over plastic straws has yet to be settled. While reducing plastic waste helps the environment — which is important to help protect the planet — ...

As we work towards becoming more eco-friendly, reusable straws like metal and glass have become more commonplace. But that doesn’t mean that they’re without risk. One person who’s acutely aware of ...

David and Carrie Chew live in a house made of straw. It has two bathrooms, a modern kitchen and a packed earthen floor. The exterior walls are made with stacked wheat straw bales covered in plaster.

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