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…cleansing, heat island tempering and aesthetics; and that use strategies that reduce consumption such as efficient framing, drought-tolerant landscaping and insulation packages. A green plan can be successful even if the work is not started from scratch…

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…irrigating lawns when 30 to 50 percent of the lawn shows signs of wilt. However, a lawn can be trained to become more drought tolerant. Water it only when needed and mow regularly at the recommended height for your grass type. Smart Lawns Are Healthy…

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…noting these can be ideal ways to light up a people-friendly area for evening entertaining. Boike says choosing the ground cover for your areas is another detail that deserves some serious thought. Think about how the space will be used and if you want…

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…which includes keeping your landscaping minimal. While ground cover can be attractive, it also provides shelter to rodents and…
…anyway. If you re keeping a garden, or really like that ground cover, consider adding one of the next generation of decoys to…

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…settling, for instance, start with 12. Seventy-nine percent of injuries are from falls, she says. The most popular ground cover choices are playground wood chips certified by ASTM and pea stone. Wood chips are less expensive, but they will eventually…

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…spring nymph ticks hide in this weedy grass and litter, cleaning up the yard, especially under shrubs, trees and even in ground cover will help lower the risks. (Consider trying a blower.) Also clear trash, leaves and wood piles that may offer mouse…

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…One possibility is to pour a concrete floor over a sealed polyethylene moisture barrier on the floor. For crawlspaces, a ground cover will reduce the moisture coming up through the earth. Insulate perimeter walls if water pipes or heating ducts are in that…

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