Tomatoes that traveled from halfway across the world to your supermarket don’t just have a huge carbon footprint, they often taste not-so-great. It’s well known that buying locally is an easy way to reduce greenhouse emissions and also enjoy fresher, tastier food. To help you find what’s in-season where you live, the free app “LocaVore” helps you find local farmers’ markets and lists what in-season produce items are currently being sold. You can also find recipes and other ideas for how to prepare these foods.

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While it may not kill weeds, this all-natural product can help deter the growth of new weeds over time. It’s corn gluten meal, and it’s known as an all-natural “pre-emergent” herbicide, which basically means it kills weed seedlings as they germinate. It’s perfect for lawns because it’s also a great fertilizer for grass. The key thing is to wait 60 days after applying grass seed to apply corn gluten; otherwise, it will do its job in deterring the growth of grass seedlings!

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If you’re shopping for a new printer for your home office, take the time to consider whether you’re planning to print full-color images or just black-and-white documents. If your needs are more for word processing and spreadsheets, there’s no need to waste money on a full-color inkjet or laser printer. Instead, opt for what’s called a “monochrome” printer that just uses black ink. This is the most economical way to print, since there’s just one cartridge to replace; when it’s empty, it’s truly empty.

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