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Preparing your house for winter does Earth a favor

Green ideas your appreciate to help prepare your home for winter cold and be green at the same time.

Five strategies help conserve resources

By Karen Youso
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Every fall, we button up the house by cleaning and checking, fixing and sealing. Turns out that getting the house ready for winter isn’t just a cold-weather thing — it’s an eco-friendly thing, too.

A tight house uses — and loses — less energy, requires fewer natural resources and produces less pollution.

With just a bit of effort, you can make your fall house chores even greener. Here’s how:

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How To Compost – Home Green Composting Makes Sense

If you are gardening, you have every reason to begin composting. Regardless if its a large or small garden, outside or indoor garden, it makes good home green sense to compost. There are many benefits to using compost. Compost works wonders on the gardens health! Composting improves the quality of the soil, helps in suppressing plant disease and pests as well as promoting higher yields. It also saves you money by eliminating the need to purchase chemical fertilizers or compost from lawn and garden stores. Think, you are also saving land fills and are growing a natural garden.

Everything said , Lets get started. It is really easy. The secrets of how to compost Read the rest of this entry »

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Home Garden Water Green Ideas

We all love to see a green well manicured lawn. Flower beds in full bloom. Question is: how to garden and be environmentally friendly? What it costs to have that can be staggering to ones on a limited budget. All is not in vain! Home garden water saves money and is home green for the environment. Your property will look spectacular with a few simple home green ideas.

Water is expensive and precious. So the use of it needs to be thought out and planned. By applying a few new green gardening ideas and putting home green water practices into use, you can improve the health and appearance of your yard. Your saving time and money while doing something good for the environment. Read the rest of this entry »

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Summer Project Tips + Safety Precautions You Must Know

Outdoor fun is synonymous with summer and warm weather. It is also the best time to get to that outside summer project and take a dip in the pool after the chores are done. We all look forward to summer after the cold of winter. When undertaking those outdoor project ideas and activities, that we have been putting off all winter, it’s important to practice home green ideas by keeping in mind a few summer electricity hazards and safety tips. Remember, safety is #1. The following are some DO’s and DON’T’s to keep in mind to keep our projects easy and done safely.

• Answer T or F – The ground prong (3rd prong) on the plug of any appliance or power tool is not important and can be safely cut off and removed so it will fit into a common 2 prong receptacle. Read the rest of this entry »

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Recession that Grows Green

With the recession in full sway many are looking how to save money.  Recession gardening is one way to save money while providing good healthy foods for your family.  There is nothing like a fresh salad , it can be grown in a container or in a vegetable garden.  The most popular and easy vegetables to grow are lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and cabbage.  While cool, you can grow lettuce leaves and can start to cut leaves every two weeks to eat till summer gets hot.  During summer lettuce needs a shaded area so as to not burn out.

Start small to gain experience from growing a few plants.  Then you will be able to build on the knowledge you have gained for next year.  A garden must have a good eight hours of sun every day. So remember Read the rest of this entry »

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