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How To Build A Stone Paver Walkway

Nearly finished stone paver walkway.

One of the easiest and quickest ways to make a paver sidewalk for your home is to lay down the stone and pavers without using any sort of concrete or cement. These dry-laid walkways have a lot of advantages over poured concrete. Putting down stone without mortar won’t work in every environment and yard,...
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How To Get Rid of Stinkhorn Mushrooms

Ewww...Stinkhorn mushrooms smell like dung.

I finally got rid of the stinkhorn mushrooms in my flower beds, but it took a lot of work and a fair bit of time. If you aren’t familiar with stinkhorn mushrooms, consider yourself lucky.  These nasty mushrooms are from the Phallaceae family of mushrooms and there are lots of different types of stinkhorn...
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Outdoor Electrical Cord Safety

Almost all electric tools have a cord hook now.

It’s summer, so that means it’s time to use your weekends and evenings to get outside and work on the lawn or garden. If you have a smaller yard or you’re just interested in using landscaping tools that are a little quieter and more energy-efficient than gas-powered tools then you probably have a few...
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How To Rake Mulch Evenly

How To Rake Mulch

I spent the weekend cleaning out and refreshing all the flower beds around my house and one of the problems that inevitably arises is that after a long winter the dirt in the beds has become uneven and hilly. This then means that when I spread mulch in my beds the mulch will tend...
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The Best Way To Get Rid of Dandelions

The Best Way To Get Rid of Dandelions

It wouldn’t be spring without the annual dandelion outbreak, turning green lawns and empty flower beds into seas of yellow and white flowers. Dandelions get a bad rap because they are one of the larger, more visible weeds that almost everyone has to deal with at one time or another. Dandelions can grow about...
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How To Buy A Lawn Mower

How To Buy A Lawn Mower

It’s that time of year again when lots of people begin thinking about buying a new lawn mower. Whether you’re a new homeowner who is mowing your lawn for the very first time or your old lawn mower simply won’t start, when you start shopping for a lawn mower for the first time it...
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Repairing A Lawn Mower That Won’t Start

Repairing A Lawn Mower That Won’t Start

Lawn mower repair is one of those hobbies that almost all home owners engage it from time to time, and no time is more popular than when you’re just rolling the mower out of the garage or shed after a long, cold winter. If you’re stuck with a mower that won’t start then you’re...
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Curb Appeal Ideas for you Home

Curb Appeal Ideas for you Home

Over the past several years my wife and I have been steadily working on giving our old house a little more curb appeal. There may come a time when we’re going to want to sell it and nothing pulls in potential buyers more than a home that looks good from the road. There are...
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The Best Way To Bag Leaves

Best Leaf Bagging Tools

It’s fall, which means football, Thanksgiving fun and falling leaves. There are literally hundreds of different ways to rake and collect leaves in your yard from chipper vacs to tractor bags to leaf blowers, but that’s only half the battle when it comes to cleaning up your yard. If you live in a community...
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What To Do About Brown Grass

What To Do About Brown Grass

Okay, what is the photo on the right? Is it a photo from Africa’s Serengeti National Park? It is the remains of a foolish attempt to grow a lawn in the Arizona Desert? Maybe it’s a farm that specializes in growing hay? Sadly, it is none of those things. It is, unfortunately, my back...
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How To Cut High Grass

Mow tall grass

There are a number of reasons that you could find yourself in a situation where you need to be cutting tall grass that has simply become too thick or too tall to cut or mow very easily. And though you really should strive to never cut your grass more than 1/3 of its full...
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