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Patio Drip Irrigation

May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

I ordered my patio drip-irrigation kit today. I hate to put the burden of watering all my hanging baskets and flower pots on my deck and porch on my in-laws every time we leave town. They have enough to do feeding the cats and cleaning our cats’ litterbox.  It should […]

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Buyers Remorse

May 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

After losing 2 of my 3 tree mallows, I went on quest to find some new ones. I haven’t had any luck so far in finding the Barnsley Tree Mallow, “lavatera barnsley.” I called the nursery where we bought them before but they didn’t have any, maybe the next shipment.
I drove to the west-side Lowes […]

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I Almost Had to Wait

May 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Actually, I did have to wait.
I have been mail ordering things this spring and getting the items within 2 to 3 days after my order was put in. That’s pretty awesome. I remember the days when you ordered something and it was a good 6 weeks before you held it in your sweaty […]

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What’s Under Your Rug?

May 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I saw the floor around the large area rug, there was about a foot of floor exposed all the way around it. The floor had a few minor problems, nothing that a little bit of sanding wouldn’t take care of. But when we decided to move the furniture around and remove the area rug, we […]

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Tags: floors · great ideas · wood finishes