Improve Your Home and Garden
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…who Can Help You with Your Home Projects – Inside and Out Owning a home means you have projects that you need to do to help you repair, maintain or update your investment. It also means you may have hobbies that you enjoy around your home or yard. The St. Louis 35th Annual Builders Home [...]
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I’ve always thought we were well prepared for emergencies at home. I spend a lot of time finding the best ways to survive everything from scraped knees to natural disasters. Imagine my surprise when I found that I wasn’t quite as prepared as I thought I was when there was a massive city-wide power outage [...]
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Today, more than ever, folks are struggling with the above question. There are many things that need to be considered before you find the answer. Let’s start with remodel. Should you go to the expense of remodeling your home, whether it is a new kitchen, bathroom, family room, windows or a new roof? The first [...]
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Bluebirds across North America have declined at an alarming rate through the loss of their favorite winter food supply – the Winterberry (Ilex verticillata). Dan Hartmann, a horticulturist and nurseryman, who specializes in growing native North American plant species, explains that the principle cause of the Winterberry’s decline, and subsequently bluebird decline, is
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It was rather interesting to scan the garden catalogs last spring and notice the variety of plants that I think of as “out of the ordinary” plants. Of course, the unusual always attracts attention
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Its 5:00 PM and your dinner guests are due in an hour. You put the finishing touches on the table when you realize something’s missing. Oh no! There’s no centerpiece! What can you do at the last minute? Well, if you’re lucky enough to have a few things around, like flowers and filler material, you can [...]
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Who knows better than mommies what newborn babies need? That’s what Theresa Waggoner thought when she and two other family members came up with the concept for their online business Baby Gift Room in Indianapolis, IN. It’s an intriguing concept, so I wanted to learn more. Theresa had 3 granddaughters within 4 years (2006, 2008, [...]
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I moved my peony bush last year from the back yard to the front of my home. I didn’t need to hire a professional to do that job, but I wouldn’t have minded renting someone else’s back for the afternoon. This summer, I’d like to swap out an ailing evergreen for a red maple, plant [...]
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