Home Tips
Garden Edging For The Perfect Lawn!
Tweet When I purchased my first house many years ago, I struggled to keep the lawn out of the garden and vice versa. Grass frequently invaded territory occupied by the
You Can Repair Your Garden Hose
Tweet Mention to someone that you’re repairing a garden hose and you’ll probably get a “why bother?” reply. After all, when it comes to stuff you own around the home,
Mulching For Beauty & Conservation
Tweet Garden beds all across the country are coming alive as the spring season advances. But that also means that weeds are sprouting alongside of flowers and watering will soon
Gardens Offer Beauty & Food Savings
Tweet Home gardening has been growing steadily as a hobby for a number of years, but if my observations at my local Sears gardening center are correct, the biggest growth
A Child’s Bedroom: Imagine The Possibilities!
Tweet A child’s bedroom can be a disaster area or it can be well organized with everything put in its place. Our children’s bedrooms are smack in the middle of
You Can Save Money On Home Appliances
Tweet Ask most any homeowner what are some of the most important attributes of their home’s interior and you’ll get comments such as, “the vaulted ceilings in the living room”
You Can Choose A Polyethylene Shed!
Tweet I must admit that I am smitten. Smitten as in a recent visit to a local big box retailer which put me in front of the nicest looking shed
Smoke Detectors & Your Home
Tweet Because time changing has gone from every six months to intervals that are approximately four and eight months apart, that little reminder to check smoke detector has fallen to
Shed Organizing 101
Tweet When we moved into our current home five years ago, tucked into one corner of the backyard was an aged aluminum shed. Five years later, that shed is still
What Will Inflation Do To Soft Goods Prices?
Tweet This past February we posted a pair of articles about food safety — Managing Your Food Storage Space Wisely and Should You Stock Up On Groceries In Advance Of
Invigorate Your Yard With A Garden Path
Tweet When I was a teenager, my town had a volunteer organization – Youth Employment Services (YES) – which helped local youth find temporary work with homeowners and small businesses.
Maintain Your Deck To Extend Its Life
Tweet When it comes to outdoor enhancements to your property, I can’t think of anything better to have with a home than a deck. With a deck, you are able
What’s New In Outdoor Living For 2009?
Tweet Warm weather continues to spread across America, getting people outside for longer periods of time each day compared to just a few weeks earlier. Soon, backyard barbecues will be
Transform Your Backyard Into A Birding Paradise
Tweet My neighbor has finally quit mowing his lawn. No, he hasn’t given this task to a lawn service company nor has he decided that four foot tall grass stalks
Plant A Tree, You Nature Lover!
Tweet Last Friday I shared some tips on lawn care, ideas you can use for deciding how you’re going to manage your lawn this season. Today, I’m going to talk
