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Pesticide Alternatives
When used incorrectly, pesticides can pollute water. They also kill beneficial as well as harmful insects. Natural ... |
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Pesticide Safety
All pesticides are toxic to some degree. This means they can pose some risk to you, to your children, pets, and to any ... |
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Play Sets: Enjoy a Park in Your Yard
Nothing says childhood like the joy of flying through the air, legs pumping on a swing. Properly planned, a backyard play set ... |
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Pond Safety
If your planning a backyard pond, locate it where it is unlikely to attract unattended children. Check local safety ordinances ... |
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Pools vs. Plants
The chemicals used in swimming pools can injure plants when the filter is backwashed and the water is dumped in the root zones ... |
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Preventing Rodent Infiltration
Your best solution to stop pests from damaging your home is to keep them out of your house in the first place. Here are a few ... |
 
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Preventing Weed Growth Along the Fence
On the other side of the backyard garden Weed Seal was installed along the perimeter of the fence to control weeds along the ... |
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Protecting Your House from Wind
If the area immediately surrounding your house contains trees, outbuildings, trash cans, yard debris, or other materials that ... |
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Pruning Ground Covers
Pruning ground covers is usually necessary only to remove unhealthy tissue or awkward or straggling branches, or to keep a ... |
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Remembering the Gardens of Childhood
The gardens of one's childhood are fleeting images of sunny times with loving parents or grandparents or neighbors. Memories ... |
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Retaining Wall Drainage
Use stone instead of dirt against a retaining wall to aid in drainage. |
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Salt-Resistant Plants
Salt tolerance is different in each species, and even often among plants of the same species. |
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Selecting an Outdoor Shower
Outdoor showers run the gamut from simple hose hookups to fully plumbed and tiled backyard spas. |
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Shaded AC
Plant trees or shrubs to shade air-conditioning units but not to block the airflow. A unit operating in the shade uses as much ... |
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Soil Types
For home sites, the bottom line is pretty simple: You want soil that has good bearing capacity, exerts relatively low lateral ... |
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Sounds in the Garden
Protect your ears from longterm exposure to machinery noise. |
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Special Series: Appliances: Part Six: Outdoor Appliances
Cooking outdoors is about more than just a barbecue grill. Today’s master of the grill can also bake pizzas in the oven, chill ... |
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Splendor in the Grass
Wake up your lawn with designs of tall grass. |
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Starting a Garden with the Help of Children
Our love of gardening oftern begins in childhood. Share your passion for gardening with your child or grandchild and plant the ... |
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The Plantscape
If you're planning on adding to your house, great care must be taken to protect the trees and their root systems from the ... |
