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wild flowers in the spring Wild flowers and other flowers you would expect to see in the springtime are re-emerging due to the mild November weather. This picture was taken in the summer - but it would be good if we got summer next instead of winter! Uploaded by liquorice (1751) • 1 month ago Tags: flower, spring, fall, november, winter liquorice (1751)

Do you have ordinary bulbs/tube lights or CFL bulbs in your house?

In my house mostly we have fixed CFL bulbs. Though they are a bit costly, they are economical and save energy. Within short time, we can take the money paid as they consume less power. At the same...

Do you buy new Christmas decorations every year?

I try to put my decorations away every year neatly so that i can use them the following year,as to save money.Some times i will buy a few new decorations if the others get damaged as long as they are...

Wanna share some electricity saving tips?

Tips for everyone: do you know that items left on standby use up 85% of the energy if fully switched on?An extra million tons of carbon will be released in the atmosphere through this power wastage....

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i got some flower bulbs free i placed a order with a company and they sent me my stuff today and when i opened it there where 4 shamrock holland grown and 4 triplet lily and 5 exotica holland grown...

We all should UTILIZE the platform that myLot has given us.

There are so many of us,so many ideas, so many questions and so many answers!! Then why dont we utilize the platform that mylot has given us to share knowledge. I dont say that we are not doing it...

Planting Tulips, Part 2

Yesterday I told you how I finally realized species tulips planted in the peony bed would help to bridge the bloom gap of late spring. I got the tulips chosen and purchased, and now I’m going...

Green concierge reduces home's carbon footprint

Last April when we wrote about an Australian firm called Todae that helps companies monitor their energy usage, we noted that many homeowners would likely use a similar service. Sure enough, one of...

The power of off-grid

When New Year's storms ravaged Nevada County and knocked out power to thousands of residents, light bulbs in one Camptonville household didn't so much as flicker.

Frankel and Rapier: The Rising Cost of Oil

There are two ways of looking at the rising cost of oil: From the point of view of the economist, who considers oil as a commodity similar to pork bellies, and from the point of view of someone...

Questions Arising On Mercury In Compact Fluorescents

Patchw0rk F0g sends in an article from MSNBC on how some environmentalists are having second thoughts on compact fluorescent bulbs. Their relative energy efficiency is unquestioned. The problem is...