Yahoo Life Archives | Page 85 of 2047 | The Cool Down

A compost bin filled with decomposing food scraps, leaves, and bits of cardboard.

Home

First-time composter added pee to a pile, and the exact spot broke down faster

A heat pump.

Home

Homeowner gets a free heat pump to replace oil heat, and commenters flag one crucial number

A playground with wooden structures, a ramp, and colorful fencing on synthetic turf.

Home

Santa Monica groups urge schools to scrap artificial turf plan over forever chemical fears

A snake on rocks.

Outdoors

After a Texas man is bitten, Reddit users quickly identify the snake as a copperhead

A person using a wrench to adjust plumbing connections on a water heater.

Home

DIY gas water heater swap looks simple, but plumbers say the vent is where danger starts

A woman in a light beige outfit stands in a workspace with sewing equipment and fabric stacks.

Business

Fast fashion felt like a plastic uniform, then a Lithuanian couple reached for raw flax

Changing the filter in an HVAC unit.

Home

US utility bills are climbing, and these AC tweaks can cut costs without a new HVAC

An elderly man wearing a purple shirt fans himself while sitting on a couch, putting his hand over his heart.

Tech

Heat can thicken blood, and dirty air may quietly strain the heart

A basket of fresh green lettuce beside gardening shears in a vibrant home vegetable garden.

Food

Cyclospora concerns drive more US shoppers to turn to garden-grown produce

A woman in a garden.

Home

As triple-digit heat hits the US, a master gardener says to stop these 4 garden habits

A dog holds a turtle in its mouth while a man discusses it with onlookers in a grassy field.

Outdoors

At an Illinois preserve, 3 turtle-sniffing dogs are helping scientists work much faster

A densely overgrown garden with tall nettles and a wooden fence in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Home

New homeowner inherits a 1,300-square-foot nettle patch