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Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Care and Repair of Garden Tools

Knowing how to properly use and maintain garden tools will increase their life, help prevent personal injury, and increase your gardening enjoyment. For example, properly uncoiling a hose will prevent you from tripping or catching your foot in the coil. The points of an upturned rake can inflict painful and sometimes serious puncture wounds when […]

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Organic Gardening - The Pros And Cons

Picture three ripe red tomatoes arranged on a wooden cutting board awaiting your pleasure. They’ve each come from a different source: can you tell which one was grown organically?
Two of the tomatoes were lovingly tended in backyards - one in a conventional garden and the other in an organic garden. The third tomato came from […]

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Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Treating Rust on Metal Railings

Rust on metal railings is caused by a number of conditions. Most common is wear and tear on the paint protecting the metal from rusting. As paint ages and dries out, it cracks, letting moisture attack the metal to start the rusting process. Scratches and nicks in the paint will create the same situation. Metal […]

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Getting Your Hands on a Good Pair of Gardening Gloves

The next best thing to gardening is owning the best pair of
gardening gloves. Gardening gloves is the basic gear that the
gardener in us needs. And a good pair of gardening gloves should
always be found in a gardener’s tool box. Why? Because gardening
gloves protect your hands from thorns, sharp objects found in
the garden, rough work and […]

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Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Get your Lawn Mower prepared for winter.

The days are getting shorter. The nights cooler. And finally, your grass has stopped growing. Looks like it’s time to store your lawn tractor or lawn mowers for the winter.
The key thing to know about outdoor power equipment is that their number one enemy is dirt. And their number two enemy is condensation. So start […]

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Thursday, April 10th, 2008

How To Analyze Any Property In Less Than One Minute Flat!

How many times have you seen a run down vacant property and thought to yourself…that would be a good investment? You see it for several weeks or months and do nothing about it and all of the sudden you see someone is now rehabbing it and you see a “for sale” or “for rent” sign […]