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Cooling Vines
Vines provide shading and cooling. Grown on trellises, vines can shade windows or the whole side of a house. |
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Creating Summer Shadows
Simple ideas to help create a shady spot to protect you from the hot summer sun. |
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Energy Efficient Windbreaks
Smart landscaping that saves energy and dollars. |
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Exterior Lighting
Exterior lighting is one of the best places to use CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) because of their long life. If you live in ... |
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Feeding The Birds
Who eats what in this feathered kingdom. |
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Fertilizing Perennials
Regular fertilizer applications are necessary for good perennial growth. Apply 5-10-5 fertilizer in a ring around each ... |
 
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Fighting Carpenter Ants and Repairing the Porch
House six of the Elmwood project. The porch rebuild continues with decking, bases for columns and the columns themselves. |
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Fire-Safe Landscaping
Wildland fires destroy hundreds of homes and acres of land every year across the country. Fire-safe landscaping is an ... |
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Foundation Drainage
Consider your finish grade around the house as part of the building process to ensure water is properly diverted away from ... |
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Fountain Features
A fountain, unlike other statues or pieces of garden furniture, works with two senses at once: sight and sound. The pleasing ... |
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Gardening in Great Big Flowerpots
Fill large flowerpots with a glorious assortment of annuals for a colorful, easy to maintain container garden. |
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Gardening Made Easy
A few simple strategies to make your garden less labor intensive. |
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Gardening With Kids: Theme Gardens
Planning a garden around a theme, such as a fairyland or outer space, allows kids to create a growing space that means ... |
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Gardening with Perennials: Ornamental Grasses
Long relegated exclusively to lawns, grasses are now becoming the darlings of the perennial garden. |
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How Gardens Grow
One of the joys of summer is making time to read technical journals and publications that pile up on the floor that have been ... |
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How to Hold a Successful Yard Sale
A well-planned yard sale will leave your wallet fatter and your home de-cluttered. Proper planning, skillful organization and ... |
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How To Repair a Dripping Outdoor Faucet
Outdoor faucets can develop leaks over time. Repairing or replacing the faulty parts will require a few standard tools. |
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Indiana University Greenhouse Tour
Bob interviews Don Burton from Indiana University as he tours a 1955 state-of-the-art greenhouse. He then tours a modern ... |
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Indoor Air Pollution - Pesticides
According to a recent survey, 75 percent of U.S. households used at least one pesticide product indoors during the past year. ... |
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Installing a New Mailbox Post
Replacing a mailbox post is an easy way to spruce up the curbside appeal of the home. |
