Beginners Guide to Composting

Composting your kitchen and garden waste is a great way to reduce the amount of waste you dispose of in your rubbish bin.

Grilling Tips This 2011 Summer

Be sure to use safe grilling practices as the peak months for grilling fires continue – July and August. Gas grills constitute a higher risk, having been involved in an annual average of 6,200 home fires in 2004-2008, while charcoal or other solid-fueled grills were involved in an annual average of 1,300 home fires.

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Learn How Worms Can Recycle Your Garbage

Build and Take Home a Worm Composter For Your Kitchen Scraps and Garden

Includes a double bin composter, worms, and bedding.
Saturday, July 9, 2011, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 pm
Location: SOUTH BAY BOTANIC GARDEN at SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910
WORKSHOP FEE: $40.00
Register by email at: SustainableWorkshops(at)yahoo.com
619-752-5922
Reserve early, seating is limited.

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How to get rid of Ant problems

One of the challenges during the summer in Eastlake, California is ants.  During the warm season, ants seek water and often invade our homes.

However, there is no point in just killing the ants you can see, this is actually only about 1% of the entire colony and when they do not come home to the nest more ants are automatically sent out.

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5 Tips For Planting Roses

When spring is on its way and the ground is soft, it is the perfect time for planting roses. Roses have been a very popular bloom over the years, not only do they look good, but they smell wonderful too.

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Chula Vista Civic Center Serves as Showcase for LED Holiday Lights

Energy efficient LED lighting will light up Chula Vista’s Civic Center complex over the holidays at no cost to the City. The display, featuring more than 250 light strands on buildings and palm trees, is part of an effort to encourage residents and businesses to make the switch to newer and safer energy saving technology.

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City Loans Available for Energy-Saving Retrofits

Chula Vista property owners are now able to receive low-interest loans in order to make energy-saving improvements at their homes or businesses. The loans are part of the city’s Home Upgrade, Carbon Downgrade program. Loans may be given for a variety of projects such as wall and attic insulation, water heater upgrades, efficient windows, solar photovoltaic systems, and cool roofing.

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Homeowners Slowly Open Wallets For Improvements

SAN DIEGO — People are starting to spend money on their homes again.

Not a lot, but enough that paint store owners, home designers and kitchen refinishers are hopeful that this year represents a turn away from the disastrous depths of the recession last year.

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Eastlake Woods Hillside Gets Drought Tolerant Facelift

About 40 volunteers have helped turn an Eastlake Woods hillside into a native, drought-tolerant garden in an effort to promote healthy landscapes, wildlife and water conservation, drought tolerance and Environment Gardens Water conservation.

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