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 Sunday, February 12, 2012
Tip of the Day Categories » Landscaping and Gardening

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Tip of the Day Articles: Landscaping and Gardening
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A new use for CDs
How CDs can save plants and trees.
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Artificial grass
With 'better-than-ever' artificial turf-- sales are growing-- and fast?
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Backyard Island Fantasy
Build a simple water-garden pond with a shallow depth of 2 feet or less for a backyard adventure.
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Bamboo-zled
China imports leave some feeling bamboo-zled.
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Better Composting
Planning on building a compost pile? Decomposition can take 1 to 2 years or 6 weeks!
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Bonanza Landscaping
You can propagate your own shrub by clipping a neighbor’s and rooting the cutting.
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Bonanza Landscaping
You can propagate your own shrub by clipping a neighbor’s and rooting the cutting.
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Butterflies are free
Flowers all in bloom? Here's one more thing you need that's pretty, colorful and free.
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Choosing a Garden Hose
The most popular garden hose is 50-feet long, 5/8 of an inch in diameter and is of nylon-reinforced vinyl construction.
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Choosing the Right Garden Hose
The most popular garden hose is the 50-foot, 5/8-inch nylon-reinforced vinyl model.
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Convert Sprinkler to Drip System for Garden
A drip-irrigation system allows you to control exactly how much water will be dispensed, and the water never hits the blossoms.
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Crabgrass (Nip It In The Bud)
Cinco de Mayo is a good day to wage war on your home "turf"!
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Creating a Backyard Tropical Paradise
Here's how to create a little fantasy-island adventure right in your own backyard.
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Deer repellent
Say "no" to Bambi and save plants and shrubbery with an unlikely deer repellant.
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Don't Drink the Hose Water!
Working in the yard? Hot and thirsty? Don't grab the hose for a nice cool drink!
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Dry Water
Leaving town? Plants need watering? How to NOT bother friends and neighbors.
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Easy-Does-It Gardening
When gardening, pace yourself; quit long before you get tired.
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Fantasy-island Backyard
Here's how to create a little fantasy-island adventure in your own backyard.
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Fertilizer Number Know-how
Get educated numberwise when buying stuff to fertilize!
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Flour power
Seeds? Fertilizer? How to 'see' where you've been'so you don't have to do it again.
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Garden care before winter
As soon as plants quit producing, cut down stalks so they don’t lead freezing water into the ground.
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Garden Hose Bonanza
For most applications, you'll want a 5/8-inch x 50-foot nylon-reinforced vinyl hose.
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Garden Trivia Bumper Crop
Dried banana peels provide potassium and phosphorous for roses, vegetables, and houseplants.
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Gardening benefits
Not only peaceful gardening is good for you too (as in shedding pounds).
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Gardening by the Numbers
Remember the plant-fertilizer code, "look up, down and all around."
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Gardening for kids
It's psychologically good for you?and great for kids too?
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Gardening statistics
How much "green" we spend on gardening and what we spend it on.
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Gardens...Talking Trash
Things you've been throwing away could be ?garden helpers? you should save!
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Gauge lawn watering
How to 'gauge' weekly watering so your home's lawn looks flattering?
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Greener Grass on Your Side
Many lawns develop a strange white cast within days of being mowed. Here's the solution to that problem.
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Grow-light Gardening
Bask in the health glow of grow lights!
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Heads-up on Sprinklers
How to check and repair...sprinklers that are worse for wear.
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Hiring a landscaper
What do you need to know when you hire a landscaping pro?
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Indoor Winter Gardeners
For some, winter means no more gardening. For others, they just move it indoors.
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Kudzu (And a Bunch of Sheep)
They say Kudzu is eating the South. So what's around to knock it out? Baaaaaa!
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Kwik Bag "Easy Pick-Up" Pan
A new pick-me-up (for things like leaves) makes yard work clean-ups a breeze!
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Landscaping Bonanza
Spread landscaping out over a number years and spread out the cost, as well.
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Laundry detergent watering can
Recycle something for yourself right off your laundry room shelf.
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Law and Odor
Pesky critters in your garden? Local dogs frequenting your yard? Answer: Skunk Gel...
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Lawn mower $1.00 fix
Ready to mow? Mower won't go? A small-engine fix for your bag of tricks.
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Lawn Mower Tune-up
How to perform an annual mower tune-up for an "Earth-friendly" better cut!
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Lawn mower winter storage
How to store your mower so next Spring, it's an 'up and ready' go-er.
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Lawn Smarts 1: Remote Relaxation
Part one of Lawn Smarts discusses remote fingertip mowing.
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Lawn Smarts 2: Grass-Cycling
In part two of Lawn Smarts, we discuss grass-cycling for healthier-looking turf.
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Lawn Sprinkler Systems
Built-in sprinkler: get it, set it and forget it.
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Lawn Watering
How to "gauge" your lawn watering.
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Lawn Watering Time Check
Watering too much? Not enough? Know for sure...visually and by timing!
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Lawnmower Hibernation
How to wake it up (after a long winter's nap)...and take it out for a spin safely.
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Lawnmower Safety
How to have a beautiful and be around to enjoy it.
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Lawnmower Wake-up and Take-out
With a little care and extra effort, you will have a beautiful lawn all summer long and be around to enjoy it.
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Lots of green = Lots of green
Smart landscaping goes beyond beauty and energy savings, it makes money too.
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Natural Weed Whackers
How to fend off a pesky attacker with an Earth-friendly natural weed whacker!
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Noodlehead Sprinkler
Customize watering for your lawn with this silly-looking -- but clever -- sprinkler head.
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Noodlehead Sprinkler
Using your Noodle to maintain a perfect lawn...You’re noodlehead sprinkler, that is.
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Outdoor Show-biz
Make your home more inviting with easy-to-install low-voltage lighting.
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Pesticide Name Game
Learn how times (and names) are changin'... as pesticides start rearrangin'!
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Plant Pet Protection
Pets tearing up your garden? Launch a counter "offensive" (odor, that is!)
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Planteous Infinitum
It's Latin to me.
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Planteous Infinitum
It's Latin to me.
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Poinsettia Day (and Dangers)
Danger lurks within poinsettias!
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Poinsettia Day (and Dangers)
Danger lurks within poinsettias!
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Poison Ivy killer spray
Here's a Poison Ivy killer spray that'll knock it dead? and save the day?
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Protect Plants From Frost
Frost starts high and travels downward, making it easy for you to protect fragile plants, trees and shrubs.
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Protect Your Green Thumb
There are lots of germs lurking in dirt, take care and you won't get hurt!
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Protecting Plants In The Garden From Frost
Tricks that can help to save your garden during chilling winter frosts.
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Pruning Plants and Trees
Want your house to be a showplace all summer long? Start pruning now.
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Putting Away Garden Tools
How to prevent rust...while winter winds blow and gust...
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Putting your Garden to Bed
As soon as plants quit producing, cut down stalks so they don’t lead freezing water into the ground.
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Robo-mower (and Mo-re)
A new breed of robotics for homeowners.
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Security Landscaping
Beyond "just for looks"...trees and shrubs are another barrier against break-ins.
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Self-start Push Mower
There's a new lawn mower that's a no-hassle, self-starting get-up-and-goer!
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Sharpen Your Blade for Greener Grass
Dull blades make for white lawns.
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Sharpen Your Mower and Get a Greener Lawn
Sharpen your lawnmower blade with a simple hand file and an oil stone.
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Solar Yard & Garden Decor
Add color and excitement to outdoor displays with wireless "de-light-ment!"
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Spring back your lawn
Help your lawn "spring back" after a six-month long Winter's nap.
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Sprinkler into Drip System
The new "p-word" keeps both gardens and wallets looking nice and green.
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Sprinklers vs. Drip
Learn how installing a perimeter drip system prevents moisture damage.
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Storage Box Greenhouse
How to make a mini-greenhouse from something found around your house!
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Storing Garden Tools
Driving small garden tools into a bucket of dry sand stops rust.
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Storing yard tools for winter
How to store lawn and garden tools right... as in clean, sharp, and out of sight.
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Strategic Landscaping
Free "energy saving" starts...by using Mother Nature's "solar smarts!"
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Synthetic Grass
We've come a long way since the Astrodome was erected. Learn about the softer side of synthetic turf.
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Synthetic Lawns Update
What was already good is getting better and better.
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Tree Limb Removal
How to trim correctly and neatly'so it doesn't hurt you or the tree!
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Tree Stump Grinding
Don't let a downed tree "stump" you.
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Upside down tomato plants
Another way to grow 'em up off the ground (and upside down).
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Veggies: What's Hot/What's Not
Today's gardeners grow everything from A to Z.
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Water Garden in Your Backyard
Contrary to popular belief, a backyard pond doesn't have to be a breeding ground for mosquitoes or other pests.
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Watering Hanging Plants
Prevent an indoor flood...with an upside-down trick to catch water and mud!
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Weed Beater
Today, woven-fiber landscape fabrics are the rage for dealing with weeds.
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What's buggin' you?
Learn which bugs are a pests so you can lose 'em, and keep the rest!
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When and Why to Prune
...or something like that! Prune after the last frost and before the first blossom.
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Wild-fire readiness
How to protect your home from fire and flames you may have to fight alone?
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Winterize Your Lawn
How to prepare your lawn for Old Man Winter and Jack Frost!
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Woodman, spare that tree?
Building? Clearing land? Protect existing trees and save those you want to keep.
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Woven-fiber Landscape Fabric
One of the least desirable gardening tasks is fighting weeds. There is an answer!
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Wrappin' Up Summer Gardening
Garden tools perform better and last longer if you remove debris after every use.
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Write it Down
Instead of trying to remember dates for gardening chores, jot down all tasks on a yearly calendar.
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Yard Tool Tune-up
Rusty beat-up yard tools? Take neglected tools out of the "Stone Age."
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Zodiac / Moon Gardening
A different philosophy.
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