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The Big Organic Food Trend and Why You Need to Jump on the Wagon

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I am pretty sure that you see the “organic” trend that is happening across the country. Many people are making the decision to go away from foods that are not seen as organic for health or other personal reasons. One of the reasons why there has been this big shift is that people have become […]

Improving Your Home

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This summer is the perfect time to improve your landscape. A paver border around your landscape can provide the beauty that can make your house a home. My home is a 1950’s ranch style home. It is an all brick home. We took red paver bricks and created a border around our front landscape. When […]

Becoming More Eco-Friendly in a Suburban Setting

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Living in the suburbs can be a great experience: it’s a great place to raise children; the school systems are usually superior to inner cities; and there is room enough to hear birds singing and crickets chirping. But all too often, even those suburbanites who want to live a “greener” lifestyle shrug apologetically and say, […]

How To; Make Your Garden up for a Party

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DIY Gardens How to; Making Your Garden Look Pretty – Even if Your Gardening Stinks! Finally, the sun is wending its way out from behind the clouds. And of course, this means digging out the inappropriate shorts, sandals and sunnies combo and getting your mates round for some overcooked meat and warm lager. Sorry, I’m […]

Going Green; Its a way of Life

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It’s all in how we approach greener lifestyles. First off we have to decide what is needed in our lives and then what can we do without that we have become accustomed to. For the most part, people in general don’t need everything they think they do. Start an inventory of things in your life […]

Relax and Garden…

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Gardening can be a relaxing way to improve the way the landscape looks, enjoy the outdoors and burn a few calories. A good way to start gardening is assess the plot of land that is to be worked on. Ask a few questions such as what do I want done here, how much time do […]

Gardening; choose appropriate clothes…

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You want to start a garden, but you don’t know where to start and you’re not sure if you even have the space. This article is going to give you some tips for starting a garden with any space you have available. No space, small space, and larger spaces can all have lovely functional gardens. […]