Food waste stinks. Everyone knows the annoyance of taking the trash out early because onion scraps, seafood, or leftover Brussel sprouts are sitting in the trash can and smelling up your house. But food waste stinks for another reason: It makes up a large percentage of landfill space, and its decomposition produces roughly 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Mill, a new company founded by the team that founded Nest, is hoping it’s smart food waste bin might provide the solution to all of the above. Read More...
Protect Sprinkler Heads in the Rocks… Many of my sprinkler system heads are surrounded by landscape rocks. To keep the rocks from interfering with the sprinkler heads, especially when they’re coming down, I protect them with PVC pipe. I cut the PVC pipe into 6-in. lengths and push it into the ground around the heads so the pipe sticks up a little bit higher than the rocks. — Bob Riedel
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All parents fight with their kids to do their chores or homework, but with kids who have ADHD, it’s a whole other battle. Children with ADHD are neurologically wired to have difficulty starting and finishing tasks. They often struggle with executive functioning, a family of mental skills that includes the ability to plan, conceptualize, and execute goals. All of this means that completing everyday tasks such as homework and chores — or even getting up for school — can become major points of difficulty for some kids, and major points of conflict between them and their parents. Read More...
