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Tips for a Gree When spring arrives, ifs time to get your yard in shape. Everyone wants a lush, green lawn, but beware of mhe hid- den GxpBflse of water waste. If you follow a few simple steps for water conservation inside and outside your home, you'Il end Up with that great-looking yard without mhe big expense when mhe water bis come. Meney Dewn the Drain Every year, mhe average Amenican family wastes around 32,000 gallons of water - mhars mhe volume of a medium- sized swimming pool. Most of mhat waste occurs in mhe bath- room, sometimes because we leave the water running with- out mhining (do we really need to let if run mhe whole time while we're brushing our teemh?> Other times, the water Mri LS&VMRO We Also Do: " Bathro@m Renovations " Custom glass and Mirrors " Bacutiful Stain.d Glass 26 Main St. E. 876-3456 (JUS# L of LCILO.) Ogor.su. & b-,-"d - 24 èk kurg.Y Sawh. 0 Amy i MW"bd.. 700 MAIN ST. E. MILTON 878-8171 n Lawn end a Greener WaIIet and money is draining away without us even knowing it. The otiief culprits are: "running toilets " inefficient fixtures " leaking plumbing " exoessive lawn-watering Hosin' Around the Yard It takes 660 gallons to water a typical 1,000 square-foot lawn wimh 1 inchi of water - mhe same amount of water you use inside your house in a week. Ifs easy to cut mhis in haîf and save money by remnembering mhese basics: o Use the right equipment. While most sprinklers do a pretty good job, there is a difference in hose nozzles. When you're washing mhe car or spraying your garden, a pistol- type nozzle is best because you can adjust mhe flow rate or stop it completely to answer mhe phone or chat with a neigh- bor. @ Set a schedule. Your lawn doesn't need dousing every day. Watering every oCher day is fine, especially if you do it in the early momning or evening when mhe sun won~t evapo- rate mhe water before it cati soak in. o Maximize water usage. If you have a smaller lawn and more plants, you should use irrigation hoses. These target smaller amounts of water right at mhe root level of your gar- den. Mulching around trees and shrubs also will maximize your water usage by reducing mhe amount of water lost mhrough evaporation. Additionally, "recyclingr rainwater from roof downspouts for watering your gardon wiIi help you cut back. Ge With the Flow Indoors, you cati sfart saving water imediately, by tack- Iing one of mhe biggest water-wasfers first - your follet. If your old one has had it buy a new low-fiow model. These toilets use about 1.5 gallons per flush, as opposed to mhe standard version mhat sinks 4 gallons per use. Otherwise, tty mhese mefhods for conserving water and saving money in mhe bathroom: o Install a toilet dam to reduce mhe holding capacity of your tank and use iess water per flush. No need for a plumber or fancy contraption from mhe hardware store. Just use an old V2-gallon plastic soda bottie. Fi11 it wifh water and drop if in mhe tank, but be sure f0 leave at leasf 3 gelions of water, or you might be plunging until next spring. a Leaks and drips from your foulet add Up. A running toilef cati waste up f0 100 gallons a day, and jiggiing mhe handle oniy is a short-ferm fix. Gef the right replacement parts (usuaiy just a new fiange) anid do mhe job in less mati 10 midnutes. - Some leaks from mhe tank f0 mhe bowl are slower and quieter. Here's a tip on how f0 check for slow ieaks: squeeze a couple drops of food coloring into mhe tatik, mhen wait. If color appears in mhe bowl, you're sitting on a prob- lem. oJust like ifs a good idea f0 inspect your cars beifs and hoses, you occasionally should check ail mhe plumbing con- nections. If you don't have plumbing tools, large-jawed VISE-GRIPO locldng pliers let you get around al mhe vani- ous-sized pipes and couplings, and will make freeing frozen or rusfed boifs easier. 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Take a spade and cut a square foot piece of sod two f0 mhree inches deep too check mhe roots for damage and mhen siff mhrough mie soil for mhe larvae. There are a numbsr of controls mhe home owner cati use f0 rid fhem- selves of mhese pesta, but in ail cases if is mhe timing of mhe application mhat is mosf important. Biological confrols (nematodles) cati be applled when mhe soil temperafure reaches 60 F. This contro is mhe safesf and moof effective method of dealing with lawn grubs. Should you choose a chemical conroi if should bu applied during mhe grubs feeding cycle in July. Whether you have grubs or nof, I cannot stress enough the importance of regular wafening to reduce mhe stresses on mhe lawn which invite grubs. Sharon Crump, Garden Centre Manager, Country Depof. 'b,