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A green caterpillar covered in small white larvae on a green leaf.

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If you spot white cocoons on a tomato hornworm, leave it be — the wasps are saving your plants

Two buckets on grass, one with murky water and the other filled with green leaves and plant matter.

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Composter soaked creeping Charlie in a bucket for a month, then fed the pile with 'weed tea'

A digital alarm clock.

Tech

Sony Dream Machine from 1991 is still going strong, and owners say some survived 2 house fires

A solar panel farm.

Tech

US solar beat coal and wind in May, as renewables kept widening their lead in 2026

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

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

A garden with various plants, including rows of green beans, corn, and other vegetables, surrounded by trees.

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On a steep hillside, this 'garden' is cranking out 20-plus pounds of produce a day

A dirty air filter with a grid pattern, mounted in a ventilation system.

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Renter changes air filter, then watches it get sucked in as the A/C stalls at 77

A white electric car is charging at a station in a parking lot with several other cars nearby.

Business

In Germany, EV battery costs fell 35%, but median prices still rose

A rooftop garden.

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Tomato plants hate 90-degree heat, and old patio umbrellas can save the harvest

A night cam captures two rats eating a tomato in a garden, then a female gardener speaks while in her garden.

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Rats kept destroying her tomatoes, so a gardener tested 3 fixes and checked the night cam

Solar panels installed on the roof of a house under a clear blue sky.

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More than 130 Baltimore homeowners get free rooftop solar, cut power bills by up to 60%