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> <channel><title>Fix It Yourself &#187; Green</title> <atom:link href="http://www.fixityourself.com/category/environmentally-friendly/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.fixityourself.com</link> <description>Where Home Improvement Junkies Get their Fix</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:26:39 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>Woodman, Spare that Tree</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/16/woodman-spare-that-tree/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/16/woodman-spare-that-tree/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:14:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Exterior]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[how to determine which trees to cut]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tree disease]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tree health]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=4041</guid> <description><![CDATA[The benefits of having trees around us has been proven time and again. The National Arbor Day Foundation tells us their shade cools us in summer, saving 50% on air conditioning costs. In winter, they provide a windbreak which can reduce heating bills by as much as 30%. But often, trees aren’t the first thing to come [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/06/think-about-the-trees-when-you-renovate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Energy Miser</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/04/energy-miser/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/04/energy-miser/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conserve energy residential]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dcs energy miser]]></category> <category><![CDATA[home energy efficiency]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=3983</guid> <description><![CDATA[Summer will soon be upon us, my friends.  And my A/C will be cranking as hard as possible to keep my house at a nice, chilly 80 degrees.  Yeah—80 degrees.  It’s damned hot here in Florida, and it makes me cranky.  Last season, I shared with you how much money you could save with a Black &#38; Decker AutoSwitch.  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/04/energy-miser/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Weed Killing Salt</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/02/weed-killing-salt/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/02/weed-killing-salt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:47:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Exterior]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How-To]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[natural gardening techniques]]></category> <category><![CDATA[natural weed killers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[natural weed removal]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=3943</guid> <description><![CDATA[  I have some health issues, and I have absolutely no problem talking about any of them.  Ask away and I’ll answer. But one answer you won&#8217;t get from me (at least yet) is that I suffer from hypertension. And that makes me happy because I LOVE salt.  It’s not that I’m a salt-a-holic; I’m [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/06/02/weed-killing-salt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Climbing Hydrangea</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/29/climbing-hydrangea/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/29/climbing-hydrangea/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 14:06:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Exterior]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climbing plants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hydrangea varieties]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pink flowers]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=4037</guid> <description><![CDATA[  Yes - the mophead varieties are lush and sexy, coveted by gardeners for centuries.  Their massive heads in rich pinks and violet blues (depending on the soil) are  irresistible to many. But it’s the understated elegance of its cousin, the Climbing Hydrangea, I enjoy the most as it quietly caresses the stone wall at the base [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/29/climbing-hydrangea/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cool Houses:  Werner Sobek</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/21/cool-houses-werner-sobek/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/21/cool-houses-werner-sobek/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 14:10:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Interior Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[futuristic homes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green design for homes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unusual houses]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=3953</guid> <description><![CDATA[If I happened to be driving along the coast and saw the object in the picture above, I would swear that an alien invasion had begun.  I’d be wrong, of course . . . Scheduled for construction in 2012 (the same year that the Mayan calendar ends and some people think the aliens will arrive [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/21/cool-houses-werner-sobek/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Great Landscape Shrub</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/17/great-landscape-shrub/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/17/great-landscape-shrub/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:23:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Exterior]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[border plants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[early blooming bushes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[garden shrubs]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=3902</guid> <description><![CDATA[: Pieris japonica (pronounced Pie-air-iss juh-pon-i-kuh) Pieris japonica (also known as Japanese Pieris, Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub, or Andromeda) is a compact, evergreen shrub with much appeal as a landscape plant. It’s versatile and works well in the shrub border, as a foundation plant, or massed in the woodland garden. Its attractive leaves emerge bronze or red, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/17/great-landscape-shrub/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Life on the Compost Heap</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/13/life-on-the-compost-heap/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/13/life-on-the-compost-heap/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:03:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How-To]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compost piles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compost systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[how to compost]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=3892</guid> <description><![CDATA[We’ve been composting vegetative kitchen scraps all winter long. And as a result we’ve got a great start on the next batch of compost. Here’s how our system works. With two compost bins, we have a working heap and a second heap decomposing into compost. Last fall, we turned over the working heap from the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/13/life-on-the-compost-heap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Building Efficiency: Insulation</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/11/building-efficiency-insulation/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/11/building-efficiency-insulation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:44:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Home Tech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[energy efficiency and insulation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foam insulation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[home energy efficiency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pink insulation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=3887</guid> <description><![CDATA[I know next to nothing about insulation. Except that our old house doesn’t have enough of it. But I work with a colleague who recently taught me a little bit about the different kinds of insulation and, most importantly, what a difference proper installation of insulation can make. He used phrases like “nice face stapling”, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/11/building-efficiency-insulation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gardening with Native Plants</title><link>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/05/gardening-with-native-plants/</link> <comments>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/05/gardening-with-native-plants/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:30:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Exterior]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best plants for]]></category> <category><![CDATA[garden design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[native plants]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.fixityourself.com/?p=3907</guid> <description><![CDATA[There has been renewed interest recently in including native plants in the home garden landscape. Native plants are typically considered to be those that were found naturally growing in a region as far back as pre-Colonial times. Generally plants that are native to a region are well-adapted to the climate, vigorous, and typically low-maintenance. Therefore, they’re [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.fixityourself.com/2011/05/05/gardening-with-native-plants/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
