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Landscaping & Gardening - Tips and Tricks
Sometimes, a short and to the point tip or trick can be immensely useful. Here, we try to list as many useful tips as possible
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How to seed your lawn!
May it be a patch or a new lawn specific steps are required for seeding a lawn and ensuring a beautiful result. I assume you're reading this because you're a do it yourselfer (DIY) so here are the steps I recommend:1) Get good quality top soil2) You'll need a "Starter" fertilizer, Lime and grass seed common to your area (look for low weed content under 0.2%)3) Spread the top soil with a rake4) Using a rotary or gravity spreader, spread the "Starter" fertilizer, then the lime and finally the seed...
submitted by Jean-Simon Plouffe on Jun 6 2011 under Landscaping & Gardening | How To's
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How to get rid of weeds? Greener option...
Want to get rid of weeds like dandelions and you don't want to use heavy pesticides? Again I'm not much for product placements but show me a product that works that I can use and I'll be happy to promote it. I've tried a few products and the most effective I've come across is the Scotts EcoSense WEED B GON made with iron. Check the following link for details: http://www.scotts.ca/smg/catalog/productTemplate.jsp?proId=prod10440002&itemId=cat10130002 If you have a lot buy the big container w... submitted by Jean-Simon Plouffe on Jun 7 2011 under Landscaping & Gardening | Go Green | How To's
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Start Composting! How to make your own bin for under 15 dollars!
For years, I have been thinking of composting. I thought it would be great to turn things that we might normally put into the trash into rich soil for our garden. Of course the price of most composting bins even the simple ones can be quite high and my wife wasn't to keen about getting into it anyways... Here are a few reasons to compost: · Food and yard waste can be put into the composter, rather than going to the landfill in a plastic bag. · Soil tha... submitted by Jean-Simon Plouffe on Aug 4 2011 under Landscaping & Gardening | Go Green | How To's
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