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What do you get when you combine a recycled car tire, a piece of cedar, some paint and a smiley-face? A Tire Totter of course—and a great project the whole family can take part in. Materials Finding the tire was easy. We got it from our local service station—free. A 2x6x8 length of Western Red [...]
Even though grass geeks like me link our lawns with grillin’ and chillin’ summer fun, fescue is a cool weather plant and it thrives when it thinks it’s Spring or Fall, so to help get the word out Pennington Seed asked us to share healthy lawn tips we use. Here’s nine easy things you [...]
Warm weather means hose season: Washing, watering, cleaning, Slip ‘N Slide-ing. But your hose has been jammed in your garage/shed/under the porch all winter and it’s a tangled, knotted mess. Untangling it is easy. All you need is a warm day. Lay your hose out in a long line or series of long loops. [...]
Games and special toys don’t have to be stored away in neatly stacked boxes. Enjoy your memories everyday by recreating those pieces into wall art. I was inspired by an old Anagrams game and wooden blocks to make personalized art for our family. The little letters on the vintage tiles seemed just so perfect to [...]
I need to help my dad at the grocery store, of course. There’s a lot of important product inspection that I’m in charge of. I sit criss-cross-apple-sauce in the cart (a pre-truck as far as I’m concerned). It’s safer. So when dad gets sodas, I can’t have them in my way, so I told him, [...]
One of my fave ways to combat weeds and enjoy my lawn is to get the grass on track for long term health, and I’m glad Pennington has asked me to share some of my tips for getting healthy lawn growing. And for lawns that could use some Biggest Loser action weed-wise, my weed loss-program starts [...]
When I’m on a deck or porch site, the way I usually figure out that a scraggly bush needs to be limbed or removed isn’t by observation and planning. That’d be too smart. Check out more from Mark & Theresa in Professional Deck Builder.
Miter-saw set-ups can range from just a couple of sawhorses and a truck bed to something so nitpickingly complicated that I would break it in a week. Instead, I’ve come up with a sturdy and efficient alternative: basically a box notched out to accept the miter saw. Though it’s simple, it delivers continuous infeed and [...]
Many of us who work on our homes consider wood the material of choice for moldings. Yet more and more space on home-center and lumberyard shelves is devoted to synthetic trim. Although the technique for cutting and installing these PVC an urethane products are much the same as for working with wood, synthetics differ in [...]
Compost bins are a perfect way to re-utilize all those kitchen and yard scraps for a new purpose, to help create a more gorgeous garden. When we built our compost bin, we decided to create a simple, yet custom design that fits in perfectly with our yard and style. Detail. We added a little detail [...]
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