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Showing results for "Season 10 | Episode #1015 Season 10 of ATOH"

Original Air Date: Week of January 12, 2012

Electrician Scott Caron works with a homeowner to upgrade his electrical service from 100 to 200 amps. Then landscape contractor Roger Cook visits a garden designed to attract butterflies.

Electrical Upgrade
Electrician Scott Caron works with a homeowner to upgrade his electrical service from 100 to 200 amps.

Where to find it?
A service upgrade should only be performed by a licensed electrician. We worked with:

Caron Electric
800-440-9940

Butterfly Garden
Roger visits a garden that’s designed to attract butterflies and learns lessons about the types of plants that feed butterflies and caterpillars and how best to arrange them.

Where to Find It?
The species of plants that will attract butterflies to your home will vary by region. Contact your local garden center or nature center for recommendations.

The butterfly garden that Roger visited was:

Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
508-753-6087

Martha Gach, our butterfly expert, is Conservation Coordinator at Broad Meadow Brook.
Broad Meadow Brook is administered by Mass Audubon

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