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Louisa H

Tacoma, WA
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ANTS? Easy, Safe Solution!

An exterminator told my friend that when you begin to see ants, they are the scouts. Stop these and you won't have ants. My son discovered that if you spray them with Windex (or any other glass cleaner), they are exterminated. Keep after it for a while and you won't have ants. We have used this for years. 2 days ago our humming bird feeder leaked onto the concrete front porch...the liquid got down in the crack between brick and concrete so there was not way to flush it out. Ants ...»
appeared quickly, I sprayed them with Windex. Watched through the day and kept spraying them. Now ant free! Safe for kids, pets and environment! It is worth a try before you spend hundreds.

Jeanette S
Jeanette S Atlanta, GA
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    cinnamon is great for getting rid of ants
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  • Pallet fence panel before trimming the rotten wood and painting. 2
  • Pallet fence panel after trimming and painting.
  • The fence is being installed. 2
  • The garden gate was made from pallets too.  The arbor was made from my childrens' old sandbox.  We cut the large boards down to build the arbor.
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  • Here is a picture taken from my bench at the back of the garden looking towards the arbor.  The fence is complete.  Now on to making the garden look pretty.  This will take awhile. 1
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Re-purposing pallets

This is a fence I made for my garden using pallets and old pickets from a fence that had been torn down. When I ran out of the old pickets, I used pallet boards and cut them to match the ...»
pickets so I could complete the project. My fenced area is 30' X 40' and I still had pallets left over for other projects.

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Allison House Sumter, SC
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Stenciled Stone Porch

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Christine at First Home L... Saint Cloud, FL
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  • Shark Pallet Art - Repurposing pallet or reclaimed wood to create beautiful artwork and home decor. http://www.sandandsisal.com/2012/07/pallet-art-shark.html
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Kim Sand & Sisal Virginia Beach, VA
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Claire @ The Rustic Pig Spring Branch, TX
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Mason Jar Window Treatment

This is a simple way to add charm to a window. I used wired twine to wrap around the mason jars, and hung them by twine from a wooden valence. Adds warmth to the room with the candles ...»
lit on a cool night. And lovely in the summer with some sweet flowers from the garden.

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Brenda M Pittsburgh, PA
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    Commented on Sep 13, 2012
    instead of mason jars, (i use mine for canning) you can get the same effect from using mayo ...»
    and tomato sauce jars, saving them from the landfill and still having this sweet look for your window.

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  • No weeding, raised beds make access easier, tomato plants love this method of gardening. Great for potatoes also, no digging!  Anything that grows in the soil will do well in the bales also. 9
  • Early in the season, make the straw bales into a greenhouse, the "conditioning" of the bale below emits lots of heat during the process which warms the root zone and protects plants on the surface from frost.  They love this up in the Arctic Circle in AK and Canada.  See more at www.strawbalegardens.com 1
  • Planting annuals in the sides also makes the garden look attractive as well as productive. 6
  • Direct seeding into a seedbed of sterile Planting Mix on the surface of the bales.  These seedlings grow rapidly due to the extra warmth from the decomposing bale below.  Once seeded, cover with the plastic sheeting to protect from critters, frost, hard rain etc.  See more information at www.strawbalegardens.com
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Straw Bale Gardening, great in all climates from the Arctic to the Caribbean islands!

Straw Bale Gardening is essentially container gardening, without the cost of a container or the planting mix to fill it. Just buy a bale of straw, go through the "conditioning" process ...»
and plant, then water, then harvest, it is about that simple. Get the full details at www.strawbalegardens.com

Joel K
Joel K Saint Paul, MN
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    Commented on Apr 20, 2012
    love the idea of putting the tarp dwn and doing this in my little greenhouse for the bottom ...»
    shelves. Its in the rules of the HOA here, but i can do this in my greenhouse with tarps so problem solved... thanks everyone!!!

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