Monthly Archives: September 2009

Getting Wood Ready to Burn

Getting wood ready to burn in a wood fired smoker or a “stickburner” as we call them,  is a really good trick to know and it is as simple as placing several sticks of wood on top of your firebox. … Continue reading

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How to Season A New Smoker

To season a new smoker or even reseason an old smoker is to get rid of oils, chemicals, cleaning compounds, etc. and to infuse the metal with smoky residue that will make your metal box or cylinder worthy of being … Continue reading

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Build A PVC Greenhouse Row Cover

In this tutorial I am going to explain how I created a sort of PVC greenhouse row cover out of PVC pipe and some cheap landscape timbers and was able to plant crops way earlier than anyone else. For this … Continue reading

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How to Make Compost

In “how to make compost” I will delve into the advantages of composting as well as the proper way to compost, what to use and what not to use. Composting is both easy and very very smart from a financial … Continue reading

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Wide Row Gardening

Just because you have limited space does not mean you need to forego having a vegetable garden. Using a few “smart” techniques like wide row gardening you can use you space wisely and have enough veggies to feed your entire … Continue reading

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Raised Bed Gardening

Raised bed gardening holds many advantages for the gardener as well as the plants. The traditional garden soil is packed down from walking on it and as a result it is not porous and airy like it should be. A … Continue reading

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USDA Hardiness Zone Map

The USDA Hardiness Zone Map and chart should be consulted before ordering seeds or deciding what to grow in your garden, flower bed or lawn. Find your hardiness zone and then you can use that to reference the seed packet … Continue reading

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Growing Tomatoes

Growing tomatoes scares a lot of gardeners.. well.. let me rephrase that: It does not necessarily scare them but I think there is a lack of knowledge in the “tomato growing” arena that makes a lot of people very frustrated … Continue reading

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How to Get Rid of Fleas

In learning how to get rid of fleas there are no easy solutions but knowing the enemy is a great way to begin and I will give you several methods that I have personally used to finally rid your house … Continue reading

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How to Get Rid of Spiders

We have been finding brown recluse spiders in the house quite frequently and so I have been researching how to get rid of spiders. As most of you know.. I like to handle pest control myself and while I don’t … Continue reading

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