Category: Lawn & Garden
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How To Restore an Outside Plastic Bench that is Powdery and Oxidized
Today I decided I had a little extra time so I started looking for something to do to improve the front yard. Near my front door I have an Outside Bench that is made of heavy plastic. It is still in decent shape since it doesn’t see much use other than to be a place…
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How To Prevent Pests from Entering Your Home
In this How To a friend is asking about the best way to seal their foundation and areas at ground level to help prevent pests from entering their home. We have crickets and mice during the summer so we need to fill the cracks between our siding and foundation. We tried to caulk it with…
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How To Avoid the Biggest mistakes of a Beginner Gardener
Over the past few months we have been talking with gardeners and asking them what are some of the biggest mistakes you made when you first got into Gardening. This How To will cover some of them in hopes that you can avoid them. Over Planting and Not Pruning The first mistake that many people…
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How To Clean Up a Backyard Walkway and Concrete Steps
One of our friends asks about their backyard. Its spring and they recently purchased their home and they want to clean up the backyard and make it more usable. One of the projects they have in mind is an area around some concrete steps that are in disrepair and they want to connect the area…
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How To Setting Fence posts
One of our readers asks about installing a new fence in their backyard. They are at the point of setting the posts and want to know how deep they should be and how much concrete to use when installing them. When you are setting fence posts you only need to set the first one and…