Are you a big coffee drinker? If you are, you will have used coffee grounds. Don't throw them away...used them in the garden.

There are many ways to use them. Camellias, hydrangeas, and roses are all nitrogen loving plants so the coffee grounds help.

The grounds are also a great deterrent for slugs and snails around hostas and other plants that the pests love.

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A fool-proof way to caulk a bathtub...or anything for that matter. My dad showed me this method years ago and it has never failed me! Plus introduction to grout in a tube. #DIYChallenge

better for the environment, kid & pet safe

Here's the how to:

- Sprinkle about 1/4 cup of baking soda into your drain, then pour about 1 cup of white vinegar on top of it

- While the above mixture is doing its' thing, boil a whole teapot of water. Once it's done (should be at least 7-10 minutes), go ahead and pour that whole pot ...»

These are pictures of my friend's bedroom carpet. She said these roundish stains have appeared quite mysteriously, and they have her baffled. I have to admit, they are the strangest ...»

This is a "warning" post. I had planted a row of these about 4 years ago, with the intention of blocking out the neighbor behind us. Our 6 foot privacy fence, on a slope, was only about 5 feet in reality. True to their information, they do grow extremely fast and provide excellent privacy. Within 3 years they were about 15 feet tall.

Unfortunately, we spent last summer trying to exterminate them. The roots are VERY invasive. I found a ...»

Actually, the better title might be, "How do you get the 'dead' smell out of furniture?

But don't call the cops on me; this question came from the cops, a CSI friend of mine. ...»

This past Spring we installed our barn's roof water collection system. Not knowing the impending drought that would hit us this summer - we installed it simply because we had no running ...»

I would really appreciate any advice concerning this plant. I have had it in water for a month but no roots have come out, I'm not sure what it is or what I need to do in order to plant it. Thank you very much!

this year i wanted to start a lil garden with some tomatoes and peppers along with a few hanging plants...

so looking out my window this spring i saw an old swingset frame and a bookcase that had seen better days...and thought hummm..wonder what i can do with those...

Thus became my lil raised bed garden (the bookcase) with hanging plants overhead on the swing frame. I even used some of the rubber mats that my grandson didn't use anymore to kneel on along with a few tiles left ...»