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A person holds a container among various plants in a garden, while another container sits on the ground nearby.

Home

Comfrey compost tea turns garden leaves into free fertilizer for tomatoes, peppers, and squash

A watermelon with rot on the outside.

Food

Gardener cuts into undersized watermelon with rot, and finds bright red fruit inside

Two pumpkins.

Home

Gardener distraught after groundhog devours volunteer pumpkin just as it ripens

A Bengal tiger canna lily.

Home

Long-awaited Bengal Tiger canna lily bloom stuns gardeners with its tropical colors

A monarch butterfly on a coneflower.

Home

Garden expert says August harvests can survive arid heat with enough attention

Newly planted lavender.

Home

Gardener's lavender turns a once-bare yard into a bee hotspot in 18 months

A house with solar panels and an electric vehicle charger.

Tech

Rooftop solar has nowhere to go, so one homeowner wants EVs to soak up the excess

Houses with solar panels in a suburban neighborhood.

Home

Texas city launches group-buy solar program to help homeowners shop for rooftop savings

A roof with missing shingles.

Home

Florida homeowners lose competitive insurance options once shingle roofs pass 15 years

A Mobile gas station with fuel prices starting at $3.89 per gallon.

Business

Central Florida gas nears $4 a gallon as summer heat turns AC into a budget breaker

An Edison International campus.

Business

Southern California program erases up to $8,000 in utility debt after a year of on-time payments

A person uses a lawn mower to cut grass in a yard.

Home

Boring side yard becomes kitchen garden that changed one family's meals, gatherings, and time outside