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(NAPSI)—It’s good to have a home generator on hand when the power goes out, but it’s best to use it with safety in mind. For example, set it up away from your home. Never put it in the house, garage or carport, or near an open door or window. Use an outdoor rated extension cord. Install a w…
(NAPSI)—While spring is the time to get out your lawn equipment to shape up your yard, before you fire up your lawn mower, trimmer, and other yard gear, the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) reminds you to keep safety in mind.
(NAPSI)—This spring and summer you can be ready for some beautiful backyarding if you heed four hints: Plan how you’ll use your yard based on your backyarding personality. Know how you’ll use the space and plant with a purpose. Make sure you have the right tools on hand and always follow the…
(NAPSI)—Generators are pretty handy when the weather is bad but it’s generally a good idea to follow a few simple safety rules about using one, advise the experts at the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI). First, never use it inside the house, garage or any other enclosed space. Next, …
It’s almost winter, and telephone poles in Big Sky country are dotted with hawks, kestrels, and Northern Shrikes.
Oaks feed everyone, through wildfire and drought. Birds and moths depend on them like humans depend on groceries, housing, and social services.
WASHINGTON — Spaces are available for residents of Underwood Conservation District (UCD) to sign up for fall session of mobile chipping.
While picking blackberries one morning along the far east end of the Riverfront Trail recently, I encountered a retired couple who wanted to know where they should go to be able to walk right next to the river.
Song Sparrows used to sing, even in the depth of winter, around my house.
We’d just moved from a desert hill to a small place near a creek, which younger me thought magical because it flowed all year round and had tiny actual fish in it.
CORVALLIS — A collaboration co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher is hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries.
It’s not hard to find a Western Meadowlark in Wasco County. In open, grassy habitat, their loud liquid songs start ringing out as early as February.
SHERMAN COUNTY — Interested in gardening and want to experience the deep satisfaction that comes from growing a portion of your own food? Want to stretch your food budget by growing, eating and storing food that you grew yourself? Need tips and budget-friendly ways to have a vegetable garden in the space that is available to you?
