materials, the amount of time and skill required, and what the demand and competition is.

If it's cheap or free reclaimed lumber and takes you less than 30 minutes to make, then you can charge less than if it's expensive hardwood and takes you hours. If there are a lot of people selling comparable pieces or not a lot of demand, you might need to drop your prices. I always calculate a bare minimum I need to charge for a piece for me to come out ahead and an amount I think the piece is worth and then list the price somewhere in between and adjust if necessary.

Then for a nominal fee you send it into your state lab for analysis. They'll send you back the results which will give you a better idea of what additional amendments you need to add to your soil. Here in VA the test is $10. Cheap insurance to make sure you got the right combo for good soil and great production. And Master Gardener's are always happy to answer gardening questions, here, MG's man the extension office phones to help gardeners, if it's something we can't answer or figure out, it get's bumped up to the extension agent. :)

really only take some basic skills and some of the Tutorials are fantastic! Can't wait to see what you do with this! I'm sure whatever it becomes will look great! xo

built in the soffitt of the house, I tried wasp killer over and over again,water hosed them down the next day, they were building back, tried this about 3 or 4 times, finally thought about Clorox bleach in sprayer. This took care of them and they never returned. And haven't yet this year!!!!!!

of the bed. And maybe add a bit of bright color... needs a pop of color to my thnking. I hope you find the perfect touch that makes you happy.

didn't know I didn't plan to kill them. :-( When I planted the tomato, I put a plastic cup around the base of the stem, having read that it keeps cut worms from eating the plant, and today when I went to check on things, the cup, which I had pushed a bit into the soil, was on the ground!!! (This planter is on top of a retaining wall.) Odd. So I put it back in place.

If not gone after an hour i will remove with a plastic spoon ( not making scratches) and a cloth as much as possible and pull more mixture over it , No heat! if you have time let it to ,next morning.i use it for my pan after i bake . i whipe it up and if needed i put the mixture again, now i use a aluminium paper (tinfoil) when i bake and have just to take the paper out and will put a bowl of hot water to clean out easier when the oven is cold. (see also yahoo solutions)

amazes me...). I think it can be accomplished quite easily...with the right contractor, of course!