Home Painting

Fixing a Scuff to a Vinyl Sofa

Repairing a scuff on a plastic sofa means removing it. Although the scuff does no real damage to the plastic surface, it is going to leave an unsightly mark which will absorb ultraviolet rays in the sun better than the surrounding vinyl. That will create the vinyl under the scuff to soften and expand into […]

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Tropical Style

The Yellow Flowers on the Tomato Plant Are Drying Up

Nothing says summertime like a sweet, juicy, unforgettable garden tomato fresh from the vine. Unfortunately, there are many things between planting and pollinating that can go wrong, preventing those remarkable fruits from growing. Whenever your tomato produces yellow flowers which dry up before fruits start to form, your plant is undergoing blossom dip, a difficulty […]

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Tropical Style

How to Prune Pink Spirea

A number of species and numerous cultivars of spirea (Spiraea spp.) Are precious because of their appealing cascades of flowers along with comparatively few maintenance requirements. Hardiness and mature size varies by specific cultivars, but all require regular trimming to stay appealing. Pink spirea, which blooms in late spring to midsummer, gains from cutting in […]

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Eclectic Homes

Gas Weed Eater Adjustments

Weed Eater manufactures a variety of gas string trimmers that are acceptable for all types of jobs. String trimmers come in the factory preadjusted, but for one reason or another, you may realize that your machine runs somewhat erratically. As an instance, if you live in the mountains, then your trimmer may begin sputtering and […]

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How to Increase My Yield in Growing Potatoes

Harvesting potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) feels just like digging up treasure, and also you’ll be able to increase your haul by supplying moist, weed-free dirt and by expanding high-yielding varieties. Yearly, cool-season vegetables, potatoes grow best in full sunlight sites and acidic, fertile, well-draining sandy dirt. Potatoes don’t grow well in deep dirt, and are vulnerable […]

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Fireplaces

Typical Food Web in a Pond

A pond supports a wide variety of animal and plant life which collectively forms a food web, also referred to as a food chain and also much more officially known as an ecosystem. The food web describes how life’s energy flows throughout the pond, or what eats what. An untidy pond supports the most species. […]

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Fireplaces

Designs for a Kitchen

The kitchen — a opening at counter height — permitted the passage through of platters of food and dishes from the kitchen into the dining room and back again once a frequent feature in most homes. In older homes, the pass-through was a hole in the wall, giving little functionality in a home. Remember you […]

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Decorating Guides

The way to Determine Rug Sizes

A carpet that is too small or too big makes a room look awkward and its contents visually off equilibrium. The right-sized carpet is proportionate to the space it inhabits. Distinct loose rules apply, depending on several factors, including whether the house has an open-concept layout. An area rug is an important anchor that grounds […]

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Eclectic Homes

How to Adjust Tension on a Troy-Bilt Pony's PTO

Since the energy take-off (PTO) lever over the Troy-Bilt Pony controls whether or not electricity generated by the motor reaches the mowing deck, so it is imperative that it works correctly. Stop mowing if you observe if you disengage the PTO that the blades of the mower don’t stop and fix the tension of the […]

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