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Understanding Weeds - But mostly How to Kill 'em
When I was a child, I loved to pick Dandelions. The pretty yellow flowers were small, colorful, and looked nice tucked behind my ear! However, if one had popped up in the front yard, my hair accessory would have been considered an atrocity!
I ofte...
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Understanding Weeds – How to Kill them?
When I was a child, I loved to pick Dandelions. The pretty yellow flowers were small, colorful, and looked nice tucked behind my ear! However, if one had popped up in the front yard, my hair accessory would have been considered an atrocity!
I often...
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Understanding your Electricity Bill - A Glossary of Terms
If you're shopping around for the cheapest supplier of electricity in your area, there are some terms that you need to be familiar with. Below is a list of the some of the commonly used terms. 1. KWh...
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Understanding your laundry detergent
December 8, 2004
History ------------
Soap has been around for 5000 years. Both the Egyptians and
Babylonians used soap for personal cleaning. Soap then was
a mixture of rendered animals fats and ashes.
Although its bas...
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Unfinished Furniture… Finish It Yourself!
Unfinished furniture has started to become extremely popular in the last few years. As customers have discovered the benefit of buying unfinished wood furniture, the industry has responded with an ev...
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Unique and Imaginative Wall Storage Ideas
Everyone can use more organization in their lives (except those misguided souls who alphabetize their spices, canned goods and color-coordinate their laundry supplies!). Additional wall storage can h...
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Unusual Fruits You Can Grow
Organic gardeners are often more adventurous in their choice of crop varieties. Here is a list of more unusual fruits, many of which are well known as ornamentals, and others perhaps more difficult to find. Permaculture fans may find this list of interest
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Urine Stains In Carpet - Get Them Out
First the bad news: Not all urine stains are removable. The types of damage caused vary according to the urine content. This is determined by the pet's diet, age, sex, and any medications being taken...
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Use A Wallpaper Border For A Budget Backsplash
You can add some splash to your kitchen without spending a lot of money by applying a simple wallpaper border for a backsplash.
You can get a pretty good bargain on borders in the closeout bin at your wallpaper store or home improvement center, bu...
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Use Climbing Roses For Vertical Beauty
Add drama and color to your home with climbing roses. They can be trained around a trellis, a column, or a boundary. You can even let them climb up a wall of your house. Some gardeners are leery of ...
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Use Shelves And Storage Units To Conquer All That Stuff!
(NC)—Stuff! Stuff! Stuff everywhere! The clutter starts to overwhelm. However, life can by simplified and clutter tamed with a few organizational hints and a good shelving or storage system. Planning...
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Use The Summer To Winterize And Update Your Heating Equipment
(NC)-When the sun is shining and temperatures are skyrocketing, the last thing you're probably thinking about is your heating equipment. But, according to the Canadian Oil Heat Association (COHA), th...
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Used But Not Used Up
Some DIY Maintence will put Used tools back in Main Stream Operation: Professional grade tools are made to withstand long hours of use and abuse. Many home shops have a number of Professional grad t...
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Using a Feng Shui Compass
What should you look for in a feng shui compass and how should you use it? A feng shui compass is a very helpful element when it comes to finding out the location and orientation of a house or buildi...
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Using Art Prints With A Minimalist Home Decor
Most decorators traditionally recommend a minimalist décor for many spaces, particularly small spaces such as apartments and guest houses. Unfortunately, many people believe that this means that the ...
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Using Candles in Feng Shui Decorating
The basic belief behind Feng Shui is that there are five elements, some combinations of which create a productive cycle, and some a destructive cycle. When one of these five elements – water, wood, f...
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Using Color To Change The Size Of Your Bedroom
Did you ever wish your bedroom was bigger or smaller? Well if you don’t have enough money to change the actual size of the room, then you can use paint to make the bedroom seem bigger or smaller.
Paint is well known as one of the least expensive an...
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Using Colors in Your Room
Colors play an important part in your Home Decor process. Colors are what give life and personality to your room. Here are some quickies to keep in mind when deciding over colors. 1. If you are usi...
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Vegetable Gardens & Organic Matter
Organic matter improves soil as a growing medium for plants. It helps release nitrogen, minerals, and other nutrients for plant use when it decays. A mulch of partially rotted straw, compost, or undecomposed crop residue on the soil helps keep the soil su...
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Ventilation - A Roofing Issue
Ventilation
This is a topic that is largely misunderstood by the Roofing Industry. Proper ventilation is lauded by almost everyone, and rightfully so, as a key element in roof longevity and energy savings. The impetus to capitalize on the issue com...
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Video Encryption
Video Encryption is an extremely useful method for the stopping unwanted interception and viewing of any transmitted video or other information, for example from a law enforcement video surveillance ...
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Vintage Labels On Tiles
"Everything Old is New Again" It's refreshing to note that gone are the days that countertops and backsplashes have to match. There are no decorating rules.The focal point in your kitchen, wine cella...
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Vintage Plastics; Bakelite, Celluloid and Lucite
Antique and Vintage Bakelite Jewelry plus all Antique and Vintage Plastics including Celluloid, Lucite, Bakelite Kitchenware, Flatware, Utensils and Collectibles have gained significant respect and a...
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Violet Pots
Pot size is important for your African violets because they grow best when their roots fill the pot! Although pot-bound means disaster to many plants, to the African violet it’s synonymous with comfort! A three-inch pot is ample room for small African vio...
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Visions of Sugar Plums and Holiday Safety
Ho, Ho, Ho, Holiday greetings to you! Every year at this time I can't help but notice the beautiful holiday lighting and adornment. It's great to see that even homes with a "For Sale" sign on the fro...
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