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John Fischer has some steps you can take to keep your house cooler, without using more energy, during our next heat wave.
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Being an organic gardener doesn't mean you don't fight pests with spray bottles- it just means what you put in the bottle is not a synthetic chemical.
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Generally speaking, the movers of the bug world - praying mantis, lady beetles, spiders and dragonflies are good for your garden, and should not be harmed.
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If you want the look and feel of the tropics in your garden this summer, you don't need a greenhouse - you just need the right plants.
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Many of us are making big efforts to reduce our personal carbon footprint - maybe better called our climate footprint. But most of us have two footprints, and the bigger one may land at work.
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Herbicides kill herbs - aka plants, and while chemical herbicides like RoundUp get all the publicity, organic herbicides can be just as effective without the environmental consequences.
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John Fischer says, like most zealots, he can be so focused on the solution to a problem that he' may have forgotten to listen to the whole story.
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Proper pruning could help preserve the urban forest during the next storm.
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It's hard to get out into your garden when it's cold, wet, foggy, muddy, gray, and maybe even snowy. But those are the perfect conditions if you are trying to move an established plant to a new location because most things are dormant right now- including many of us.
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The easiest, and often most cost effective way, is to buy quality products that you know will last. But some pre-enforcing can be useful for lower quality items.
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KLCC's Master Gardener, John Fischer, shares two lessons he's learned from his gardens from this year may be valuable to remember for next spring.
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Being open to learning, open to new ideas, and open to outside of the box solutions, can be a big part of solving our big climate problem.