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10 Tips to Go Green in Your Yard
Help eco-friendly changes take root in your yard. Here are 10 ideas to get you started. |
 
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A Sustainable Yard and Landscape
Bob starts the walkthrough of the finished Punta Gorda home in the yard, which is sustainable and certified as a Florida Yard ... |
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Backyard Chicken Coop Basics
A chicken coop can be a rewarding household fixture. In addition to bringing life and activity to your backyard, home-raised ... |
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Backyard Ponds
A pond or water garden will likely become the focal point for all your backyard conservation. |
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Backyard Wetland
Wetlands filter excess pesticides and nutrients. Many plants and animals find a home in wetlands. |
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Bark Saver
When doing tree pruning work, making an extra undercut with your pruning saw will help keep the bark below heavier branches ... |
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Beveled Fence Post
Here's how to dress up a fence post with a beveled cap. It's easy to do with a radial arm saw. Set the blade at a 45 degree ... |
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Beware Backflow
When water flows backward through the water supply system, it is called backsiphonage or backflow. When that water is ... |
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Beware of Birdseed
Birdseed carries the eggs of meal moths. In hot weather these varmints hatch, eat starch, then pupate and turn into small tan ... |
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Beware of Invasive Vines
If you have bare ground but don't want more lawn, evergreen ground covers are very good. |
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Blower Basics
If you dread the tedious task of raking leaves each fall, you'll be amazed at the ease of using a leaf blower. These gasoline ... |
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Building a Brick Barbeque
Bob and a contractor rebuild the homeowner’s brick barbeque using common brick and mortar. |
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Building a Dry Stone Retaining Wall
Building a dry stone retaining wall is a challenge. In addition to holding back the weight of the earth it is meant to retain, ... |
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Building a Gravel Drive and Planting Shrubs
Bob discusses the new gravel drive and shrub plantings with landscaper Susan Hoffer. |
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Building a Privacy Fence
Bob reviews the progress the Western Red Cedar custom fence designed to block the carport from the neighbors view at his home ... |
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Butterfly Gardening
We aren't the only ones attracted to beautiful flowers. Butterflies need the nectar that many flowers offer to survive. |
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Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai
Bob gives us a final tour of the new lanai and spa. The unique banana leaf shape of the patio posed several contruction ... |
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Choosing a Spreader
Cyclone or rotary spreaders work best with fertilizers. Drop spreaders work best with lime. |
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Choosing a Sprinkler System for Your Lawn
If you think you've had it with hauling hoses to cope with drought, maybe you think it's time to consider a sprinkler system. |
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Clean Cut
Mowing when the grass is wet or with a dull blade can cause the tip of the grass to shred, giving the lawn a brown appearance ... |
