July 10, 2011
After the multiple freezes we experienced here in central Florida this past winter, our yard, like everybody else’s, took quite a beating. Since about 22,000 square feet of our lot is turf, I don’t even want to know how much money we spent on sod, plugs and nutrients. Plus, we had way too much fun [...]
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July 4, 2011
Low-flow toilets (those that use 1.6 gallons per flush), have been standard in the United States since the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Although this was a great improvement over the previous 3.6 gallons per flush (gpf) fixtures, it’s estimated that, even at 1.6 gpf, as much as 20 percent of the household water we [...]
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