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How to Analyze Soil Temps and Drainage
Are you a gardener? Amateur or professional, you might want to make sure your plants are well taken care of. Some plants are fussier than others, and will demand a specific type of soil, or enough water. However, how the heck are you expected to know what they need? Plants don’t talk to you, just…
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How to Make a Kitchen Herb Garden
Do you have a large kitchen window, and want to decorate the sill? Have a bit of space in your backyard for a couple small pots, and want to put that space to use? Are you a bit of a cooking fanatic? Whether you answered yes to one or all, or want to get into…
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3 Ideas for Decorating a Mantel in Summer
Once summer comes, your beautiful mantel looks bare after the stockings and holly are removed. As much as you may enjoy your fireplace and mantel during the winter, you might start to wish it was gone once summer starts. What you need is a proper decoration to bring life back into the living room! Try…
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How to Prepare for a Patio Kitchen
Retreating to a patio kitchen outdoors is one of the hottest commodities for cooks or chefs during the summertime. Preparing for the roaring blazes of a comfortable patio kitchen is all you need to have an entertaining night, or day. Yet, how and what can you expect when you’re doing it yourself? First of all,…
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4 Tips for Watering Lawn in Summer
By encouraging root growth in your lawn, water is necessary to get into the deep roots below the surface of the soil. What can happen if watering is at a halt? Weed germination and grass plant roots will grow shallow and will be prone to specific diseases. The roots are the main zoning area that…
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4 Tips for Summer Yard Maintenance
Dead limbs can be a risk to your house and your neighbors. If a sudden storm comes through your city, hanging limbs can be blown and thrown. Tree limbs can end up on your neighbors’ roof or your roof. Limbs and large tree stumps can end up across the streets, hitting cars. Summer yard maintenance…
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How to Start an Organic Garden
Reminiscent of a setting from one of English literatures’ famous poets, Shakespeare; herbal gardens with its flagrancy smells of roses, lavender, hyacinth, freesias, and lilacs, for instance, can enhance any home. So how to start an organic garden All you’ll need to create your own organic, herbal garden are live herb plants, pond supplies, seeds,…
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How to Build an Outdoor Bar and Grill
An investment that is sure to fire up chefs, cooks, or culinary artists alike is making your outdoor bar and grill yourself. Who doesn’t love outdoor bars and grills? To begin, all you need are the right tools, equipment and some guidance from the pros to get you started. In several days’ tops, you can…