Lawn and Garden Work Has Huge Payoff All Year Long |
| 3/12/2010 9:13:50 AM |
 This weekend it's going to be perfect weather for lawn and garden care and we are going to attack it with a vengeance. The pomegranate tree has leafed out fully, and that means its time to make sure the drip irrigation lines that go to it are fully functional because of all the food crops we have in the lawn and garden, that is our most cherished. As it should be since the... Read More |
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Lawn Care on a Perfect Afternoon |
| 3/10/2010 9:49:16 PM |
 The sun is shining warm rays over a lush backyard framed by bark and flower islands. One of which has a quietly trickling fountain where Robins, squirrels and Crows get their mouth wet in front of a 4-foot white fence. Standing on top of a pine deck about ten feet above it all, the beauty of the day is really making it hard for me to walk down the 30 steps to the lawn... Read More |
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Really handy new hedge trimmer designs. |
| 3/10/2010 6:30:39 PM |
Remember the old style of hedge trimmer? Well, if your as old as I am you do, but for those younger home owners who use a new, modern design hedge trimmer you can be thankful your no back I the dark ages like we use to be. I remember using small electric hedge trimmers that only had about a twelve inch long cutter bar and I had to drag around over one hundred and fifty... Read More |
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Worked on my lawn care today. |
| 3/10/2010 5:32:10 PM |
My lawn care chores seem to start earlier and earlier every year. I suppose this is because I now have more free time to devote to my lawn care work. today I raked in the grass seed I tossed down yesterday and I was very surprised and happy to see the local bird population have not moved in to feast on the fresh grass seed. Last year I would conservatively estimate the... Read More |
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The garden tiller helped with beautiful flowers |
| 3/5/2010 7:41:01 PM |
 When my kids were growing-up, our neighborhood in the northwest were on nice-size pieces of property. I remember many neighbors owning small garden tillers. When spring time rolled around, that is when we would see all our neighbors again after the cold, wet winters. All our garden sheds would open up and out came the lawn and garden tools. Many neighbors would use their... Read More |
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Keeping deer off lawn and garden. |
| 3/2/2010 12:58:26 AM |
| This time of year the Whitetail deer have zeroed in on my shrubbery as well as all the neighbors. Many of my neighbors put out bird seed for the bird's and squirrels but the deer help themselves to this food source along with all the edible lawn plants. A few of the people in the neighborhood also put out corn for the deer during the winter as they enjoy watching the deer... Read More |
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Keeping an Organic Lawn and Garden Benefits All Living Things in Our Yard |
| 2/27/2010 9:00:22 AM |
 We are making every effort to go organic with our lawn and garden care this year because it benefits the soil, the pets, the plants, and us a great deal. It isn't that hard to make the switch to organic lawn and garden care and instead of using chemicals that actually slow or stop beneficial microbiological processes in the soil, we are using natural products to feed the... Read More |
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Great Pocket Tool for Working on Lawn and Garden Projects |
| 2/25/2010 12:11:49 AM |
 We spend a lot of time in our lawn and garden and my husband is always running through the house to the garage for tools, so I thought it would be a good idea to give him tools that he could carry in his pocket so he wouldn't be wasting time running back and forth for things to make working in the yard easier. It takes us about four hours a week to maintain our lawn and... Read More |
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Our lawn and garden is yielding gorgeous flower blooms thanks to wife’s efforts! |
| 2/23/2010 3:41:49 PM |
 There are some things in life, like the little things, that can really remind you of how amazingly beautiful this world is that we live in. Small things like my lawn and garden, which my wife has tirelessly been caring for, as she grows her favorite lawn and garden flowers – which after they bloom are carefully plucked and placed in vases around the house to decorate the... Read More
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Laboring Away with a Garden Tiller for Ribs |
| 2/23/2010 3:33:58 PM |
 One of the quickest ways my dad got me to do any kind of manual home and garden labor was to offer up some kind of great food when I was completed. When he really had a big job the meal of choice was a rack of ribs next to white corn and mash potatoes. If he offered this meal, cooked on the deck BBQ, without hesitation, I’d pull the hedge trimmer out of the garden shed and... Read More |
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Our hedge trimmer keeps yard clean and pristine! |
| 2/23/2010 3:31:57 PM |
 Sometimes you never think about how many uses a device that is as simple as a hedge trimmer would have until you realize that you need to use that hedge trimmer a few times per month to keep your yard looking amazing. My wife and I have worked out a little deal when it comes to our lawn care – I use the hedge trimmer and make sure everything looks great, as well as mow the... Read More
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Wife’s new garden tiller is sprouting fresh veggies! |
| 2/23/2010 3:21:48 PM |
 My wife just got a brand new garden tiller, one that we found online at a great store for an amazing bargain, and it is really served its purposes well. We already have a really nice lawn and garden, but up until recently my wife was only growing flowers – which have come in just beautifully. However, we have decided that we want to start growing some veggies in our garden... Read More
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Barbecuing a Meal and Working in the Lawn and Garden Simultaqneously a Good Use of Time |
| 2/12/2010 7:20:38 PM |
 Winter is coming to a close here in sunny Arizona and it will soon be time to start working on the lawn and garden. We want to get as much of the work associated with our small lawn and garden done before it gets too hot out and all of us are looking forward to spending time outdoors this weekend digging up the prolific weeds, pruning trees, and trimming up the hedges so... Read More |
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I Replaced My Electric Hedge Trimmer With Hedge Shears |
| 2/12/2010 3:37:35 AM |
 We have this big square bush out in front of the house that looks good most of the year until late summer when the outer leaves get burned by the summer sun. It’s right by the front door so you can’t miss it. As soon as the hot weather ends we get out our trusty electric hedge trimmer and remove all of the sunburned outer leaves. The bush looks good again and after some... Read More with Video
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Enjoy lawn care with this item. |
| 2/8/2010 11:39:02 PM |
| Some people, usually men, fuss and spend hours on end with their lawn care and lawn garden to achieve just the right look. And more power to these hardy individuals. Sometimes I wish I were more like this with my lawn care and lawn garden work these days. I use to be very particular about how I cut my grass, where the flower beds and shrubs were located, how they were... Read More |
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Lawn Care Compliments of Mother Nature |
| 2/7/2010 1:45:50 PM |
 Like the Southwest, Southern California for the majority of the year is a sunny place to live. It is nice in some ways but rain is always a good thing. Any kind of weather other then sun is welcomed by this guy. Over the past few weeks, a handful of different winter storm sets came into the area and have dumped a good amount of rain. This is good for a few reasons. For... Read More |
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Fighting To Keep Our Front Lawn And Lawn Gardens Hydrated In High Summer |
| 2/7/2010 1:21:57 PM |
 Every summer I try to take very good care of the lawn gardens at the front of our house but it can be difficult to keep it hydrated because it gets a lot of sun and there isn’t much shade. My husband and I spend a lot of energy on keeping the lawn gardens and the actual lawn itself hydrated so that it doesn’t get too dry in the hottest part of summer. We even use a... Read More |
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During Warm Weather Our Garden Shed Is A Hub Of Activity |
| 2/7/2010 1:01:35 PM |
 Every summer much activity centers in and around our garden shed. You see we keep all of our gardening and landscaping tools and materials in our garden shed. There are bags of grass seed and cement, wood, woodworking instruments, trowels, a garden tiller, a hedge trimmer and everything else that is needed to maintain the outside of a property. There are tools in our... Read More |
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Umbrellas Keep the Hot Sun off Plants in Lawn Garden |
| 1/29/2010 2:37:27 AM |
 I can't believe that I just ordered umbrellas that will keep me up to 20 degrees cooler in the sunshine and a couple for tomato plants we haven't even planted yet. We haven't had much sun for weeks now, and it's chilly here on the desert floor, but I'm planning ahead and want to be comfortable when the clouds depart and the air temperature soars past 100 for month after... Read More |
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Checking the Garden Shed for Leaks |
| 1/28/2010 11:45:05 AM |
 Being winter there is not nearly as much lawn garden work to do unless you live in the Southwest or Southern California. For people like my dad who have been dealing with a few days of sunny weather surrounded by rain, rain and more rain this is a good time to get out to that garden shed and make sure it is resisting the cold weather elements. We learned this the hard way... Read More |
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