Your garden isn’t flourishing as well as last season, and some of your favorite flowers aren’t as sizeable, or they are perishing faster than previously before. You may wonder if it’s due to nitrogen-deficient soil and, if so, how to add it to soil anyway? Add nitrogen to soil with organic or non-organic fertilizers. Organic…
Only a few things in life taste better than a couple of grilled sausages served alongside baked beans and potato wedges. The traditional breakfast plate is a delightful treat to start your day with, but if the sausages smell weird, that’s your cue to worry. So, how to tell if your sausage is spoiled? If…
The maple tree is a magnificent feature in any garden. They are easily identified by the brightly colored flowers in spring and autumn display of magnificently colored leaves that brighten up the landscape. Maples are also synonymous with their whirlybird or helicopter-type seeds that spiral their way down to the ground as they drop from…
After spending hours maintaining your yard and making everything perfect, just the way you want it, the last thing you need is for some dog poop to show up and ruin everything. This can be not very pleasant, especially if you do not own the dog. So how can you keep a dog from pooping…
Frog populations boom during the rainy season when there are lots of puddles and damp nooks and crannies for them to hide in during the day. Many people, especially those with pools or ponds in their yard, have problems with frog infestations. To get rid of frogs in the yard, remove standing water sources, mow…
Although “grass-cycling” your grass clippings by leaving them on your lawn to filter down and decompose is a great idea, sometimes you have too many clippings to leave. How do you store grass clippings so that you can use them later? To store grass clippings, you can dry them and use them as a mulch…
So I recently tried a recipe from Todd Toven he self named the Toddilini. I thought it was good but felt it was missing something. So after some experimenting I’ve reworked his Toddilini and created this awesome Pesto Tortellini with Kielbasa Sausage on the Blackstone Griddle. This Pesto Tortellini with Kielbasa Sausage is a nice,…
The reason arborvitae trees are so popular around the world is how hardy they are. They can withstand extreme temperatures and weather conditions, from moderate droughts to ice and snow. So, what’s the catch? Well, they need to settle in first! Most new arborvitaes die in the first year of being placed in their new…
Picture this: you’re sitting on your porch, enjoying the warm, summer weather. Then, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something slithering close by. You jump and scream, fearing the worst. You’re thinking, “Could it be a snake? A baby alligator? Worse?” You dare yourself to take a peek. Only, it isn’t big…
Washing your clothes and gear after hiking is always a hassle, but it’s a new level of challenge when there’s a bunch of burrs clinging to your clothes and hair. These sticky seed pods are a force to be reckoned with! Their hook-like barb design looks exactly like Velcro and sticks to your hair like…