Tweet This summer our town cut out all insect control and the tiger mosquitoes had a blast pouncing on us every time we went out in the yard. From now on though, I’ve got other bug control plans and I’m hoping you’ll join me. Part of building and maintaining your green yard is attracting beneficial […]
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Tweet For the next minute see how easily you save green by going green with this reliable water heater. (Click below for a fun video!) Solar Water by Build That Green
Tweet On Saturday, September 25 2010 there’s going to be National Drug Take-Back Day at a location near you. Can’t happen soon enough, if you ask me. Today, seven students at a North Carolina middle school face criminal charges after trading prescription narcotics at school. These 11 to 13 year-old kids were raiding their home […]
Tweet The calendar says it’s the first day of autumn, but it sure doesn’t feel like it. Stifling heat has stubbornly plagued our Carolina Sandhills area all summer. And if the forecast for highs in the 90′s continues, this week will mark 100 days of 90-degree plus weather in 2010. Now That’s what I call […]
Tweet Until his death in January 2010, recluse J.D. Salinger was known for shunning his fans for peace and privacy. Today, he’d be mortified to learn his toilet of all things, has become a literary-giant collectible. A memorabilia dealer is hawking the 1962-vintage throne for $1 million on eBay. (Not exactly the next unpublished manuscript […]
Tweet One term most often misunderstood and misused is the word ‘sustainable’. In real estate, when discussing homes with green attributes, the terms ‘sustainable’, ‘green’, and ‘high-performance’ are often used interchangeably. You may know the financial/economic world uses it in a broader context. For instance ” …demonstrate the business case for sustainable investing in emerging […]
Tweet Your Turn: I’m interested in using a solar tube to light a half bathroom. It sounds like a smart way to capture free sunlight. We are building a one-story addition onto the north side of the house where there’s no sunshine in any season. Is it still possible to get enough natural daylight? I […]
Tweet Overnight, a very strange dirt mound appeared in the planting bed next to the kitchen door. I noticed it immediately because the large pile of yellow sand clay granules contrasted well with my ebony bark mulch. Off to one side was a half-inch diameter hole, so I knew right away some creature had come […]
Tweet Your turn: We love our house but hate the electric bills. I always thought that foam insulation on the attic roof inside would help but others disagree. We have a gigantic roof with lots of space and lots of hot air. Would this help and what could we expect to pay? We would like […]
