About Me:
gardening, reading, enjoying retirement
Favorite area of home improvement:
gardening
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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
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CommentedThere are a lot of solutions noted here that I have never used. I just know when I see a few ...»
Get an Industrial Look in 2 Easy Steps
I took a large and inexpensive butcher block cutting board from Ikea plus a metal table base that I picked up for a song, glued them together and shined them up to get an industrial look
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CommentedAnne, I bought a large one for $50 bucks for my island and thought it was a great price! You ...»
Remodeling: Cobb county residentual permits and inspections
I purchased a home with an unfinished basement. It has framing/installation/some electrical and roughed in plumbing. So I spoke with an Licensed electrician about wiring it out to code
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CommentedPermits! UGH! But keep in mind that you do not just get a permit--you have to get it signed ...»
Beverages ~~Coverup !
A nice size wicker pic~ nic basket/trunk, with 2 regular sized styrofoam beverage coolers, placed inside the wicker basket, filled with lots of ice and beverages. Helps keep the beverages colder while looking very decorative and stylish!
Gardening: How does one make money via gardening?
I have a 10k square foot lot.. I have tilled and (almost) prepared 1/3 of it for a vegetable garden for my family.. But I still have 2/3 of this lot and got the idea to start seeing if I
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CommentedGood advice Douglas. I worked with ladies who took their lunch hour every "Thursday" to go get ...»
Birdbath Sedum Fared Well Thru the Winter! ;-)
Last year, I turned a birdbath into a flower planter and filled it with 3 types of sedum. I wasn't sure how it would fare, thru summer or winter. But, during the summer it flourished, and
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Antique Salvaged Windows Get a New Lease on Life...
How do you add charm to a new build??? Incorporate salvaged architectural elements!
We added antique windows into our backyard, cobblestone pathways were also on our to do ...»
