The DC Department of the Environment is literally giving money away, but you only have another month or so to claim your share. If you’ve purchased an Energy Star-rated home appliance to replace an existing appliance between October 25, 2010 and August 15, 2011 you can receive a rebate between $50 and $600 from the DDOE. We […]
Although it’s too hot now to plant shrubs, you can start planning your fall plantings with the help of Matthew Roberts, plant guru extraordinaire at Ginkgo Gardens, 911 11th Street, SE. –MHC __________ In a scene from one my favorite books, The Phantom Tollbooth, the hero Milo knocks at the entrance of an exactly square […]
Guest contributor Jessica Wilkie is a Hill resident and Realtor with DCRealEstate.com. In Trinidad, NE, they do. Trinidad real estate has picked up lately as investors buy run-down properties for cash, fix them up, and turn them over for profit. This year,* average second quarter “sold” prices are already well above 2010 and 2009, when […]
As I walk my dog in the evenings this June, and the sun sets later and later, there is a fair amount of commotion in the trees and about twenty of so feet in the air above us. There are the usual birds settling down for the evening, but the fluttering I see is a […]
Here is another great post by Matthew Roberts of Ginkgo Gardens on native plants. Even the blackest thumbs will appreciate gaining knowledge and appreciation for our local plant heroes. –MHC My tenth grade math teacher used to always put an extra credit question on the final exam: Q. What did the acorn say when he […]