Oct 22, 2024
Sourcing Halloween Costumes at the Thrift
Year in and year out, #thrift and secondhand stores are a source of inspiration for #inexpensive and #crafty #Halloween costumes. Browse the aisles of #donated #clothing and household goods and consider your options: Maybe an’80s aerobics instructor clad in dayglo Spandex? A Mario brother in overalls? A classic pirate in pantaloons and eyepatch? Whatever the […]
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Oct 11, 2024
Clean and Organize Your Garden Tools
A lot of #fall #garden prep involves #organizing and #storing things so they will be useful again when #spring comes. #Clean any hand gardening tools such as trowels and stick the metal ends in a bucket of sand “laced with vegetable oil” to prevent corrosion, says Better Homes & Gardens. Sharpen cutting blades on loppers, […]
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Oct 10, 2024
Fall Tips to Ensure a Lush Lawn Next Spring
Many American families take pride in a lush, green lawn. But a lawn doesn’t necessarily stay healthy on its own; it needs care and #maintenance even as it starts to go dormant in the #fall. Keep cutting it until it stops growing, says Provision RPM, and aerate it once a year. Then, add some fertilizing […]
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Oct 9, 2024
Plant Garlic Now as the Perfect Overwinter Crop
While it’s too late to plant most vegetables, there’s one crop that can go in the ground right now: garlic. Get a seed head from a local grower’s supply or farmers market and plant the individual cloves six to eight weeks before the first frost, Almanac says. Plant the cloves 6 inches apart in an […]
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Oct 8, 2024
End-of-Season Gardening Tasks to Tackle Now
With fall’s chill in the air, avid #gardeners and casual growers alike may be wondering what to do now to guarantee a good season next year. After you harvest any last-minute #produce such as green tomatoes, clean up your pots and garden beds. Pull weeds and add them to the compost heap, Garden Betty advises; […]
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