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A man in a garden.

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Your summer garden may be slowing, but seeding now can keep harvests coming for months

An under-the-sink water heater.

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Plumber says undersink water heater 'can't fit,' then leaves relief pipe sticking into sink

A water heater.

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A 17-year-old water heater is flushed yearly, and the owner asks: Shop now, or let it ride?

A leak under a water heater.

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A 2016 water heater starts leaking from underneath, and the advice is: replace it before it floods

Struggling plants in a garden.

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The 'summer uglies' are here, and this cut-to-the-ground move can refresh your garden

Two people in a garden.

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When a raised bed finishes producing, gardeners 'rip and flip' it for the next round

A hand holding a handful of wood shavings.

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'I've lost my mind': A composter buys a wood chipper for one giant yard tree

Two air conditioning units mounted on a gray siding wall, with electrical wires visible.

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Homeowner adds a misting system to a window AC, then learns it may wreck the coils

A butterfly feeds on purple flowers in a garden setting.

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Gardeners say salvia is a hummingbird magnet, and one bloom drew an eight-spotted forester moth

Amish Paste tomatoes and peppers in a fabric bag.

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Gardener ignored 9 tomato and 9 pepper plants and then picked 5 pounds of tomatoes in a morning

A woman adjusts a thermostat in a room with a guitar, a mirror, and a decorative lamp.

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California study offers Central Coast homeowners free heat pumps, insulation, and $500

An elevated garden bed with soil and several clusters of soil arranged in circular patterns.

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A gardener goes 'nuclear' on soil, burning charcoal in beds to kill root-knot nematodes