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Veterans Day 2015: Honor & Thank Vets via Great, Proven Agencies

Since we started this blog, every Veterans Day we’ve asked people to look at some highly respected and wonderful organizations that help Veterans as well as active servicemen, women and families. Please don’t be duped by some store or bogus charity. These are all well-established agencies with A or A-plus ratings from American Institute of Philanthropy.

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This Spring, Bring Solar Water Features into Your Garden!

The heart of any garden is the plants, but water features can make the different between ordinary gardens and real show stoppers. Whether you want simple features like birdbaths or small fountains, or a full-scale pond water garden, there are many solar products available.

And why go solar? Note: we’ve updated this this post and moved it to our store’s onsite blog, since we will soon discontinue…

We’re Moving!

SolarLightingSmart.com is written and managed by SolarFlairLighting.com, and has been since 2011.

Earlier this year we overhauled our store and the new site has its own onsite blog.

It no longer makes sense for us to keep SolarLightingSmart.com up and running.

Especially when so many of our posts lost the images when we moved this blog to WordPress when our old server became tortuously slow…

Protect Your Solar Lights This Fall and Winter: Tips for Fall Clean-Up & Winter Storage

Most, but not all, solar lights survive the winter well even in cold, snowy and icy winters. Some do not, and solar pumps and water fountains also can be damaged by the cold. This post outlines what lights should be packed away for winter, how to store them properly so they’ll work properly next year, and thing to think about before the rakes, leaf blowers come out. (more…)

“Green Job” Growth, ROI for Market Investors Show Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Is Good for Environment and the Economy

See the numbers for yourself. (more…)

We’re not really religious, but we don’t think Pope Francis’ Letter: On Care for Our Common Home is really about religion as much as it’s a very clear statement on climate change, descriptions of impacts to the Earth (and how we’ve been lousy custodians), and when the Pope speaks, boy do people listen. Our onsite blog discusses why we think it’s important AND relevant to us since we sell…

Remembering: What Memorial Day is About… Thanks to all of our troops throughout the years, the ones who came back, those who did not and to their families this weekend. And a great long weekend to all, but please take a moment to think about what it is all about. See how Dutch honor US soldiers from WWII below

Every grave at this cemetery in Margarten, Netherlands, has been adopted and cared for…

Most people think of Memorial Day as May’s holiday for the men and women who have, do and will protect our country. Don’t forget about Armed Forces Day! In fact, the entire month of May is the USA’s National Military Appreciation Month. 

Saturday May 16, 2015 is Armed Forces Day.So: please thank and keep good thoughts for our US service men and women (and their families) this weekend. (Find out…

 Celebrate Spring (and Memorial Day is Just Around the Corner) SALE!

Celebrate Spring, Mother’s Day, graduations, the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, weddings and anniversaries. We’ve got lots of things on sale this weekend for gifts or to help you get ready for the unofficial beginning of Summer on Memorial Day Weekend.    (more…)

Sometime spring means that solar lights need some tender loving care. Other times, new ones are necessary and we’re making it easier for you to upgrade your fixtures. Between now and May 5, 2015, save 10 percent on better solar lights: solar lamps, solar marine lights, solar chargers.

Find out more at http://www.solarflairlighting.com/whats-new#earthdaysale

All Gama Sonic Lamps, Accent Lights,…

Stay Green with Garden Products when Brighter Days are Gone

Make Sure Your Solar Lights Are Good to the Environment After Their Useful Days are Over

In honor of Earth Day, we’re updating  a very important article: how to properly dispose of rechargeable batteries, solar and low-voltage lights and both solar and electric fountains.

These and other products contain components that are considered to be “household hazardous waste” and require special care…

How to Use Hydraulic Pressure Calculators When Picking Solar Water Pumps

Can solar pumps do EVERY thing that electric pumps can? No, but they can do a lot more than many people think.

And you don’t need to deal with transformers, electrical conduits, or cords. Solar pumps mean no often costly increases to your electric bill and you eliminate the noise of most electric pumps.

In fact, we’ll soon retrofit our patio fountain with a solar pump because the current pump is…