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While many are pinching pennies amid the economic downturn, there are a number of thrifty ways to manage a garden and landscape to ensure it looks good and flourishes while also costing less to maintain. Lawn and garden, irrigation and horticulture expert Steve Jacobs, President of San Diego-based Nature Designs Landscaping, uncovers ways to scrimp on [...]
Keep track of the year with the Olivebarn.com handmade plantable paper designer’s edition monthly desk calendar that creates beauty and leaves nothing behind but flowers – and a completely reusable tin. Made with 100% post consumer waste and embedded with wildflower seeds, our 2010 plantable eco calendar is like nothing you’ve seen before. Get one [...]
We all want an exquisitely landscaped yard that makes the neighbors envious, but sometimes getting the entire job done professionally does not provide the most return on your investment. Sure, laying sod might be a job too daunting to tackle solo, but there are other ways to get the look you want and save some [...]
Diane Pomerance knows what people say about adopting pets from animal shelters and rescue organizations. “They think, ‘I don’t want to inherit someone else’s problem,’ or they simply think all the dogs there are abused or hard to train, or that they won’t be able to find the breed that they want,” said Pomerance, author [...]
Amid a burgeoning water crisis there’s much individuals can do to conserve this precious resource, starting with their own yards and gardens. Landscape and horticulture expert Steve Jacobs, President of San Diego-based Nature Designs offers these key considerations to help homeowners nationwide conserve water while still keeping their lawns and gardens in tip-top shape: Irrigation control. Overwatering [...]
Nobody Better Lay a Finger on My Corn Fritter Makes 15-20 fritters Beautiful little side dishes, but I usually put them in bread baskets along with the rolls at my restaurants. The corn is sweet and juicy inside this fluffy pan fried biscuit. The kids will eat with butter and the adults will dip it [...]
As Jennifer Schaertl likes to say, “just because you cook in a crappy little kitchen does not justify a crappy meal!” In her book, she tackles the myths about gourmet cooking and shows home cooks how to make fun and delectable meals despite the lack of counter space and high-tech, expensive appliances, and gadgets. GOURMET [...]
Few medical professionals will deny it. Modern medicine is more expensive than ever and as a consequence, more people are interested in alternative medicine than ever before. Kathy Gruver, Doctorate in Traditional Naturopathy and author of the new book The Alternative Medicine Cabinet, says, “We can’t control what is outside of us, but we can [...]
Your eyes can say a lot about you and how you are feeling! They can say; I only got 4 hours of sleep last night, I am completely overworked or I had too many drinks last night! They can also enhance your fine lines and wrinkles, making you look older, and nobody wants that! Take [...]
BIOTX Limited, a manufacturer and developer of dietary supplements based on Traditional Chinese Medicine launched Estrofil in North America – an all-natural nutritional menopause supplement for the relief of menopausal symptoms. This new menopause natural remedy is not estrogen or hormone replacement therapy. Estrofil menopause supplements rely on a combination of herbs that has been [...]
