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Dogs are great fun to have around the house. They love unconditionally, are always happy to see you and can make you laugh with silly antics. However, living with a dog means having to provide them a space to play and relieve themselves. If you live in an area that doesn’t allow fences to be [...]
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Cats are amazing beings. I know, some people just don’t understand the allure of a cat, but I find them fascinating and a lot of fun. However, there is one thing about cats I don’t like – the litter box. I’m aware of the ways I could train my cats to use the toilet instead [...]
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Deciding to build a fence might just be the easiest part of the fence building process. Once you decide you need a fence, you then have to decide what kind: Wood? Vinyl? Stone? Chain Link? Chicken Wire? Okay, just kidding with that last one. It pays to choose the type of fencing that will work [...]
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If you’re looking to adopt a dog in the near future, consider adopting a former racing greyhound. According to Marci Anderson of Steel City Greyhounds, “Greyhounds are the fastest dogs in the world and the second fastest land mammal (Cheetahs are first).” In reality, Marci says, greyhounds are really just 45 MPH couch potatoes. Which [...]
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I love writing for Improve Your Home and Garden because I learn something new every time I dive into the writing of a new article. For example, did you know that in Western Pennsylvania, the standard foundation material has been concrete blocks and mortar? I find this interesting because it’s such a foreign concept to [...]
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Not every homeowner touches a contractor’s heart. But for Vox Energy Solutions in Allison Park, PA., one homeowner will always be remembered. He showed up one day, hoping to finally realize his dream of installing solar panels on his home. He and his wife had wanted to “go green” for years after seeing a television [...]
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I’m nose-driven person. I love the smell of herbs and spices – especially for food. Have you noticed what happens when you walk into someone’s home who’s cooking? Presuming they’re decent cooks, the smells can start your mouth watering right as you enter. Spices can punch up a bland dish, give a familiar food a [...]
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Decks can be great additions to homes. They expand your usable outdoor space and can be quite beautiful in their own right. But no matter how well constructed they are, all above-ground decks have one thing in common – the space below. It’s not unusual for the area below decks to have a “no-man’s land” [...]
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I love a beautiful lawn…on a golf course. At my house, the less lawn, the better. My dog and I disagree on just how to have less lawn, but we’re working on coming to a consensus. To me, less lawn means more space for flowers and other plants that feed the earth. And less lawn [...]
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I don’t know if a tree that falls in the woods makes a sound if I’m not there, but I do know that when a tree falls, it sparks a marvelous chain of events that support the forest ecosystem. That event is decomposition. Mother Nature, in all her wisdom, created enterprising microbes to begin the [...]
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If you think the top indicator of a clean house is it must smell like a pine tree–or worse–Greg Nicklas of Maid Brigade of Portland would like to clean yours. Maid Brigade, a national cleaning franchise that’s been in the Portland, OR, area for over 16 years, decided to “go green” in April 2007. “It [...]
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If your idea of a log home is “Little House on the Prairie,” allow me to bring you up to speed on 21st Century log homes. It’s still true that log homes have a “rustic” appearance – there’s really no way around that. (And the “lodge look” is sort of the whole point.) But innovations [...]
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