We’re supposed to have an acre plot here at home, but I’ve never had it accurately measured. So how do you go about doing this? To measure a rectangular lawn, simply measure the width and the length with a tape measure, then multiply these together. For uneven-shaped lawns, you can use Google Earth, online measuring …
Our neighbors have let parts of their Buffalo grass lawn go to seed, and as a lawn nerd I think it looks awful. So how should they go about dethatching it, and do they really need to? You can dethatch a Buffalo grass lawn by mowing frequently during the growing season, lowering the cutting deck …
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The new part of our lawn by our extension is pretty good as it’s just been seeded. However, the part by the old house is really bumpy. So how do we flatten it? Check your bumpy lawn by dragging a long two-by-four on a rope and marking the holes to fill. If they’re under one-half …
We’ve used landscaping fabric with varying degrees of success in our yard over the last ten years, so is it fully porous or not? Landscape fabric is designed to let water through and stop it from evaporating out of the ground. It comes with a non-porous coating to help roll it out more easily, but …
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We’re considering putting some bagged mulch from the store on our flower beds, but will it be treated for termites, and will the mulch itself attract them? Some store-bought bagged mulch is treated with pesticides to deter slugs, snails, ants, and termites, but other types of bagged mulch are not, so always check the label …
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We had an old ride-on lawn mower once that had a dead battery. I tried to recharge it but the battery had been damaged over the winter and couldn’t hold a charge, so we ended up buying a new one (battery not mower!). So how do you test and charge a lawn mower battery so …
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Me and my young daughter have searched the garden for a four-leaf clover in the past but never found one. So do they actually exist or is this a myth? Four-leaf clovers do exist, and scientists say the chance of finding one is about 1 in 10,000. In Ireland, the Emerald Isle, your chances of …
We’ve all been told by our parents not to eat yellow snow, but in general, is not eating snow actually really good advice? (After all, Mike and Sully in Monsters Inc were all too happy to chow down on the Abominable Snowman’s ‘lemon’ snow cones 🙂 ). It’s not safe to eat snow as it …
My aunt had a budgie that she kept out on the porch in the summer, but it always spent most of its time inside. So can you keep these popular birds outside permanently? Budgies should not be kept outside, as when the temperature drops below 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit they can get uncomfortable and could get …
Our household is pretty green, we do our recycling every day and try not to be wasteful. But it got us thinking if we could do more – and recycle our grey water too? Grey water is wastewater from the laundry, baths, showers, bathroom and kitchen sinks, water barrels and hot tubs. The easiest way to …
