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It's Finally Spring! Tips to Tune Up Your Yard
Now that spring has finally sprung, it's time to turn your attention to the yard.This is what you should be doing now.
Cheap Ways to Get Your Lawn Spring-Ready
Get a head-start on your spring lawn. Here's a look at what you can plant now. I'll also show you some affordable ideas to get your backyard or front yard ready for warm weather.
Stone Landscaping - What to Purchase
Your landscape tells your neighbors and friends what type of person you are. Add stone features to instantly give them a good impression. Here are some tips to help you decide which features you would like in your landscape...
How to Build a Fence for Sound Reduction
Whether your house is located next to a busy street, or you have found that your neighbors are a little noisier than you would like, installing a fence may help provide you with some noise reduction. Open panels will have almost no effect on reducing noise levels. A privacy fence that has no spaces
Benefits of Hiring Professional Landscape Designer
If landscaping is not done properly, you could end up with some serious consequences. This simple mistake could end up costing you hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars. Therefore it is advisable to hire an experienced professional landscape designer who can understand your needs and your want
Outside Additions to Your Home
Sports lovers are bound to have some sort of sport addition added to their home.Whether they have a small area in the house where they can practice their putting or have a wall where they can shoot darts, they have something to keep them entertained.
How to Assemble a Railing
Railings can add a nice touch to your home and secure handholds for rainy or snowy days when your walkway is slippery. Assembling a pre-built handrail is a simple task that requires minimal woodworking skill. You can purchase pre-built handrails from most hardware stores.
Solutions For a Broiling Backyard
If you're lucky enough to have a back yard or deck, you've got the advantage of a peaceful retreat away from the world. As long as the weather is acceptable you can do any number of things outside and enjoy the fresh air. But what if it's blazing hot and the sun is beating down on you
Landscape Edging Options
A landscape project requires some type of landscape edging. This helps to define the areas of landscaping, such as flower beds and helps to keep grass and weeds from growing into the flower bed.
How to Restore a Concrete Porch
Restoring a concrete porch can extend the life of the porch for many years. In addition, it can update the look of the porch by giving it a nice clean coat of concrete. Cracks, chips and small pieces of missing concrete can be covered with an overlay of concrete, improving the appearance of the porc
5 Fast and Effective Lawn Mowing Tips
Lawn mowing does not require rocket science, but there are certain tips you can apply to facilitate your job. Many homeowners prefer to mow their own grass as opposed to hiring someone else to do the job. The first step in the lawn mowing process is to purchase a reliable lawn mower for the task at
How to Plant Bunching
Bunching is a term used to describe onions that are picked while still immature. They are more commonly known as green onions or green bunching onions because of the way they are marketed at the grocery store. The easiest way to grow bunching onions is from sets, or small bulbs, which are planted fr
How to Sharpen a Blade
Circular saw blades, like any other kind of blade, can get dull after repeated use, as the straight metal edges of the bevels wear down. And, like any other kind of blade, they can be made sharp again by filing the edges back into the metal. The complication with circular saw blades is their shape,
An Inexpensive Way to Make an Outdoor Chessboard
Add some fun and flair to your backyard or playground with your own life-sized chess board. Making one doesn't need to be expensive. When you're finished, you can buy or make the pieces, or invite people to participate in games with themselves as living pieces.
Repair Advice for a Sears Riding Mower
Sears markets a line of riding lawnmowers under its Craftsman brand name. Craftsman lawnmowers come in various models with different size engines (producing different horsepower amounts), cutting widths and various accessories. Repairing problems on Craftsman riding lawnmowers, however, involves sim
How to Plant in Rocks
Planting flowers in a rocky garden or rock-filled bed is a great way to utilize sloping or naturally rocky soil. Rock gardens are easy to maintain and offer an abundance of visual interest. A wide variety of plants -- such as Dianthus, Phlox and even miniature roses -- are used to fill the area afte
What Type of Paint for Outdoor Furniture?
Outdoor furniture can be constructed of a variety of materials: wood, wicker, metal or plastic. Some paints and finishes work well on some materials but not others. Choosing the right kind of product ensures a beautiful and long-lasting finish.
Benefits of Security Fence and Important Fact About Installing Security Fences
When conversing with the more senior generation, the subject often turns to crime and crime rates and haw these have increased dramatically over the years. Increasing rates of crime and burglary is a truly global problem with no easy single solution. The nostalgic will reminisce over the days of lea
Growing Hops in Virginia
Hops used for beer brewing are the female flower clusters of a species of hop plant first cultivated in Germany. Hop plants are vines that climb and grow quickly, and are best grown in temperate climates with plentiful moisture. The flowers require 120 days without frost to ripen properly. Virginia