Home & Garden

Once your baby is moving around, it will become absolutely necessary for you to make sure your home is safe.  Of course, the best way to keep baby safe is to make sure that you always know where baby is and what she is doing.

If your dog is sleeping through the chime of your doorbell, and so are you, why not consider installing a new one?  I know, all the wiring and everything is scary, but, if you are just replacing your old one, it really isn’t and in about a half day you could be jumping off the couch to the tune of a good loud “ding dong” (or any other tune you might want to select).

Great gardens don’t just fill outdoor vistas with scenes of beauty; they also spill over to fill inside settings with color.  Bring the best of the garden indoors this season by growing posies perfect for picking.  There are many beautiful bloomers that will open blossom after blossom when started from seed, and you don’t need years of gardening experience under your belt to raise them.  Get your clippers and vases ready – it’s time to grow bouquets from seed!

You finally got a dishwasher, no more tedious scrubbing at the sink when you’d rather be off doing something else.  But dishwashers get dirty too, and cleaning them is no picnic.  Do you remember the lady that got stuck in hers on America’s Funniest Home Videos?  Why can’t it wash itself?!  I mean, there is hot water, there is soap...why is it so grimy?  Food oils and soap scum combine to create a tougher than nails soil that is nearly impossible to wash off without some serious scrubbing.  No one has to ever get stuck in the dishwasher again with this tip.

First of all the best friend of a carpet or rug is your vacuum cleaner.  Be sure to choose one that has a lot of power and has wands and attachments.  You will have invested a lot of money on that carpeting and on your rugs and you will need a good cleaning tool to maintain them.
Check to find out what kind of carpeting you may have such as natural fibers: wool and cotton or synthetic fibers used today such as nylons, acrylics, polyester and polypropylene olefins.

Did you know that storing cottage cheese upside down will make it last longer?  It’s true, and there are hundreds of other similar ideas like this one that you probably never knew about.

Gardening is not limited to the young and nimble.  Gardening as a hobby or simply enjoying a walk around the garden should not end or diminish due to changes in our physical condition.  As we grow older, our eyesight, flexibility, strength and endurance may be reduced, even though our love of the garden has not ebbed.  Gardens can be designed and adapted to be beautiful and workable by anyone – allowing participation by everyone.

There are many kinds of poisonous plants.  Being able to recognize them is very important.  They can even be found in your yard.  These plants contain substances that when touched or taken into the human body or an animal in small or moderate amounts can cause harmful reactions or even death.  They are in abundance in woods and fields.  Baneberry, Star of Bethlehem and False Hellebore are some of the common plants.  Scrub Oak can be found on roadsides.  You can also find Climbing Bittersweet on the roadside.