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Susan H

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  • Susan H
    Followed 8 people on Feb 14, 2013
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My Rock Gardens

We live on a farm in Southwest Iowa. Our farm fields have underground springs and rocks are constantly coming to the top and so we have to go and pick up the rocks out of the field in ...»
Rhonda Thompson Leonard
Rhonda Thompson Leonard Logan, IA
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  • Susan H
    Commented on Jul 21, 2012
    Just my opinion, but I think it's too much of a good thing! I love the use of rocks but to a ...»
    minimum! Way to many!

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  • Staircase-I hand formed all tiles from portland cement and carved with a dremel tool.  Risers combined with portland cement and nutmeg colored grout. 1
  • Staircase-I hand formed all tiles from portland cement and carved with a dremel tool.  Risers combined with portland cement and nutmeg colored grout. 2
  • Staircase-I hand formed all tiles from portland cement and carved with a dremel tool.  Risers combined with portland cement and nutmeg colored grout. 6
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Staircase Project develops mind of it's own

Stairway To Moi...

After pulling up and purging that staircase carpet, I stared at a bare nail infested ...»

3 Months Challenging
Randy Stewart
Randy Stewart Dallas, TX
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  • Susan H
    Commented on Jul 13, 2012
    I think it's nice, but I would of put the artwork above the stair rail!
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Cleaning Houseplants

This is a great time of year to take your houseplants outside for a bath. Insect and mite populations can sometimes build unnoticed, but not to worry. Take houseplants outside and gently hose them off. This will not only wash away harmful pests, but will remove dust from the leaf surfaces and leave plant pores cleaner and able to breathe easier.

If you don't want to hose them off, put an old cotton sock on each hand, dampen, then slide the leaves ...»

Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves Decatur, GA
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  • Susan H
    Commented on Jul 13, 2012
    Mine aren't going outside because of the stinkbug population we have in NJ..I Have already ...»
    seen a few of them on there when I water them! I have alot of plants and are thinking of getting rid of them because of the stinkbugs but they were mostly my Dad's plants and he passed away in 2010 and I don't have the heart to throw them away! I love plants myself and have a sunporch and somehow they manage to attract those disgusting bugs! I will stick to the shower!

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Propagating Shrubs from Cuttings

Summer is the perfect time to propagate cuttings from your favorite rose, azalea or hydrangea.

Since it takes several steps, I found this excellent pictorial article describing the ...»

Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves Decatur, GA
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  • Susan H
    Commented on Jun 01, 2012
    I have a Crepe Mrytle tree and we had a big storm yrs ago and it split and became a bush..I ...»
    did turn it back into a tree by cutting off branches a few yrs back..Does anyone know how to stop the sucklings from coming up from the ground? I keep on cutting them off to no aveil..It wants to be a bush! ty for any help! Also Crepe Mrtle bushes are so easy to root..Just take a low branch and dig a hole and bury part of the branch and cover it with a brick...You will have it rooted in no time!

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New garden bed from pool hole

We removed our pool earlier this year and I saw the perfect opportunity for a new garden bed. We used the old pool enclosure for fencing and added a garden gate that we painted white. It is way more fun maintaining a garden than maintaining a pool that was rarely being used!!
Lisa C
Lisa C
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    Commented on May 29, 2012
    Very Nice!!! When we took down our pool, we leveled it off and made it into a patio...Planted ...»
    bushes around it and it came out great!

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Welsh Basement

Unfinished basement conversion that we turned into the ultimate lounge area
Superior Remodeling, LLC
Superior Remodeling, LLC Raleigh, NC
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  • Susan H
    Commented on May 06, 2012
    We Just had our basement refinished and oh how I wish I had the money to do something like ...»
    this! Beautiful!!!

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Is it just me or does this seem a bit "over the top"?

Heading back from some work in Wyoming, my client wanted to take me out for a bite at a Restaurant in Fort Collins. They were going to continue on down to Denver for a night at the symphony. After we ate at this neat Brazilian Grill. I took the back roads home along the edge of foothills, rather than zipping down the less attractive stretch of I-25.

I happened along this place....I have to say it is probably the biggest home I have ever seen.

KMS Woodworks
KMS Woodworks Nederland, CO
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  • Susan H
    Commented on May 06, 2012
    The people that live there can possibly be in some sort of cult...They all live together and ...»
    their houses are usually huge,,Just a thought! The house is ugly to me! And so is the property!

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Cleaning & Organization: How do u clean grout? I have a porcelain floor and its not even a year old yet and the grout looks horrible!

I never use any cleaning fluids, just a steam cleaner...ty
Susan H
Susan H
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  • Susan H
    Commented on May 05, 2012
    Thank you all again for your helpful comments!
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Painting: I have a home with newer vinyl windows, and am wondering about painting them.

Is this possible? Are there any special steps or paint I need to do/use?
Trevor O
Trevor O Andover, MN
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  • Susan H
    Commented on Apr 29, 2012
    If they are new..Why in the world would you paint them? We got a liitle white paint on ours ...»
    when we were painting the window sills and it turned a light beige! Ungly and going to be scraped off carefully!

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