Category: Lawn & Garden
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How To – Dried Beans As A Long Term Storage Food Source
Long Term Food Storage is important for many reasons including emergency food sources and even for saving money but how long can dried beans really be saved? Adzuki, Black, Black-eyed, Black Turtle, Garbanzo, Great Northern, Kidney, Lentils, Lima, Mung, Navy, Pink, Pinto, Small Red, Soy, and Split-pea can all be dried and stored. A recent…
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How To – Gardener’s Checklist For The Fall Season
Taking care of your garden is a year round task and even in winter you want to make sure that large amounts of snow, debris and wind do not knock down your trellises, fences and cause damage you will need to repair in the spring. However for most of us Fall is the last time…
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How To – Getting Rid Of Home Project Waste Materials & Site Cleanup
In this howto we will look at site maintenance and waste removal. When you are improving your home with moderate sized projects like adding a deck, replacing windows and doors or remodeling a basement or garage there is going to be a lot of waste materials that you need to get rid of. Good management…
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How To – Harvesting Lettuce Seeds For Next Years Garden
When you plant lettuce in your garden unless you have a huge family or only plant a few seeds you are likely to have a few plants that start to get past their useability stage before you can pick them. You shouldn’t look at this as a bad thing because those plants will grow seeds…
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How To – Don’t Waste Your Garden Weeds Use Them For Mulch
Weeds are every gardeners evil foe but did you know that you can use weeds to kill weeds? Like any plant material weeds can be used as a mulch material around the base of your plants. Large plants like tomatoes can benefit from mulch as can cucumbers, squash and any plant where the fruit is…