Alternative Medicine

Tea Tree Oil Sunburn Recipes

The calendar says it’s summer, but it’s raining here in Nova Scotia. Combining wishful thinking and a touch of gloating, I looked for something to cheer me up to write about, and chose sunburn. Whether or not you believe me when I say, “I feel your pain” is up to you! It’s easy to relish the warmth and the golden…

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Home Improvement

An Introduction To Ductless Air Conditioners

An air conditioner, which is often called AC (in the United States and Canada), or an air-con (in Britain and Australia), is basically a device that uses a refrigeration system to drain out heat from a particular area. The HVAC is the complete unit, which has an all round mechanism for heating, ventilating and air conditioning. This type of air…

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Home Improvement

Advantages Of Portable Swamp Evaporative Coolers

A swamp evaporative cooler can give you the best of cooling technologies without the disadvantages of air conditioning. Unlike air conditioners, swamp evaporative coolers require very little energy in order to work well, as long as the appropriate environmental conditions are met. Speaking of the environment, evaporative coolers are pollutant free because they work using nature’s own cooling mechanism. The…

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Gardening

Hi Tech Greenhouses

You probably don’t want to be constantly looking after your greenhouse yourself – opening the windows when it gets too hot, going round every few days and all the rest. It’s much easier to get automatic systems to do these chores for you. To water your plants, you should install irrigation systems. These are basically small pipes that run underground…

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Home Improvement

Cooling Tips For Your Air Conditioning System

Interestingly enough a big AC may not be your ideal answer to the summer heat. It might, in fact, provide you less cooling than a smaller unit, since smaller units run longer than bigger ones which tend to click on and off. Running longer permits smaller units to maintain a regular room temperature, remove moisture from the room (thereby getting…

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Personal Finance

Building Long Term Energy Savings Into Your Home

While new homes are 100 percent more energy efficient today than those built three decades ago, most people are not familiar with how to actually design energy savings into the infrastructure of their home. Here are a few ways to save energy in your home: * Windows and doors: Today’s architecture takes advantage of increased window space and elaborate entry…

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