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Becky J

Troy, IL
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About Me:

I love my house and I love to garden. Every year I take on another project, just when I think I am done. I have declared 2013 as a "no home improvement" year. Right.

Favorite area of home improvement:

Gardening


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Sia@South 47th
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  • That's happy Gavin and his new friends..:)
  • Watch out jaws, were catching you. 1
  • Peek a boo, octopus.
  • Mr. whale has google eyes. lol
  • Gavin's daddy made the baby seal. :)
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Underwater Mural

My grandson's new ocean bedroom that I painted. You can see, he loves sharks.

:)

Sheila Mccrary Weinandy
Sheila Mccrary Weinandy Bala Cynwyd, PA
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    that is so awesome! I'd be scared with that shark, though! lol
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  • To say the backyard wasn't a selling point for the house would be an understatement.
  • Here's the same view today.
  • While a pair of loquat trees in my neighbor's yard provided some privacy, what stood out most was the chain-link fence.
  • The loquats have grown, but a whole garden of bee- and butterfly-friendly plants hides the fence.
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Share your garden before and after photos

It's prime gardening season in many places right now and we're getting a lot of questions on Hometalk from members facing challenges with their yards. Sometimes it's an old space with a ...»
vexing problem, sometimes it's the blank slate of a new yard. To show you such issues are not insurmountable, I am starting this thread where Hometalk members can show before and after photos from their gardens, and I'll break the ice with two pairs of photos from my own backyard. As the before photos (taken almost exactly three years ago) show, when I bought this neglected little house, the"yard" was nothing but sand and weeds. Today, happily, things look rather different. So start uploading, and let's show folks what can be done!

#beforeandafter

Douglas Hunt
Douglas Hunt New Smyrna Beach, FL
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    thanks Doug! AND, we don't have problems with slugs at this house. (in the hostas) Two of the ...»
    pink peonies aren't blooming yet. Those are my favorite, even though they don't have a scent.

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Why Oh Why Won't My House Sell?

Lamentations from a homeowner whose house has languished on the market for over a year....
House Crazy Sarah
House Crazy Sarah Canon City, CO
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    oops! We put it in a glad bag and I believe you are supposed to bury it upside down by the for ...»
    sale sign. And then you are supposed to display it in the new home.

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  • I started with two stars I've had forever but no longer use. They had Christmas scenes on them so I got some blue spray paint and covered that up.
  • I removed the labels of three #10 cans and spay painted them white.
  • I had 2 same-sized metal planters and they got a coat of pink spray paint.
  • I planted pink petunias in the two of the white cans and purple petunias in the third. The pink containers got white  petunias and purple petunias.
  • Our wooden fence is now darn close to being as pretty as the rest of the garden and all I had to buy were a couple of cans of spray paint! 2
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Making a Wooden Fence Pretty(ier)

I want more color in the back garden this year.

With that in mind, I decided to add some color to our faded wooden back fence.

Kathe With An E (Kathe)
Kathe With An E (Kathe) Aurora, CO
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    I just bought the most awesome metal sunflowers from a yard sale last week. Six of them, and ...»
    they are all hanging on the fence. When I go yardsaling, that's all I look for, is stuff to throw out in the yard.

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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 ...»
appeared quickly, I sprayed them with Windex. Watched through the day and kept spraying them. Now ant free! Safe for kids, pets and environment! It is worth a try before you spend hundreds.

Jeanette S
Jeanette S Atlanta, GA
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    I have a black countertop, trying spotting ants on that baby! lol. I do see them, though, it's ...»
    like my eyes hone in on them.

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Compost Bin/tiller

Got this used Mantis tiller at a yard sale for $15 recently. All it needed was a carburetor, which my husband stole off the gas blower. I took it to the compost bin, reducing it down to a ...»
manageable level. I can never get the compost to turn over with just a pitchfork, it is too heavy. I will admit, it was a mess, the tiller kept getting full and I had to keep the tines clean. But I am glad it did the job. BTW, this little baby is powerful in the veggie garden, too! I think it will outperform the medium & large tillers we have.

Becky J
Becky J Troy, IL 4 days ago
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    Jeanette S 3 days ago
    Boy do I understand! Congrats on our super find. Hubby bought one of these little gadgets a ...»
    couple of years ago and anyone who plants, tills, or just wants to get the job done must have one of these! Good job!

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  • Flip Flop wreath... fun and easy.

Flip Flop Wreath

Easy to do and only cost about $7.00.. I did another one with a mirror in the middle and used the handle to hang it...
Laurie VD
Laurie VD Gwinn, MI
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Rustic Look

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Go Nautical
Go Nautical Hillsborough, NJ
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Kim Harmeyer
Kim Harmeyer Cincinnati, OH
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