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A small seedless watermelon, cut in half.

Use Your Own Mind When Making PurchasesWhat is a 'benhad'? It's not the lowest soldier rank in Xerxes Persian army, nor is it the latest hair style craze by Lauri Pedaja. A benhad is simply a person who has been had by the system.

Testing Bargain Camellias (And Other Plants) - Camellia October Magic-Orchid

Testing Bargain Camellias (And Other Plants)The above picture is of a new variety of camellia. If I am correct, it is one of a series called 'October Magic', this particular variety being named 'Orchid'. Most camellias bloom late winter to early spring.This plant is said to bloom in fall, at a time when there is little else in bloom. I like that.

Clean Fridge And Freezer Interior With Peroxide - bottle inside the freezer

Clean Fridge And Freezer Interior With PeroxideFor years I've used baking soda to clean inside my refrigerator and freezer. I've found something I think I like better. Peroxide.

Photograph Your Garden In Early Light - yellow New Day rose bud

Photograph Your Garden In Early LightI haven't had camera as long as most of you. I've just been picking up bits of information as I need it. I wouldn't know an 'f' stop from a short stop with the New York Yankees. I've always heard though about the wonders of early morning light. It is a great time to take pictures.

Taking Multiple Cuttings From A Rose Bush - trim most of the leaves off of the stems, leaving 2-3

Taking Multiple Cuttings From A Rose BushThis past spring, I bought a floribunda rose named 'Summer Romance'. A $15 rose for $3. It was 1½-2 feet tall. Since that time, it has grown to over 6 feet. It has not bloomed.

A large argiope spider on a wood fence.

Argiope ~ The Writing SpiderWe, and most of our neighbors, had gardens. They were always home to several writing spiders. With this spider being very active during the day, it was not uncommon to encounter a few during any visit to the garden.

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Cleaning Mold From Vinyl Siding - arrow pointing to cleaned area

Cleaning Mold From Vinyl SidingIn another post, I mentioned having used equal parts household chlorine bleach and white vinegar to remove green mold growing on the vinyl siding facade on the north side of my home. It is quite effective. But, I've found something much better, a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution.

Homemade Panko Breadcrumbs

Homemade Panko BreadcrumbsI had never used panko. I bought a can out of curiosity. I thought it was OK, but I also thought I could do better. I did do better. This homemade panko made with fresh baked French bread is far better than what you buy after it sits on a shelf for who knows how long.

A 15w LED lightbulb in a package with a loose one next to it.

Comparing CFL And LED LightbulbsI have three 48 inch double fluorescent lamp fixtures mounted under an upper kitchen cabinet. I use them to start seedlings during late winter. Over time, all the 40 watt lamps have dimmed. Even when new, these 6 lamps did not produce near the light my plants needed. At a cost of $30.00 to replace all lamps. I decided to go a different route.

Wear Gardening Gloves For The Unexpected - pampas grass

Wear Gardening Gloves For The UnexpectedSome time back I wrote an article on the importance of wearing gloves while working in areas that might be infested with black widow spiders. One might do well to consider gloves when working in other areas, too.

A bottle of roach and ant killer and a mousetrap to keep rodents away.

Keeping Mice And Rats AwayFor many years now, I've had an annual visitor. Never the same one, but always arriving at the same time and always choosing to set up housekeeping in the same area of my home.

The finished lump of clarified butter.

Easy Clarified ButterThere is clarified butter, and then there is ghe or ghee. They are not the same. Clarified butter, or 'drawn butter', as it was called in times past, is the simpler to prepare of the two. It can be used many ways. Essentially, it is regular butter with the milk solids and water removed.

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October Blooming Clematis (Elsa Spath) - light purple clematis

October Blooming Clematis (Elsa Spath)It's been a hard year for all my plants. Things have looked pretty grim all season. I lost so many roses to spores that thrive in the damp. This may be the first year I didn't try something new.

Mini Garden Tour - phlox

Mini Garden TourLast year, early one morning, I put together and posted a very nice tour of a few of my flowers in bloom. This tour was not planned, so don't expect anything fancy.

Cute Little Squirrel - squirrel on a broken branch eating an apple core

Cute Little SquirrelNow there's a nice little rodent. He (?) really seems to be enjoying that apple core I tossed out. Golly, I didn't know squirrels liked apples so much.

A Rose Named Charlie - pink rose bloom

A Rose Named CharlieA friend lives in a house built around 1920. There are a lot of treasures to be found on the grounds. Old, unkempt apple and plum trees. Flowering hedges here and there. Peach trees.

The Most Welcome Bees - on yellow portulaca

The Most Welcome BeesWithout bees, there would be worldwide, mass starvation. Their health and their abundance has been in jeopardy for years. I don't follow this issue closely, but I do make mental notes while I'm out gardening.

Little Duckling Clematis - light pinkish white petals with a darker stripe in the cneter

Little Duckling ClematisI've posted pictures of the Little Duckling clematis a couple of times before. This one is a little different and a little special.

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Undressing For A Medical Exam

Two girls with masks on to prevent respiratory infections.

Use Doctor's Office Masks With Care

Finding a Dish Detergent That Suds

Getting Rid of Stink Bugs

An old fashioned wringer washer.

Frugality Ain't What It Used To Be

Binding a Carpet Remnant

How Do You Season A Baking Stone?

An electric frying pan on a countertop.

Countertop Heated By Electric Fry Pan

A rosebed of pink and red knockout roses.

Almost Care Free Roses

Using Decorative Window Film on a Kitchen Exterior Door - 9 light kitchen door

Using Decorative Window Film on a Kitchen Exterior Door

A pile of hard boiled eggshells removed from the egg.

The Nitty Gritty On Peeling Boiled Eggs

A Vidalia onion bulb with the skin on.

The Vidalia Onion

A hard boiled egg cut in half.

Tips For Boiling Eggs

A wasp carrying a cicada.

Monologue Of A Killer Wasp

What Do Babies Dream About? - closeup of a baby's face

What Do Babies Dream About?

Google's search result for "Who is the Mayor of Kalamazoo?"

Using Google Search to Answer Questions

A sepia toned photo of an old fashioned woman with round glasses.

Organizing Recipes This Coming Fall

Corn Kernel For Rooting Cuttings

Why Do My Eggs Freeze?

Do Wisterias Weep?

Do Wisterias Weep?

Clean Lines For Small Lawn - ivy growing around birch tree base

Clean Lines For Small Lawn

Shop Specifically For Plant Bargains - closeup of phlox flower

Shop Specifically For Plant Bargains

Yellow Potato Harvest - colander of small potatoes

Yellow Potato Harvest

Euonymus As Foundation Planting - 1 year's growth

Euonymus As Foundation Planting

Gift Iris - iris photo in a circular frame presentation

Suggestions for Serving Cold Sautéed Salmon

Peachy Knockout Rose - peachy pink rose

Peachy Knockout Rose

Cleaning 'Ring Around The Collar' - dirty t-shirt

Cleaning 'Ring Around The Collar'

peeling sweet potato with cheese slicer

Sweet Potato Smoothie

Donating Vaseline - a stack of Vaseline jars

Donating Vaseline

The Chicago Peace Rose - dense pink rose with hints of yellow

The Chicago Peace Rose

A deep red rose in full bloom.

Kordes' Dark Desire Rose

Clematis Niobe - beautiful red flower with dark edges

Phalaris Strawberries and Cream variety by rocks.

Phalaris, A Family of Beautiful Grasses

Viola At Dusk - viola lighted by camera flash

A tall purple bearded iris, called "Velna."

Bearded Iris "Velna"

Product Review: Falcon 4 Lawn Grass Seed - pretty green lawn

Product Review: Falcon 4 Lawn Grass Seed

Summer Romance Rose - dark pink rose bloom with tight swirling petals

Summer Romance Rose

An Iris For Betty (Yellow Iris) - intensely yellow bloom

An Iris For Betty (Yellow Iris)

My First Iris 2018 - copper red iris bloom

My First Iris 2018

'Crystal Palace' Clematis - pretty light purple blooms

'Crystal Palace' Clematis

The Beautiful Female Goldfinch - female in the grass

The Beautiful Female Goldfinch

An orange stuffed bear with flowers on its stomach.

Why Do We Keep Keepsakes?

Laundry Detergent Drawer Sachets - drawer sachet made with powdered detergent inside a coffee filter

Laundry Detergent Drawer Sachets

Yellow In My Garden - yellow flowers including pansies

Yellow In My Garden

Clematis 'Elsa Spath' - light purple clematis bloom

Clematis 'Elsa Spath'

Is This Contact Paper? Contact paper design on a window

Is This Contact Paper?

Bargain kitchen shears and a silicone basting brush from WalMart

WalMart Deal Alert: Scissor and Basting Brush

Goldfinches Feasting On Poa Seed - two make goldfinches eating grass seed

Goldfinches Feasting On Poa Seed

Mile High Pansies - pansies in circular bed

Mile High Pansies

Another Wisteria Photo - beautiful wisteria flower

Another Wisteria Photo

Blooming Wisteria - purple wisteria blooms

Blooming Wisteria

A recycled hydrogen peroxide bottle with a Clorox label.

Reuse Peroxide Bottles

A bottle of Roach and Ant Killer containing boric acid, next to a paint brush dipped in boric acid powder.

An Ant Remedy Worth Repeating

Starting Seedlings In Kitty Litter - seedlings sprouting in crystal type kitty litter

Starting Seedlings In Kitty Litter

Will Newspaper Printed with Soy Ink Streak Windows?

A scrub brush being used to clean a serrated knife.

Clean Serrated Knives With Brush

The Pansy Flower - closeup of a purple, white, and yellow pansy flower

The Pansy Flower

A plate of three pancakes with butter melted.

Nutty Flavor Pancakes

Comparing On-line to In-store Paint Color Chips - difference on color

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Trivia About Robins - robin on the ground

Trivia About Robins

A Christmas box with a selection of summer sausage, cheese and jams.

Christmas Gifts: It's The Thought That Counts

Making Throw Pillows - paisley fabric

Making Throw Pillows

A South American woven rug with bright colors.

Use Salt To Prevent Bleeding Fabric Dye

Do Rats Have Flatulence? - nibbled bar of soap

Do Rats Have Flatulence?

A bottle of coconut oil.

Buy Close Outs To Try New Foods

Snowy trees over a fence.

Freezing Carrots - bowl of slices carrots

Freezing Carrots

A cutting of corkscrew vine (vigna carcalla) in a glass.

Overwintering Corkscrew Vine (Vigna Caracalla)

A bottle of styling gel that states "alcohol free!"

Living With Hype ~ Then And Now

Clematis - Belle Of Woking - clematis blooms with viola

Clematis - Belle Of Woking

Eggs placed on rocks to keep them upright while boiling.

Rocks To Keep Eggs Upright While Boiling

A Red Delicious apple on a white cloth.

Washington State Red Delicious Apple

An Ever Changing Rose ~ Playboy - pink and yellow and pink and white roses

An Ever Changing Rose ~ Playboy

Enjoying The Offerings Of Autumn - Piñata rose, orange and yellow

Enjoying The Offerings Of Autumn

An unpaved dirt road through pine trees.

Goodness Still Exists

The Changing Of The Seasons - glass suncatcher

The Changing Of The Seasons

Weigela florida in bloom, with pink and white flowers.

Weigela Florida As Privacy Screen

My Miracle Rose (Pristine) - lovely white rose with a blush of pink

My Miracle Rose (Pristine)

A large cicada being carefully held by a finger and thumb, outside.

A Bug Named Katy (Cicada)

An apple variety called Sweet Tango, with a couple of bites out of the apple.

Sweet Tango Apples

Free Houseplant Soil - hand holding dark leaf compost

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Don't Discard Sick Plants Too Hastily - rose recovered from stem rot

Don't Discard Sick Plants Too Hastily

Making a Frozen Pizza Crust Crispy

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Rose Witches Broom - Dark Desire Witches Broom

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Save Money On Pansies - pansy seedlings in hanging baskets

Save Money On Pansies

Wisteria Serves Double Duty - Vigna blooms in wisteria

Wisteria Serves Double Duty

What Is This Plant? narrow leafed green foliage plant

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Testing a carton of eggs for cracks before purchasing.

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