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  1. Green Home Tip: An easy, ecofriendly home cleaner is to add orange peel to apple cider vinegar. (Thanks @HerbsandTea for the tip!)
  2. Pond Tip: If overwintering your fish indoors, don't add them back to pond until pond water is the same temperature as tank inside.
  3. Green Gardening Tip: Test your soil before planting. If it's too acidic, add a bit of lime. If it's too basic, add some compost.
  4. Composting Tip: Starting a new composter? Add 3 spades of soil into the bottom of the composter. It contains beneficial bacterial already!
  5. Water Conservation Tip: Use native grasses in your yard - not grasses with short root systems, which require more water.
  6. Green Homes Tip: Regularly maintain your furnace and replace filters once a month to make sure it's working efficiently.
  7. Water Gardening Tip: If you have to empty your pond in the winter, leave straw or hay around any remaining plants to protect from frost.
  8. Gardening Tip: Remember to brush off heavy snow from shrubs and trees to prevent damage to the branches.
  9. Compost Tip: Using compost reduces your pest problems, and that means you'll need to use less pesticides.
  10. Water Conservation Tip: While waiting for water from the tap to heat up, collect it in a bucket to be used later for watering house plants.
  11. Green Home Tip: When using the stove, make sure the burner size matches the size of your pot/pan. Less energy escapes this way.
  12. Water Gardening Tip: Remember not to break the ice of your pond over the winter. This causes stress to your fish!
  13. Green Gardening Tip: Think about using a push mower for this coming year. They are manually powered, so don't use electricity or gas.
  14. Composting Tip: Shred large materials that you are going to compost. Smaller material decomposes faster.
  15. Water Conservation Tip: Avoid watering your lawn and garden on windy days.
  16. Green Home Tip: Add food colouring to toilet tank & don't flush. After 15mins, check toilet bowl. If water coloured, toilet tank is leaky.
  17. Water Conservation Tip: If you leave grass clippings on your lawn when mowing it, your lawn will need less water.
  18. Green Home Tip: You can help reduce indoor air pollution by switching to natural cleaners.
  19. An alternative to a pond heater is placing a large plastic ball on surface of pond - the constant movement will prevent water from freezing.
  20. Gardening Tip: Now is the perfect time to clean and prepare your gardening tools. Also perform any needed maintenance on your lawn mower.