We’re nearing the end of the spring season, which means the peak months of wildfire season are upon us.

If you look around your home, have you taken the proper steps to better prepare if a wildfire impacts your community? There’s so much out of your control during a wildfire, but there are ways to prepare to make your home a little more fire-resistant — and it starts within 5 feet of your front door.

“Hydration is everything," said Greg Rubin, owner and president of California’s Own Native Landscape Design, Inc.

If Rubin has one piece of guidance for homeowners and renters with a yard of vegetation, it’s that watering your yard makes all the difference when it comes to flammability and protecting your home from a wildfire.

“I like to use overhead irrigation,” Rubin said. “That’s becaus

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