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| Removing Gravel From Your Lawn Edge
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Getting the stones and gravel out of the edge of your lawn which were dumped by highway trucks for ice and snow is a tedious job. I found that using a shop vac is much easier and faster and does a very nice job.
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| Posted on: 03/18/2009 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| Gardening: Wintering Plants
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 I always try to winter over some of my yard plants. It doesn't always work, but I'm happy when it does.
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| Posted on: 03/11/2009 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Cheer Up Your Winter Window
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 Just a reminder to cheer up your kitchen window in this wintry weather by growing celery hearts in a glass. I submitted this tip a couple of winters ago and a month or so later, Susan showed us a pretty photo of one that she grew.
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| Posted on: 01/29/2009 | 6 Feedback(s) |
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| Take Photos of Your Garden in Different Seasons
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Throughout the spring and summer, snap photos of your gardens so that when planning the next year's gardens, you can refer to photos and decide what to plant where, what needs to be moved to where, etc. Unless you have a steel trap mind, this is very handy for remembering!
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| Posted on: 01/22/2009 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Time to Get Ready for Spring Gardening
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 It's winter, and I am covered in mailorder catalogs. I often have two or three open at a time, carefully making my selections of what I think I can grow this coming year. I also know some of the stores will have seeds for sale, very soon.
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| Posted on: 01/22/2009 | 4 Feedback(s) |
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| Sandbox Sand for Your Icy Driveway
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Every year, I replace the sand in my daughter's turtle sand box because it gets leaves and pine needles from the yard, but I thought there should be something else I can use this sand for. Then I thought, in late October in Maine, it is beginning to get cold and we are all stocking up on salt for icy driveways and walk ways.
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| Posted on: 01/21/2009 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Scenery: Ice Bush
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 A photo of a bush in our back yard after an ice storm. Beautiful, but it was the matter of taking the photo without falling down that was the challenge here!
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| Posted on: 01/15/2009 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Use Sandbox Sand in the Garden
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In the fall when we put things away, it was always "What do we do with the sand from the sandbox?" Well, I assess what areas of my veggie and flower garden soil needs some soil treatment and divide out the sand box to the garden needing it most.
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| Posted on: 01/15/2009 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Spray Snow Shovel with Silicon
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Snow was sticking to my snow shovel until I coated the blade with silicon. The silicon spray I used was for my knitting machine but I've seen cheaper silicon spray at the hardware store. Now the snow doesn't stick. I like not having to lift the same snow more than once.
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| Posted on: 01/14/2009 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Use A Salt Solution For Your Icy Driveway
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If you need to salt your driveway or stairs, try this. My salt from last winter absorbed some moisture during the fall, and the salt bucket had as much water in it as salt. I scooped up a bunch of both and spread it out and had great results! The water becomes salty, so the water *and* the salt clear the ice! Make it really soupy so the water spreads way out. I tossed a bunch onto my ice-covered driveway from inside my garage door, and half the driveway ice melted.
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| Posted on: 01/08/2009 | 5 Feedback(s) |
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