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  • Automate the Process, When You Can

    Automate the process when you can, oscillators and timers can be a great help for harried gardener-types!We have found that a couple oscillators and timers make all the difference in our garden-without-an-irrigation-system.  {Our secret shame!}  This year we mulched with hay in late summer, and started watering the perennial beds for 1 hour per week,…

    Cynthia R-T

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  • Say “No” to Swiffers and their Ilk

    Swiffers are marketed as a convenience, but in my view, this is a false promise. In order to use a Swiffer as designed, we are compelled to purchase a constant stream of chemical and VOC laden, low capacity “cleaning” pads,** and add them to the landfill. I have given the Swiffer to the kids to…

    Cynthia R-T

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