There comes a point where repairing or repositioning concrete slabs and walkways is not worth the effort or cost and time. In this case you have the choice of replacing the material with the same thing or changing your design for a new material.
Smaller jobs like 4×4 slabs found outside many front or side doors or even a portion of a walkway that connects your home to the street are relatively easy jobs that …
There are many different choices when building decorative landscaping planting and retaining walls in your garden.
Many people enjoy the look of natural stacked stone or stone with mortar. Other designs will require reinforced concrete that can have a decorative facing applied to its visible side.
For smaller projects you can use wood. Wood should go under the same design planing as any other wall. Most often you will build smaller planting areas with raised beds …
Recently improvements in leaf blowers that have a vacuum attachment can reduce the amount of resulting waste in your garden.
The Leaf Blowers are pretty much the same as they always have been with one important improvement.
Impeller Design for Mulching
Probably through customer complaints manufacturers of leaf blowers that also had a vacuum attachment found that the impeller or blades in the unit would break quickly if made of plastic.
When they reverted to metal they found …
Many gardeners hate the end of the growing season because it means an end to a fresh supply of home grown vegetables.
To get around this you can setup some very nice indoor gardens if you are willing to set aside a portion of your home and provide extra light and heat for the plants in the very cool months of winter but is there an easier way to get some greens on your plate?
Bean …
When you are growing your garden one of the easiest ways to get a jump on spring is to grow your own seedlings or purchase them from the store.
Usually you can pick up a pack of 6 vegetables in a plastic divider tray and bring them home for quick planting. Plants of this type are available in a wide variety from Tomatoes and Peppers to squash, water melon and lettuces.
But what is the best …
There are many areas around your home where concrete products are used and during settling of your home you are likely to end up with cracks that are not structural but should be addressed.
Cracks in foundation walls and slabs are known to allow water infiltration during heavy storms and cracks in your garage slab are unsightly and may result in additional problems.
Filling cracks is a difficult task because you need to apply epoxy throughout …
There will always be debate about when is the best time to perform work in your yard and this includes the right time for planting grass.
The answer is really not that difficult if you take a few seconds to think about it. But there are many factors that you should consider and choosing the exact best time may not be best for your yard.
Fall is a time when all of your plants go dormant. …
Well summer is over and although there are still a few more weeks of warm weather its not a bad idea to take inventory and prepare for winter now.
Having tools that you can depend on in temperatures below freezing is important. Not only will it make life easier if you take inventory now but in the next few weeks you are bound to find sales on items that you may need to purchase.
Fruit Flies are one pest that you don’t want in your kitchen. Although they won’t cause you direct harm like a bee sting the tiny pests breed quickly and can destroy your fresh fruit.
Fruit flies come in many different varieties and for farmers it is a special concern. Although they known for attacking bananas and grapes they will lay their eggs in more then 400 different types of plants.
One female Mexican fruit fly can …
For the sake of this HowTo we are talking about pruning in the context of making large changes, reshaping or curing problems such as disease.
When to prune plants is one of the most common questions for gardeners and if you ask 20 people you will likely get 20 answers as to when the best time for pruning is…
The truth be told the best time to prune is when the job needs to be done …