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A garden with various plants, a woman tending to them, and a bench displaying harvested vegetables and fruits.

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'Put the fertilizer bag down': 11 easy ways to start composting, and the ratio that matters

An electric meter mounted on a wall with green shingles.

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193,000 vulnerable Pennsylvania households will get an automatic $100 utility bill credit

A woman holds pruning shears and a coneflower while standing in a garden filled with pink flowers.

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Across much of the U.S., deadheading coneflowers the 'right way' keeps bees fed all summer

Ginger Zee shows her "keyhole" garden beds.

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Ginger Zee says 'keyhole' compost cuts watering by a third, and she skips fertilizer

A person holds a tomato plant with ripe tomatoes while using pruning shears.

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New gardeners go to social media for help, and even tomato pruning spirals into confusion

Two people engage in conversation in a garden filled with plants and flowers.

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From Florida to Arizona, gardeners share the August crops that set up a thriving fall garden

Asia watering seeds.

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Gardener from Virginia saves leggy kale seedlings and says 'you do not have to start over'

White clover flowers grow among green foliage and grasses.

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White clover smothered herbs, but tomatoes, cucumbers, raspberries thrived

A digital thermostat on a wall.

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In the South, setting AC too low can freeze coils, spike bills, and wear out the system

A hand holds a blue cloth while cleaning a dusty solar panel.

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People install solar to lower energy bills, then dust quietly steals the power they paid for

A technician installing a heat pump.

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Ontario families can trade drafty attics and old furnaces for lower bills

A street sign for Eustace Street above two air conditioning units next to a sign for the Quaker Meeting House in Dublin.

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In Ireland, heat pump grants can top $14,000, until insulation rules cool demand