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Lead Poisoning and Crock Pots
Crock pots containing lead was the subject of an investigation that started in Salt Lake City with KUTV’s Bill Gephardt. After his investigation about lead in ceramic glazed plates, bowls and mugs and finding high a content of lead in them, his focus turned to ceramic glazed crock pots after a viewer did a little…
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Housekeeping Tip For Your Bathroom Sink
A housekeeping nightmare can present itself around your bathroom sink, floor, shower or tub. Have you noticed how static electricity keeps you from picking up a fallen dry hair… and snagging a single wet hair is next to impossible? For some reason, this is a subject no one wants to discuss… Talking about the hair…
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Lavender – The Romantic Herb
Growing Lavender plants is easy. Lavender is best grown in well drained, dry soil. It does best in Zones 5-8 and can survive Zone 4 if planted in a protected area. French or Spanish lavender is the easiest to grow. English Lavender can be a bit touchy because it doesn’t tolerate hot humid heat.
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Potting Shed Secrets
Secrets in a Potting Shed? You bet. Just check out the “magic” I found in my sister, Sheila’s potting shed. You can just imagine my surprise when I walked into her garden shed and found a bird nest mecca. These potting shed creations have been collected by Sheila for some time now. Her husband Dew,…
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Growing Cilantro In Your Container Herb Garden
Growing cilantro in your herb garden is easy…but in order to have a continuous crop, cilantro seeds should be sowed every two weeks. It’s a fast growing herb and can be harvest quickly. Cilantro looks like parsley. In fact, it’s called Chinese Parsley. If you purchase a bunch at the store, smell it first and…
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Growing And Cooking With The Herb: Parsley
Growing and cooking with the herb… parsley… with it’s celery like flavor… gives a freshness to many dishes. It’s easy to grow and comes back every year. It prefers full sun but… I have found that it flourishes great in partial shade. This garden herb does well in a container garden and is successfully grown…
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Growing & Cooking With The Herb…Dill
Dill is an herb that flourishes well in an herb garden and is a delightful herb to use in your cooking. Growing dill is easy and it does well in the full sun or part shade. Dill can be be planted by seed or plant starts. Sometimes it’s called dill weed because it comes back…
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Hand Garden Tools
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Container Herb Garden Update
Today, when I watered my container herb garden, I thought… you folks needed a little up date on this little bit of fragrant heaven. One of the herbs bit the dust… it was the red basil… which was a disappointment. I meant to run right out and pick up a new plant but was way-laid…
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Unique Garden Decor: A Gazing Ball
A gazing ball can be part of your unique garden decor. Garden ornaments are growing in popularity every year and, I just saw one of the most clever garden gazing ball ideas… so I thought I’d pass it along to you. Perhaps you could add the idea it to your outdoor decor scheme. Nestled up…