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		<title>How To Build A Stone Paver Walkway</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t work in every environment and yard, but if you want to make a walkway or even a patio in an area that&#8217;s relatively flat and well-drained then putting down a dry-block sidewalk could work well for your home. Using stone allows you to customize the look and feel of your walkway much more than you can with cement, laying block without using any sort of mortar is much faster than spreading your own cement and letting it dry and the overall process is much easier for the average homeowner who doesn&#8217;t have a lot of concrete experience. You&#8217;ll need to be up for some physical labor but the process is pretty easy once you get going. Because this project includes some digging you may want to call 811 and have any utility lines marked out ahead of time. To install a dry-laid walkway you&#8217;ll only need to dig down about 5 or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Rid of Stinkhorn Mushrooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 mushrooms, but they all have similar characteristics.  Most appear very quickly, a good number of them look pretty phallic in nature and they multiply by secreting a foul-smelling chemical that does, as their name implies, stink.  The variety of stinkhorns we had smelled a lot like dog feces in our front flower bed.  The stink is important because it attracts lots of flies (just as dog poo would) and those flies land on the mushrooms, getting their feet covered in the ooze.  When the flies land somewhere else they take with them some of the ooze as well as spores which can later grow more mushrooms. Our stinkhorn mushrooms first showed up in August of last year.  I first tried to get rid of them by just putting on an old work glove and pulling them out of the ground, but the next day they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor Electrical Cord Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s summer, so that means it&#8217;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&#8217;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 electrical tools in your shed or garage. And while battery-powered tools are great for small jobs, nothing beats the efficiency and power of a good corded electrical tool, whether it&#8217;s an electric lawn mower, hedge trimmer or weed trimmer. That being said, using corded electrical tools in your yard can be dangerous and even deadly if you don&#8217;t take some basic precautions. Here are some of the things you should pay attention to if you want to keep your tools (and yourself) safe and in good working order all year around: Use The Proper Cord: This is the most basic thing you can do to stay safe, yet many people ignore it. Electric tools now list somewhere in the packaging or manual what cord length and gauge of cord should be used with the tool. These specs are based on the power draw of the device [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Rake Mulch Evenly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 to settle in the low spots over time and the high spots will become bare. That means that I have to bring out the garden rake and get to work. Garden rakes work great for a variety of things, but making dirt or sand or other materials perfectly flat and even can sometimes be difficult. Like every other home gardener I push and pull the rake back and forth over the hardened dirt with the tines of the rake to not only loosen the soil a little bit but to also help spread it around more evenly. But after raking anything like dirt you often end up with lots and lots of little ridges through your soil so that it almost looks like you&#8217;ve striped the ground with tiny mountain ranges. When you&#8217;re spreading anything thicker like mulch or large stones then you have another problem: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Way To Get Rid of Dandelions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 01:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wouldn&#8217;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 a foot high in the right weather, they have a single bright yellow flower at the top of a thick stalk and within just a few days their flower can turn into an inviting white cotton-ball just waiting to be picked and blown by apart by the kids. Using a weed puller like this to rip dandelions and their roots from the ground is the best way to get rid of them. Compared to some other weeds, dandelions are a pretty easy weed to kill and get rid of once they appear. They&#8217;re big and they can easily be spotted in a lawn or flower bed. They&#8217;re prolific and there&#8217;s almost no way to fully prevent them from appearing here and there, but when they do begin growing there are lots of things you can do to get rid of them or kill them off for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Buy A Lawn Mower</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again when lots of people begin thinking about buying a new lawn mower. Whether you&#8217;re a new homeowner who is mowing your lawn for the very first time or your old lawn mower simply won&#8217;t start, when you start shopping for a lawn mower for the first time it can be a confusion filled process of trying to compare hundreds of different options and features. The reel mower has zero emissions, is very affordable and can help you get a good work out. Factors Affecting The Type of Lawn Mower You Need Before you even walk into a home improvement or hardware store you should really think about your exact needs and even desires when it comes to buying a lawn mower. There are literally hundreds of models and types of mowers available, so having some idea of what you really need will help you when you begin comparing different brands and options. Here are some of the things you&#8217;ll want to think about and maybe even have written down before you go mower shopping: Yard Size: Square footage of mowing area is helpful, but just generally thinking about whether or not it&#8217;s a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repairing A Lawn Mower That Won&#8217;t Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;re just rolling the mower out of the garage or shed after a long, cold winter. If you&#8217;re stuck with a mower that won&#8217;t start then you&#8217;re going to have to do a little mower troubleshooting and maybe even a little bit of minor repair work to get everything running again. The best way to work through almost any problem with a mechanical tool like a lawn mower is to take it step-by-step from simplest solution to the more complex. So let&#8217;s begin: Quick Lawn Mower Fixes A good small engine repair book can be worth its weight in gold if you have several mowers or lawn tools to keep running. Check the gasoline in your mower: This is quickest one to fix. If you properly winterized your lawn mower when you put it away for the season then you probably don&#8217;t have much, if any, gasoline in the tank. You&#8217;ll want to put some fresh gasoline in, prime the engine and turn it over a few times with the started just to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curb Appeal Ideas for you Home</title>
		<link>http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/30-cheap-and-easy-curb-appeal-ideas-for-you-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 lots of quick and affordable things you can do to increase your home&#8217;s natural looks and charm on the outside. There are lots of great books filled with curb appeal ideas. Most of the curb appeal ideas below can be completed in just a weekend or two and, depending upon your house, under several hundred dollars if you do the work yourself. A little time and effort spent on making the outside of your home and property look good can help sell your home fast if it&#8217;s on the market and it can even increase your home&#8217;s selling price in some cases. Here are 30 quick and affordable curb appeal ideas. Porch/Front Walk Add Planters &#8211; Simple planters on your front porch make it easy to update flowers and plants for the season without ripping out entire flower beds. Balance The Entryway &#8211; Most people like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Way To Bag Leaves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;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&#8217;s only half the battle when it comes to cleaning up your yard. If you live in a community that requires you to collect your leaves in paper or plastic bags, then you know that bagging leaves is a lot more arduous than just raking them up. Fortunately, there are lots of different gadgets and methods you can use to help you put your leaves into bags. Most leaf bagging systems help you hold the bag open or help you put the leaves in the bag and some do both at the same time. This leaf bag frame keeps bags open for you. Leaf Bag Holders and Openers Frame Bag Holders There are two philosophies when it comes to lawn and leaf bag holders. Some are designed to open existing bags and some are designed to simplify the process of getting leaves into paper or plastic bags. Leaf bag frames, buckets and carts can often be lined with a paper or plastic bag and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do About Brown Grass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, what is the photo on the right? Is it a photo from Africa&#8217;s Serengeti National Park? It is the remains of a foolish attempt to grow a lawn in the Arizona Desert? Maybe it&#8217;s a farm that specializes in growing hay? Sadly, it is none of those things. It is, unfortunately, my back yard. I live in New Jersey where we&#8217;ve been suffering from a heck of a drought for the past three months. In March we had double the amount of rainfall we normally get, but for April, May and June we&#8217;ve actually had only about 50% of the rain we normally get, so a lot of yards around my area look just like my back yard: mostly brown and nearly dead due to a lack of water. I know that my grass is brown from a lack of rain and water restrictions in my town prevent me from doing much about it. Is My Brown Grass Dead? Yes, my grass is brown and actually a bit crunchy to walk across (never a good sign). The question of whether or not my grass is completely dead is still an open one. You can find out if brown grass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Cut High Grass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 height, there are times when you simply have to cut your grass more than that. Maybe you just bought a house and the yard was uncut for several months or maybe you went on a long vacation and came back to an extra high lawn or maybe the summer rain was just coming down too frequently for you to get out and do some proper grass cutting and your high grass started going to seed. One method for cutting tall grass is to mow paths that are only half as wide as your mower deck. Whatever the issue, cutting tall grass is something you want to be careful with and do properly or you could end up damaging your lawn mower or even seriously injuring yourself or others. Here&#8217;s what you need to do if you&#8217;re faced with the need to cut down some tall grass. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troy-Bilt TriAction Lawn Mower Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 09:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy-Bilt has always been a well-known brand when it comes to lawn mowers, but this year they&#8217;ve come out with a new line of lawn mowers that feature their new &#8220;TriAction Cutting System™&#8221; which is a collection of improvements designed to cut grass and mulch grass better than other mowers. The Troy-Bilt TB230: One of a new line of TriAction Lawn Mowers A month or so ago Troy-Bilt contacted me after noticing how often I used my Troy-Bilt chipper vac and asked if I would like to review one of their new walk-behind mowers with this TriAction Cutting System™. In exchange for a fair review, I was given my choice of a Troy-Bilt mower and I went with the model that Popular Mechanics picked as one of their most popular lawn mowers: the Troy-Bilt TriAction TB230. It was also the most affordable mower of their picks. What follows is my review of the Troy-Bilt TriAction TB230, the good and the bad. Lawnmower Details The new Troy-Bilt TB230 is getting a lot of attention because it offers a good mix of popular lawn mower features and details that are often found on higher-end walk-behind mowers but it still retails for under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Lawn Grass Go To Seed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 10:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a long running debate in lawn and garden circles about whether you should ever let the grass in your lawn go to seed or whether you should always cut it before it gets to that point. To paraphrase Shakespeare, &#8220;To go to seed or not to go to seed?&#8230; That is the question!&#8221; My grass is going to seed&#8230; While most of us cut our grass fairly regularly before the top of the grass blades can flower and start to form seeds, there are some people who believe that actually letting your grass grow long enough to go to seed is actually a good idea for some lawns. Generally, lawn experts tend to be against letting grass go to seed, but the theory that a lawn that goes to seed will grow more from one year to the next is at least intriguing. For most plants in your garden if you just let the plants grow and drop fruits or vegetables full of seed from one year to the next you&#8217;ll typically find more of the same plants growing next year. And, really, that&#8217;s how grass normally takes over a field: it grows, drops seeds and grows some more, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotts EZ Seed Turf Builder Review&#8230; Growing Grass On A Brick</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was finally able to use my $5 coupon for Scotts EZ Seed this year at a local hardware store, so I decided to follow through on my original plan of running a side-by-side review of Scotts EZ Seed Turf Builder product vs my own fast method for growing grass. Scotts EZ Seed is now available from Amazon.com! Scotts claims their EZ Seed product can grow grass on a brick and I&#8217;ve even seen a few demonstrations in the stores where that appears to be the case. All you have to do is keep the product wet and it will eventually start growing. So I decided to test their &#8220;grow grass on a brick&#8221; claim because while it sounds outrageous it really isn&#8217;t a very far-fetched idea. But first, we have to talk about what we have here. What Is Scott&#8217;s EZ Seed? If you buy some Scott&#8217;s EZ Seed at a local store the first thing you&#8217;ll be struck with his how light the package is. You expect it to feel like you&#8217;re picking up a big container of bird seed or grass seed, but it&#8217;s really much lighter than that. While a similarly sized container of seed might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using A Chipper Vac in the Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that it&#8217;s officially spring I&#8217;ve found myself using my chipper vac more than I ever thought I would. A few years ago I bought and reviewed my Troy-Bilt chipper vac just as the leaves were really starting to pile up. It wasn&#8217;t cheap, but the way it sucked and ground up leaves and the time it saved made it a worthwhile investment in my mind. A chipper vac like this one can make quick work of yard cleanup almost any time of the year. I&#8217;m mentioning this because now might be a good time to start looking for chipper vac. I fully intend to save some money this summer by buying a snow blower in July, and buying a chipper vac in the spring time seems like another good way to save some cash on a major piece of gardening equipment. Spring is an &#8220;off&#8221; season for chipper vacs so you might find some good deals on used or even new chippers and leaf vacuums as people clean out their garages and stores clean out last year&#8217;s unsold inventory. With the warmer weather creeping into the forecasts, I&#8217;ve been spending some of my weekends working outside and trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips For Growing A Great Lawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many homeowners take pride in having a beautiful lawn. However, it is often difficult to grow and maintain a healthy lawn all summer. Dry weather, bad soil and even foot traffic can all harm your lawn as the summer months wear on. Learning how to plant grass is pretty easy, but getting it to stay green and healthy often requires a little more effort. Here are some tips to guide you towards having a great lawn this summer. An affordable sprinkler timer like this one from Amazon.com can make sure your lawn gets the right amount of moisture every day. First off, if you are planting from seed you want to make sure you have good quality grass seed that is suited to your environment. Check out the different kinds of seeds available and read the instructions carefully before deciding which one to buy. Not only that, you want to make sure you plant the seeds in good soil. You should first test your soil’s PH level to determine whether it is alkaline or acidic. PH test kits are available at most hardware stores. Some garden stores will even test your soil for you for a small fee. The soil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Cover Your Air Conditioner During The Winter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s cool in most of the country now and that means it&#8217;s time to go through the last few steps needed to get your home ready for winter. For those of you who have window AC units you should almost definitely take them out and store them properly inside. However, the question of whether or not you need to cover your central air conditioner during the winter still remains a murky one, with a lot of &#8220;heated&#8221; debate on both sides. Here&#8217;s my air conditioner cover after a heavy snow and ice storm. It protected my AC exactly as it was designed to do. First, the basic facts about central air conditioners. The most common central air conditioner system is a &#8220;split&#8221; system which has two parts: the evaporator coils and air unit inside the house and that metal box with a large fan, a condenser coil and a compressor on the outside of the house. Most people refer to that large metal box with the vent slits in the side as the &#8220;air conditioner&#8221; even though it&#8217;s just one part of the total system. We&#8217;ll call it that, too. These professional air conditioner covers are available online and they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Numbers Plaque Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer my wife and I spent a fair amount of time and energy on increasing the &#8220;curb appeal&#8221; of our home and the last official exterior home improvement we&#8217;re performed this year was purchasing one of those fancy new metal house number plaques! Our old house numbers sign before we painted our house. Our previous house numbers were more than likely original to our house: they were black metal letters that were screwed directly onto our wood shingles. They spelled out our house number in script letters and were nearly impossible to see, much less read, from the street. They were also placed on the opposite side of the door from our front porch light, so they were virtually invisible at night. Big hardware stores like Lowe&#8217;s and The Home Depot sell a large variety of metal custom-ordered house number signs under different brand names but they&#8217;re almost all actually made by a sign and mailbox company called Whitehall Products. The plaques are almost always mounted tightly to the wall so you&#8217;re really unable to get a good idea of the quality of them. I decided to write up a little review, just to let people know that those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Control Carpenter Bees With Copper Mesh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carpenter bees are large bees that are often mistaken for bumble bees and are known for their destructive and annoying habit of burrowing into dead wood. For homeowners around the world this means that any piece of exposed wood on the outside of home could become riddled with small almost bullet-like holes that serve as the burrow from which eggs are hatched. Wooden decks, wood shingles, dead trees and wooden house eaves and fascia are all prime targets for carpenter bee holes. The holes that the carpenter bees drill will rarely cause any sort of structural damage, but they&#8217;re unsightly and could open your wood up to rotting in the future. A roll of copper mesh can be used to prevent carpenter bees and other pests from climbing between the eaves and fascia boards of your home. I know all this because about three years ago I noticed some large bees flying around the side of my home and climbing up between the fascia boards and shingles of the side of my home. I also noticed little tell-tale streak of black dust coming down from behind my fascia, which told me something was burrowing up there. I was tempted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Spread Mulch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been spending the last couple weekends creating some new landscaping around my house and one of the projects I&#8217;m dedicated to doing this year is properly mulching my flower beds and trees. In the past I&#8217;ve tried other forms of weed control like putting down plastic and even some fancy chemicals, but I&#8217;m quickly learning that old-fashioned mulch seems to work the best and is almost always the cheapest, best-looking option. Here&#8217;s a little bit of everything about mulch and using mulch around your home. What is Mulch? The term &#8220;mulch&#8221; can refer to a lot of different categories, but mulch is generally some sort of ground covering you spread down in flower beds and around trees to prevent weeds, regulate soil temperature and keep moisture in the ground from evaporating too quickly. Using mulch ultimately means you&#8217;ll use a little less water (because it often keeps the soil beneath it moist for plants) and you won&#8217;t have as big of an issue with weeds. In my experience some weeds almost always find a way to grow where you don&#8217;t want them, but mulch definitely makes the weeding job much easier by severely limiting the weeds. Mulch basically serves [...]]]></description>
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