Unless you’re a bona fide green thumb, you’ve likely never heard of coco coir before. Pronounced “coco coy-er,” it’s the fibrous husk that comprises the outer layer of a ripe coconut. Gardeners often ...

An old moss plant asked a new moss plant how he likes living in the bog. “I’m lichen it so far,” was the response. As a young gardener, I remember my mom buying large bales of peat moss, sold as ...

Coastal communities around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the humble coconut. From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of ...

THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) encouraged the local government units (LGUs) to use coconut fiber in restoring Sendong-damaged riverbanks. PCA Negros Oriental coconut development manager ...

The Lion’s Face, an exquisite creation made of coconut coir fibre by a group of craftswomen of a tiny hamlet of Janupalli panchayat in Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district in Andhra Pradesh, is set ...

Unless you’re a bona fide green thumb, you’ve likely never heard of coco coir before. Pronounced “coco coy-er,” it’s the fibrous husk that comprises the outer layer of a ripe coconut. Gardeners often ...