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Declutter It! is all about organizing your home and home office. Here's a list of my weekly post topics: Motivate Me Mondays, Tick Tock Tuesdays, Where's My Desk Wednesdays, Tame Those Toys Thursdays, Find It Fridays.
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Childproof Your Garden
Consumer Reports has an interesting post up right now about childproofing your garden. They’ve got some good tips, but there are some other year round ones to consider as well. Consumer Reports notes the following: Store unsafe gardening items...
Make friends with bumble bees
A few years ago “Colony Collapse Disorder” was big news, and for a good reason. If honey bees do disappear, there goes our primary pollinators for commercial farms. On a nicer note, bumble bees can help fill in the pollinator gap in your ...
How to grow wheatgrass
The other day we looked at the pros of growing wheatgrass, and today we’ll take a look at how you can grow your own wheatgrass. No worries, this is one of the easiest plants you’ll ever grow. Grow your own wheatgrass… You need to ...
Pros and cons of brick garden paving
I like brick as paving large areas of the garden and when used for garden paths, mainly because it looks nice; much more so than say poured concrete in my opinion and it’s less messy and more long-lasting than walkways made of mobile material s...
Monitor your fall garden watering
Monitor your watering is a smart thing to do year round, but during larger seasonal changes it becomes even more important, especially if one of your goals is to conserve water. For example, here in Oregon the rainy season is hitting us. Actually it&...
Great Gardening Tips – Best Garden Blogs
Here’s a round-up of the coolest gardening posts I’ve seen this week… Garden Punks are making strange, but enticing Fermented Salsa with their harvest. Heavy Petal has the goods on an upcoming not to miss show; Michael Pollan’s T...
Control slugs naturally without chemicals
Slugs in the garden can be obnoxious but you do want to try natural control methods first. Many chemical controls for slugs contain a nasty ingredient called metaldehyde which can be extremely harmful to your pets. Another icky ingredient in many slu...
Planting trees by their shape
Yesterday we looked at some general tree planting tips. Now we’ll take a look at some various tree shapes and where to plant them. Pyramid shaped trees – These work well on the lawn along side the street but must be spaced widely apart i...
Keeping kitty cats out of your garden
Post from: Blisstree Keeping kitty cats out of your garden...
Plants that brighten fall gardens
Autumn is my favorite season. I love the colors, I like the rain, I even like when autumn turns super gray for weeks on end (blame it on an Oregon upbringing). However, many people get a little fussy about the gray, rain, and clouds. There are lots o...
