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 ...»

This is a "warning" post. I had planted a row of these about 4 years ago, with the intention of blocking out the neighbor behind us. Our 6 foot privacy fence, on a slope, was only about 5 feet in reality. True to their information, they do grow extremely fast and provide excellent privacy. Within 3 years they were about 15 feet tall.

Unfortunately, we spent last summer trying to exterminate them. The roots are VERY invasive. I found a ...»

When I was growing up, my Mother, after hearing someone complement a lady, would say 'she has good bones'. Winter time is a great time for looking at the 'bare bones' of your garden. It ...»

My New Year's clean sweep as usual turned into a week long project where I get in the weeds trying to organize the house for a fresh start. Cleaning up after the holiday parties turned ...»

This is not a forsythia, but another spring flowering deciduous shrub that puts on a brilliant show of yellow flowers. Let's see who else knows it.

Have you cleaned your stovetop, but it still looks dirty. You can scrub and scrub, but those little bits won't come up? Let me show you how to get it super clean with baking soda and water!

My favorite little flower, comes up every year, seems to spread slowly, beautiful blue flowers. About a foot tall.

It is behind my garage? why did someone plant that there?