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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
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CommentedJust my opinion, but I think it's too much of a good thing! I love the use of rocks but to a ...»
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 ...»
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CommentedI think it's nice, but I would of put the artwork above the stair rail!
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 ...»
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CommentedMine aren't going outside because of the stinkbug population we have in NJ..I Have already ...»
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 ...»
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CommentedI have a Crepe Mrytle tree and we had a big storm yrs ago and it split and became a bush..I ...»
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!!
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CommentedVery Nice!!! When we took down our pool, we leveled it off and made it into a patio...Planted ...»
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CommentedWe Just had our basement refinished and oh how I wish I had the money to do something like ...»
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.
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CommentedThe people that live there can possibly be in some sort of cult...They all live together and ...»
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
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CommentedThank you all again for your helpful comments!
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?
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CommentedIf they are new..Why in the world would you paint them? We got a liitle white paint on ours ...»