Category: HowTos
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Understanding Extended Service Plans
Most Manufacturers will offer some type of standard Warranty for their products. This may be a 1 year parts and labor coverage or a lifetime limited service plan. The difference depends on the product and the manufacturer. Understanding the coverage that you have and any additional plans offered by your contractor or retailer is important when…
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How To – Grow Cucumbers
Cucumbers are one of the easiest crops for a home gardener to grow. With enough space, sunlight, water and food cucumbers will grow fast during the summer providing a variety of different uses. From Pickling to slicing up for salads there are a large variety of cucumbers that you can try in your garden. Although…
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How To – Growing Cauliflower
Cauliflower is one of the most popular vegetables for home gardeners. Although many people attempt growing cauliflower from seed doing so will probably result in poor results for the beginner. Belonging to the cole family along with broccoli, brussels sprouts, collards, kale, kohlrabi and, of course, cabbage. Start your plants early in spring or late summer. They like the bright…
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How To – Growing Beets
Beets are one of the easier nutritious plants to grow in your garden. Although most people stick to the beet root you can also eat the greens in salads or cook them like you would turnips. Starting them in early spring they like the bright cooler days of 60F – 70F to promote good growth. Soil…
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Active Solar Heating
Active Solar depends on movement from a collector to the area that the heat will be used. Sometimes the heat is used for water heating and other times it is used for space heating. There are two basic types of active heat collection: Air and Liquid. Hot water heating is a good example of an…