Fuel breaks offer false sense of security
By Dwight Good Editor’s note: This is the next installment in a series of articles on wildfire preparation. There has been a lot of effort put into the creation of [...]
Home & Garden
Keeping costs covered
Latest posts by Erik Chalhoub (see all)
- Finding Resilience - June 18, 2021
- Rising from the ashes - April 9, 2021
- Safeguarding homes - March 30, 2021
In the 1970s, Harry Last built an indoor pool for his British Columbia home. But the humidity of the room, the result of the warm indoor temperature from the pool [...]
Reptiles can be useful
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
Latest posts by Kate Russell (see all)
- Growing vegetables in containers - February 12, 2021
- Getting help in the garden - December 9, 2020
- Sunnyvale spotting of Asian gypsy moths has local gardeners worried - August 14, 2020
Reptiles in gardens? Let’s hope so! You may see a lizard scurrying for cover under your lettuces, or a snake slithering across your strawberry patch, but what are they doing [...]
Luring pests away
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
Latest posts by Kate Russell (see all)
- Growing vegetables in containers - February 12, 2021
- Getting help in the garden - December 9, 2020
- Sunnyvale spotting of Asian gypsy moths has local gardeners worried - August 14, 2020
Every year, we plant our garden favorites. And every year, the same pests come, causing damage and carrying disease. What if there was a way to lure those pests away [...]
Landscape do’s and don’ts
By Dwight Good Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in a series of articles on wildfire preparation. No matter where you live, the most common reason homes burn during [...]
Vulnerable vents
By Dwight Good Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a series of articles on wildfire preparation. Most people believe that wildfires ignite homes through direct contact with flames, [...]
Reduce deck danger
By Dwight Good Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment in a series of articles on wildfire preparation. Will your home survive when the embers arrive? Wind-driven embers ignite many [...]
Move that wood pile
Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series of articles on wildfire preparation. By Dwight Good Will your home survive when the embers arrive? Wind-driven embers ignite many [...]
Unclutter the gutter
No matter where you live, the most common reason homes burn during a wildfire is because embers land on something easily ignitable around the home. Remove leaves and pine needles [...]
Wood roofs burn like kindling
Most people believe that wildfires ignite homes through direct contact with flames, but it is rare to have a home ignite this way. Thanks to effective defensible space campaigns, very [...]