Improve Your Home and Garden
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We all know a home must be well insulated to keep it warm and cozy in the winter and cool in the summer. The better insulated your home, the less you pay to heat and air condition it and the more energy you save. That means insulation is a green building product…but is it really green [...]
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Very few gardeners in the United States, other than Martha Stewart use the English method of cloche gardening. However, it is interesting to study the process and perhaps adapt some aspects of this gardening technique in our own home gardens. A cloche looks like a tall glass water bottle with the bottom cut out. The [...]
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Looking at the images of Haiti’s earthquake and the devastation that followed was a wake up call for me. It’s hard to stay worried about the surcharges on your cell phone bill while you watch a terrified but unwavering husband wait outside the rubble of his home for days to see if his wife will [...]
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Almost every yard has a spot that could use a ground cover for one reason or another. It’s a good idea to look over a comprehensive list of ground covers to help select just the right one. Ground covers are a practical addition to the yard and an important asset to the overall landscape theme. [...]
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October is a great time to work in your garden as leaves are dropping and that first frost hits. Getting lawns and flower beds ready for winter will make for a beautiful garden in the spring. Here is a list of things to do in your backyard in October. OCTOBER GARDEN TIPS: October Lawn Care [...]
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One of the biggest annoyances many homeowners face is inadequate storage space. The family has grown and so has the amount of stuff they own. The easiest place to turn into extra storage space would be to the attic, but it’s often inconvenient to access and not the safest place to get to on a [...]
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Saving money with solar energy in the United States can be fairly simple if you set up the home to use the energy from the sun. There are several ways of achieving this from simple solutions such as bigger windows and using certain stones as flooring to installing solar panels on the roof or in [...]
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You spent your budget on hiring a landscaper to design and build a backyard pond for koi. It’s been a lifelong dream to be able to enjoy these jewels of the backyard and hand feed them on a nice summer day. Yet weeks after seeing your fishpond become a reality, you notice fish are starting [...]
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The Hibiscus plant is an interest one. Not only will some varieties add great beauty to your garden, but some varieties also extra bang for the buck by offering other benefits as well. It is said that the flowers from the hibiscus offers certain health benefits. There are Islanders in the South Pacific that drink [...]
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Hardy chrysanthemums are among the most popular and important garden flowers because of the long, colorful show they put on in late summer and fall. By choosing carefully from the hundreds of varieties, the gardener can have mums blooming from mid-August to heavy frost. They can be grown in containers if fed and watered carefully. [...]
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When my oldest son, Andy, was about three years old, I remember offering him the choice of one or two cookies for a snack. Being the clever and precocious child that he was, he said he wanted three cookies. I told him that wasn’t an option. As a grown man now–a healthy, slim adult, gratefully–he [...]
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September is a great time to work in your garden. Getting lawns and flower beds ready for winter will make for a beautiful garden in the spring. And the weather is usually cooperative as well. Here is a list of things to do in your backyard in September. Lawn Finish planting or reseeding lawns [...]
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Your home is your domain, and you want to be able to relax in and around your house. The weather is nice and you decide to barbecue or have coffee on the patio, only to find you are being eaten alive by mosquitos. Mosquitos are most active in the early evening and early morning. Mosquitos [...]
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Many people who have brought their first blooming orchid home from the garden shop secretly nurse a dream of having their very own greenhouse someday. They envision a greenhouse filled to the brim with beautiful, thriving orchids that provide countless hours of happiness on cold winter days. Greenhouses come in all sizes, shapes, elaborate and [...]
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Home improvement loans are borrowed funds used to repair, update, or remodel your house or property. Home improvement loans can take different forms—a home equity loan or line of credit is based on the equity you have earned on your home. Personal loans or personal lines of credit can also be secured specifically for home [...]
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Its late summer and your container garden is not looking very good. The summer heat has taken its toll and some of the plants have stopped flowering. You could pull all of the plants out and replant the entire flower pot or you can rejuvenate the container garden using only a few new plants and leaving [...]
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But before you go racing to the phone to call the lawyer on TV, know these facts! Like humans, animals can be victims of direct asbestos exposure or second-hand exposure when an individual who works around asbestos brings the toxic dust into their home on their clothes. In the 1970’s, a connection was found between [...]
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In this bumpy economy, many people have turned to home remodeling and improvements rather than moving. Combining the practicality of a greenhouse and the charm of a sunroom, home conservatories are becoming a popular choice for homeowners seeking to update and improve their living space. History of Conservatories Conservatories were born when northern European explorers [...]
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