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A person using a smartphone to monitor solar energy data with solar panels in the background.

Tech

First-time solar owner asks what app chart means, gets a lesson in when to use power

A bowl of bananas, oranges, and apples on a patterned surface.

Home

That overripe banana in your fruit bowl could bring more butterflies to your yard

A person sorts and chops freshly harvested onions in a garden and kitchen setting.

Food

Gardener says bolted onions can rot from the inside, shares plan to save the harvest

A heat pump alongside a home.

Home

California's Piedmont boosts home rebates after heat pump permits overtake gas

A hand holding Levi's jeans.

Business

Levi's, Uniqlo, and Primark turn to repairs and sewing classes to woo Gen Z

HVAC units.

Home

Why Alabama's 71-degree AC setting can beat the usual 78-degree rule during a heat wave

A person near sweet potato leaves.

Home

Gardeners share which leafy greens thrive in desert heat when lettuce and spinach fail

A dirty air filter and a clean one.

Home

HVAC pros say replacing a dirty air filter now could spare your system a costly breakdown

Purple heliotrope flowers.

Home

North Carolina garden tour spotlights annuals that stay lush through August heat

A person saying plants don't like extreme heat.

Home

Gardeners who quit in August could miss the simplest season for fast-growing crops

A person with plants.

Home

From rainbow roses to giant tomatoes, an eBay seed experiment separates hype from harvest

A stack of gray paving stones next to a concrete wall with green plants and a metal bucket on the ground.

Home

Before you toss leftover pavers, turn them into raised beds, paths, and patio tables