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A Homeowner's First Landscape
Here and in future articles, we learn how to landscape, step-by-step, a relatively new house in Charlottesville, VA (plant hardiness zone 7).
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The Four R's of HomeWorks
Welcome to HomeWorks, Suite101's site for the Do-It-Yourself homeowner
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Tools Every Homeowner Should Have
A good, basic tool kit is a must for every homeowner. By having these tools on hand, you'll be ready for any job, from hanging artwork to unclogging a sink.
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Home Selling Tips for Homeowners
Feng Shui tips to sell your home quickly and above asking price.
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Environmental Factors 2
The sun's height in the sky is crucial in determining climates and microclimates. Latitude, longitude and the earth's tilt govern amounts of sun reaching locations.
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Environmental Factors: 1
Recognizing and working with environmental factors helps to avoid expensive and distressing landscape design mistakes. Environmental factors interact with each other to make every site unique. Paying attention to these factors is also essential for a yard or garden plan to be successful over time.
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Gardener's Yoga
Gardener's Yoga written by Veronica D'Orazio and illustrated by Tim Foss, can help put yoga and its benefits into any gardener's routine. Gardeners learn to relax and stretch muscles.
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Sun and Shade
Knowing the daily and annual sun positions helps to make landscape designs accurate and realistic. Sizes of extremely shady or sunny spots are easy to estimate.
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Trees and Love: Sources
Selecting a tree for celebration or remembrance can be as simple as a visit to a local garden center. Or you may want to donate to a nature or garden charity.
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Trees: The Gift of Love - II
Arbor Day, observed in the U. S. on the last Friday of April, is a traditional time to plant trees. Trees in the home landscape provide physical structure and memories.
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Investing in Your Home
Unlock the potential of your house by treating it like an investment. Although Real Estate requires constant attention, it can be just as rewarding as stocks or bonds.
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Reverse Mortgages
A reverse mortgage is a mortgage in which a homeowner, usually an elderly or retired person, borrows money in the form of annual payments charged against the equity of th
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Shingle Roofs vs Metal Roofs
Pros and cons of composition asphalt shingles and steel (metal) roofs. Consider lifetime, roof durability, cost, protection from the elements, and fire resistance.
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How to Select a Roof Contractor
There are rip-off artists in the roofing industry. Use customer opinion, estimator questions, and the BBB to hire an honest roofing contractor on a re-roofing project.
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Reverse Amortization Mortgages
Understanding the pros and cons of a reverse amortization mortgage can help you decide whether this investment is right for you. This article compares your options.
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An update on the BC Leaky Condo issue
a brief summary of the events surrounding the leaky condo issue in BC
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Examining Home Siding Choices
House siding choices are made depending on homeowner preference, climate conditions, and home maintenance needs. Cedar siding, vinyl siding, or fiber cement siding?
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Understand Your Property Taxes
Property taxes are based on your city's assessment of your property value. Understanding how your home is valued and the appeal process can keep money in your pocket.
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ANGLER'S BOAT INSURANCE: WANNA' BET?
A look at angler's boat insurance options.
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Landscapes and Hummingbirds
Flower boxes enhance home landscapes and say welcome to visitors. Through careful planning and planting, they can also attract hummingbirds. What do hummingbirds like?
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The Canine Good Citizen Test
This basic obedience title offers little known benefits to owners of mixed breed dogs as well as purebreds.
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The Truth About Debt Consolidation
Risks and Tradeoffs Involved in Debt Consolidation
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A New Garden
Starting the first garden in your new home. Basic design considerations including how much time you want to put into the garden for chores, use of the garden and water considerations.
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Buy Musician Liability Insurance
Learn more about musician liability insurance. Find out about health insurance for musicians, music equipment insurance and coverage for musical instruments online now.
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Create a Garden Wall
Today's article tells how a few plants will make a living wall out of a dry stack rock wall.
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Greener Home Construction
Steps are being taken to provide consumers of new homes that use more sustainable and renewable energy sources.
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Indemnity and Settlements
While it's a word most people have seen, especially with insurance companies, few understand how the principle of indemnity drives insurance - and your claim payment.
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Will Sub-Prime Lending Affect You?
The real estate market has slowed significantly over the past year. Sub-prime mortgage defaults have been an early casuality of the bursting of the real estate bubble.
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Air Quality Testing for Radon Gas
Like a mold inspection, determining the risk exposure from radon gas is important. Using radon test equipment, relevant air quality testing can be achieved.
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Good Interior Photography Can Sell Your Home
Bright, clean photographs could help sell your home more quickly, according to veteran retail estate photographer Brendan Maloney.
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How to Hire the 'Purrfect' Pet Sitter
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Topping Trees: The Practice of Non-Professionals
Discusses the problems associated with the practice of topping trees.
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Welcome to Home & Yard Remodeling & Repair
A forum for ideas, questions, and answers for improving your home and yard.
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Xeriscape(TM) Gardening Conservation Programs
The cities of Denver CO and Albuquerque NM have started water conservation programs which encourage homeowners to have lush garden landscapes with less water in Xeriscapes(TM). The seven parts of Albuquerque's Xeriscape program are briefly described.
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Finches
a brief description of finches and why they're good for the small hookbill owner
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Palms
Palm trees -- often chosens for landscaping in warm areas.
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Predators
The problem of predators
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AutoCAD online
AutoCAD links
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Caring for Your Antiques
Tips and guidelines for maintaining and restoring antiques.
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JUMPIN' JUNIPERS!
Is the juniper the answer to all your wildscaping problems? Probably not, but there's a lot to recommend this overused native plant!
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PARTY! Most of Europe invited ---
a little bit about the eclipse --- Hey, it's a free show!
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Timely Wildscaping: A Four O'clock Scholar
Wildscaping: recommended plants -- all about the hardy (and timely four o'clock.
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Decorating for Couples
How to embrace your new roommate's sense of style and make it your own.
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Managing Bamboo
Bamboo. Is it under control in your garden or in control of your garden? This week I turn to a couple of experienced horticulturists for assistance.
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Mold
With every real estate transaction there are perils that must be considered. Mold is becoming a growing concern. Learn about potential problem areas, health concerns, and problems associated with the sale of a home with a mold issue.
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Perils In Real Estate: Wiring
A major concern when viewing an older home is wiring; here are some useful tips to assist with identifying substandard wiring and how to deal with the situation.
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Pruning Trees
Pruning is necessary for the health of the tree. How to decide which branches to prune and which to leave is important.
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Selecting a Realtor
You shouldn't trust the sale of your home to just anyone. A qualified Realtor is someone who has the knowledge and skills to help you sell your home.
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Tsunami Trip? Buy Extra Insurance
The tsunami that hit the Solomons shows why mature travelers need extra coverage for medical costs and evacuations when buying trip insurance on adventures and vacations
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U.S. Rep Suggests Carbon Tax
U.S. Congressman John D. Dingell is seeking public comment on his proposal to tax carbon-based fuels to discourage consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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