Category: Lawn & Outdoors
Take Recycling to a New Level with Bokashi
The average American household has become accustomed to recycling. Diligently separating out the paper and cardboard items from glass and plastic households appropriately sort their trash for disposal. On trash day the generic household trash is carried to the curb and is set next to the pre-sorted recyclables ready to be picked up by the [...]
Hayward Automatic Pool Vacuums
If you own an above-ground pool and don’t want to spend your time vacuuming the pool, stop reading this article and go get yourself a Hayward vacuuming critter. Hayward makes a family of above ground pool vacuums. They are appropriately named Wanda the Whale (the one I purchased), AquaBug and Diver Dave. The vacuums cost [...]
How to Maintain a Properly Functioning Pool Pump
The beauty of having a pool is that it can provide hours of family fun and a refreshing respite to the hot summer’s heat. The downside to having a pool is that sometimes your filter and pump don’t function properly and you have to spend time troubleshooting it. The best way to determine if your [...]
How to Kill Spiders Naturally with Diatomaceous Earth
It is possible to kill of spiders, ants and other yucky bugs the natural way. All you need to do is buy a bag of diatomaceous earth. That’s pronounced – dahy-uh-tuh-mey-shuh s earth. It’s a mouthful, but it’s a great all natural, non chemical item to have around the house for killing all types of [...]
How to Make a Homemade Solar Oven
Solar power has a wide array of uses, like using it in to power cars, small boats, and homes. You can also use solar power to cook food through the use of a homemade solar oven. You do not have to be a professional to take advantage of the sun’s energy since it is simple [...]
How to Repair a Lawn Damaged by Dog Urine
If you own a home and a dog, you are familiar with the dreaded lawn burn patches caused from dog urine. It seems that Fido has an uncanny knack to never pee in the same place twice. If Fido urinates three or four times a day, you can bet your lawn will have three or [...]
