In the warmer months, it’s tempting to blast the air conditioner in an effort to stay cool. There’s a much cheaper, more environmentally friendly way to keep the temperature down in your house: plants ...

When temperatures are rising outside, a cool home is all the more important. But what if all the usual means - ventilating the rooms, darkening the windows - fail to bring relief? Before cranking up ...

November is an ideal time to plant a cool-weather vegetable garden. In Santa Monica there are two distinct seasons for kitchen gardens, March through September, sometimes called the warm season; and ...

Hold your trowels, folks. It’s still too cold out there to plant many things and the long-range weather forecast seems to be trending colder this year. There is a long-standing local tradition around ...