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4 Tips for Bee Keeping
Domesticated honeybees have been in the news a lot in recent years because of their mysterious dwindling numbers due to colony collapse disorder. CCD seems to be caused by a cocktail of problems, from bee exposure to pesticides, to being fed...
How To Prevent Stink Bugs
The name says it all: the smell of a squished stink bug can clear the room. However, the odor is the stink bug’s greatest danger to most homeowners. They are not known to spread disease (though isolated cases of allergic reactions have been...
5 Surprising Killers Lurking In Your Bathroom
Nobody’s thinking about danger while relaxing in a warm shower. Yet potential danger, even the fatal kind, is all around you in a bathroom. According to a 2007 research report by the Home Safety Council, preventable home injuries are the fifth...
Humane Ways To Keep Pigeons Off Your Property
Pigeons may be as integral to city living as traffic and pollution, and perhaps as annoying and potentially dangerous. These birds can cause property damage and carry diseases. However, there are humane ways to minimize pigeon damage and risks....
Staying cool … and being smart while doing it
Most people in most climates can tolerate hot days in the summertime (if allowed to complain ad nauseam), but it’s at night when the heat really gets to us. You lie there sweaty and sleepless, wishing you could master levitation just so you...
5 Products You Probably Aren’t Buying Organic (But Should)
I am constantly amazed at the array of organic products becoming available on the market, outside of organic foods. It’s exciting to see that “organic” is losing the label as alternative and instead becoming a normal, preferred way of...
6 Weird Eco-Friendly Products
When you think of products and devices that are harming our planet and causing pollution, a few obvious culprits come to mind; cars, factories, our cherished bottled water. There is a booming industry dedicated to finding eco-friendly solutions...
20 Great Uses For Tea Tree Oil
In 2006, the world consumed more than 3.5 billion gallons of oil per day. A lot of that oil has caused environmental damage and conflicts between nations. But there is one type of oil that’s green, sustainable, healthy, and–as far as I...
A Pressure Cooker Saves Energy
Whenever possible, consider cooking with a pressure cooker. You’ll be surprised to find that food will cook three or four times faster this way. And you’ll also be surprised to discover that the food often tastes better, too. Best of all,...
Time To Replaced Those Single Glazed Windows
Single glazed windows were just about the only option in the past. If it became too cold, you added thick drapes and taped around the edges of the window to close up any leaks. That was about the best you could do.
Today, we’re far more fortunate....
