About Me:
I'm a retired Communications Service / Project Management person. I love gardening, canning, cooking & learning new crafts & new & better techniques to ways to fix up my house
Favorite area of home improvement:
my bedroom & my guest bedroom
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Recycled Plant Markers
A quick and cheap way to make sure all your plants are well marked doesn't have to be cutesy or expensive. Make as many markers as you want with old mini blinds. They are the perfect size
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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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Using Salvaged Brick in the Flower Border
My sister in law is always bringing home salvaged bricks to edge and accent her flower gardens. I think the bricks add a lot of interest for very little money. #Outdoorprojects
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This is my new fence
I spent about 6 months collecting old doors from friends and salvage yards and then mounted them on privacy fence frame. I also clear coated them so that they wouldn't weather wear. I
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Just wanted to share a photo of the Fountain I made using Rhurbarb leaves.
I used 2 different size Rhubarb Leaves, but they need to be large.
You will need a large table, large pieces of plastic. Play sand I am not sure how much, but a large bag. Place the plastic bag flat on the table. Take the sand and form it making a dome. It will need to be enough for the leaf to cover. Sand should be heaved up in the center.
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Gardening: What kind of plant is this???
It's growing like wildfire in my yard and i've never seen it before.
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CommentedIf the yellow flower goes with them then I don;t know
Painted On Front Porch Rug
Our front porch really needs to be rebuilt but in the meanwhile (while we save up) I gave it a facelift with some wood glue, caulk, and paint. The best part: A porch rug that I painted right on the top landing.
You can see and learn more here ...
http://www.itallstartedwithpaint.com/2011/11...
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Commentedreally nice! I have done it before... a lot of work but great looking results!