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Old 11-26-12, 11:31 PM   #32
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- plant / maintain trees or shrubbery to provide summer shade. Deciduous trees perhaps better than evergreens since they let some sunlight through in the winter, but not in summer.
A wall of evergreens on the north side (northern hemisphere) of the house will help block cold wind in the winter.
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