Hidden Dangers of Prescription Drugs
About 50 guests attended a film screening and panel discussion last month at the Hill Center about the award-winning documentary Medicating Normal which focuses...
Outbreak of Rose Rosette Disease Detected on Hill
Mia Grosjean started noticing it late last year. All over the Hill, the once-ubiquitous, beautiful rose bushes were starting to look different. Shriveled. Less...
Sharing Our Gardens with Our Pets
Summertime is here and we all want to be outside. And so do our pets! For many of us, it may mean leashing up...
Nature Calls: Time to Plant Native
Capitol Hill, get ready. Nature is calling on us to be better land stewards. We all have the power to enhance and improve our...
Curbside Compost Pilot Program Launches
DC Department of Public Works (DPW) has announced its pilot Curbside Composting Program will begin this summer. Sign-up began on Earth Day, April 22.
DPW...
Roofs on Capitol Hill’s Historic Homes
Most of the homes in Capitol Hill are considered historic. A very significant percentage are more than 125 years old and have roofing and...
How to Rid Yourself of Bamboo Roots
We planted a stand of bamboo years ago, thinking it would be a wonderful screen – and boy, it has been. But I never...
When – and How – to Prune A Prolific Fig Tree?
When is the best time to move my Solomon’s seal – and why is it called that?
Markings on its roots look like stamp marks...
Getting the Lead Out
Lead water pipes leach microscopic amounts of lead into water, causing health issues, especially in children, pregnant women, and pets. According to DC Water,...
Weeding Out: DCRA is Cracking Down on Overgrown Grass and Weeds
Summer is here, finally. The smell of freshly cut grass stimulates our senses and memories of the joys of summer, warmer weather, picnics and...
