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Gardening

Green Ideas for the Family

April 14, 2009
Green Family Ideas

During one of my morning internet strolls, I happened upon a site that lists 100 Ideas for Your Green Family. One hundred ideas is a lot to digest, but I think it’s worth a review.  If it’s too much for one sitting why not institute one or two ideas each week.  Imagine how much of [...]

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Consumer World- A Great Consumer’s Resource

March 2, 2009
Consumer World

If you have not done so already, I strongly suggest that you take a look at the Consumer World website.  In addition to looking through the website, you should sign up for their newsletter. Consumer World has a fountain of information that everyone who buys anything should be aware of.  As a result of a [...]

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Getting rid of Japanese Beetles, Naturally

July 11, 2008
Beetle

Okay, this is more of a request than a post. Does anyone know of natural ways to get rid of Japanese beetles? This request is for a friend of mine whose plants are being eaten by the annoying insects. My plants, for some reason have not been affected. Maybe it’s because they don’t like the [...]

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Squirrel-B-Gone: No More Flowerbeds for You!

June 10, 2008
Pesky Squirrels

It looks like pepper works. In my last post I ranted a bit about squirrels reeking havoc with my plants so I peppered them (the plants, not the squirrels). This morning, I was hard at work on my laptop and I happened to look up and I saw my archenemy, the squirrel stalking (in that [...]

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Can you spell S-Q-U-I-R-R-E-L S-O-U-P?

June 8, 2008
Squirrel

I’m so annoyed with those tiny four-legged garden destroyers that I’m about to scream! They chew up the lawn, they overturn all of my flowers and they constantly toss the dirt out of my flower boxes.  I caught one squirrel mid dirt toss and I sprayed it with the water hose.  The little bugger took [...]

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