Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping to protect buildings from heat, flames and a blast of embers during a firestorm. Here’s a brief overview of what that ...

That’s where hardening off becomes an essential step in growing your chosen crop or flower. Skip this step and your tender seedlings may not survive outdoors; if they do, you may get weak and sickly ...

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And more than 90% of the homes in both communities were built before fire-hardening measures were added to the state building code in the late 2000s. Homes built today in “very high fire hazard ...