Happy Green Day

What better County to live in than Arlington County if we be celebrating St. Paddy’s Day today.  A green day for a green county!
Here’s a helpful list of  some excellent tips to make your home greener.
And here’s an excellent glossary that defines pretty much everything you need to know about the language of green.
Also, some [...]

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More Green Tips

Is that Christmas tree out on the curb and recycled?  Good!  Here are a few more “green” ideas, this time for your “green” house hunt:

Conduct an energy audit.  Check out the heating and cooling systems of your potential new home and carefully and make sure they are in good working order and sized appropriately. Check [...]

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What to do with your real Christmas tree…

Two thoughts:
If you have a garden, cut off the branches to protect your flower beds, using them like mulch.  It may have been unusually warm recently,but cold weather is probably coming.  Your plants, now hibernating under the ground, will thank you for that extra blanket.
… or …
Take the whole thing to the curb on your [...]

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Green is Good in Arlington, Virginia

What a nice surprise

Recently spotted in Westover
I was recently driving around Westover when I slammed on the brakes to take a close look at a house being built there. What a surprise. More and more you will find that having a “green” home is more than a good thing, it’s a sale-able thing. [...]

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