In early spring, a coldframe or mini greenhouse is useful starting your plants early or for hardening small plants that were started indoors.
Making a cold frame is relatively easy. If you are lucky you can find a discarded old window on trash day if not you may be able to get one cheap from used construction materials center. If not you make your coldframe from new materials.
First decide how large your Coldframe …
Unlike your feed lines your waste lines are not under pressure.
This means that you must always maintain a downward slope when installing waste lines. Never run a waste pipe within a floor or wall at the horizontal this will be asking for future trouble.
When you install Waste lines in your house you can use PVC or Cast Iron pipe. Today most builders prefer PVC because it is light easy to handle and goes in quick. Cast Iron is still used …
When you are diagnosing a problem in your cars charging system it is very easy to overlook the possibility of bad battery cables.
If a cable is bad then you can have a range of problems that make it seem that other components are causing a problem. This can prolong your diagnostics and you may end up replacing items that are still good.
Battery cables are …
With so many people depending on computers and high end electronics in their homes and businesses electrical outages can cause loss of data, corruption of your operating system and basic inconvenience.
If you live in an area that does not see electrical storms or high winds on a regular basis you are still at risk from transformer breakdowns or even accidents that can take out an electric pole that …
According to the EPA every year approximately 75,000 children in the USA are poisoned by house hold pesticides. Most of the poisonings are due to improper storage of chemicals.
A study showed almost 50% of homes with children had poisons stored in an unlocked area below 4 feet high. In homes without children pesticides were found unlocked and below the 4 foot safety level 75% of the time.
Even if you do not have children it is important to store your chemicals safely …
In a recent conversation with a friend they told me of a laminate countertop that they were unhappy with due to discoloration over many years. Although the countertop was in relatively decent physical condition it seems stains, scuffs and scratches were making the countertop look unappealing. They then asked my opinion on painting the countertop and told me of a few websites that had suggested painting could restore the countertop to new condition.
After hearing …
Once a Flower is cut the time that it will last is limited but there are some very simple things that you can do to get the most out of your purchase or garden cuttings.
If you are retrieving flowers from your own garden you want to select flowers that are just about to or just have bloomed.
Stem length will be determined by the type of flower and the condition of the plant. It is …
I like many out there look for ways to reduce my monthly utility bills and alternative energy has been an interest to me since the 1970’s when I first saw a home with panels and asked what they were for.
Recently … I would say in the last 6 months I have been coming across articles on large websites not independent ones claiming that the average person who is handy can build their own solar …
Every bathroom needs fixtures that look good and perform with excellence. When viewing the vast number of choices in a store or online your visual and functional needs can quickly narrow the choices.
Every Manufacturer follows some basic design specs so you can expect to see many of the same mechanical features across all product lines.
First you must pick a model that physically fits your sink top….
African Violets are one of the most popular indoor plants. Requiring a little more care then other house plants they can provide beautiful foliage and flowers.
Water, sun and temperature are the key to healthy plants.
African Violets have about a 10 degree happy zone with a daytime temperature of 72F and overnight temperatures no lower then 62F.
The plant will flower in bright light but they do not like high heat so east or …