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Even though recent rains have helped replenish North Texas’ water supply, the coming spring and summer figure to include water restrictions that will provide challenging for area lawns and gardens.
To get you ready, the Addison Arbor Foundation is sponsoring another quarterly educational seminar, this time featuring Dallas County Master Gardener James Hatcher. The event will take place at the Addison Athletic Club (3900 Beltway Dr.) on Saturday, February 11, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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With the stricter light bulb standards beginning their phase-in this month, consumers will find many illuminating ways to cut their electricity use.
The new, energy-saving bulbs are the result of a 2007 mandate passed by Congress and signed by George W. Bush that light bulbs be made 25 percent more efficient. That has resulted in a renaissance of new bulbs that meet and exceed this threshold, a technology change that was already underway in 2007 and welcomed by the lighting industry and energy conservationists.
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Although it’s less obvious during winter, with the fields and forests having gone dormant, the historic drought in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and parts of the Southeastern US continues to claim casualties.
Trees, especially, remain at risk because they use the winter months to grow root systems, and the moisture in the soil will determine whether they’ll recover from 2011′s record drought and heat.
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The Town of Addison City Council, City Manager and Town staff are committed to taking action to make Addison a leader in sustainable development and operations that protect and enhance the Town’s quality of life.
>> Read more about our sustainability commitment
