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The Best Year-Round Ground Covers

The ideal year-round ground cover must cover the dirt well, require little to no maintenance, have evergreen foliage and should not spread where you do not want it. Colorful blooms or fruit are a bonus, but they should not add much to how much care is needed. Search for ground covers suitable to the conditions [...]

Where Are the Seeds at a Lantana Shrub?

Lantana (Lantana spp.) Is a perennial tree that’s evergreen in warm climates. The frequent lantana (Lantana camara) is hardy at U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 11 and is available in a variety of flower colors, like orange to red, pink to white and rose to yellow. A lantana plant may be [...]

Can Desert Roses Recover From Frost?

Grown for its intriguing trunk form and branching habit, in addition to because of its showy pink to crimson flowers, desert rose (Adenium obesum) is native to Africa. It rises at U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10a through 12. Desert rose is damaged by temperatures below 35 degrees Fahrenheit but above 32 F, [...]

The Best Device for Staking Dahlias

Despite flaunting flowers frequently the size of dinner plates, dahlias (Dahlia spp.) Do not look impressive with their blooms face down in mud. Due to hollow stems and top-heavy growth, dahlias have a propensity to tumble. Therefore any dahlia that reaches a height of over 3 feet must have some kind of support. Which support [...]

The way to Get Paint Away Furniture Without Ruining the Finish

When paint spatters mar your wood furniture, you can not reach for paint stripper or sandpaper, but there are a couple ways to refill the paint away without ruining the finish. If it’s been over two or three times because the spatters occurred, the paint was probably dried and treated. You may be able to [...]

Proper Drainage for a Rock Retaining Wall

After going to all the trouble of creating a wall is for it to fall due to mud and water damage at its base. Rock retaining walls are all designed to hold the dirt behind back them, however, they only function when the dirt dries out and drains. Prior to the wall’s construction, examine the [...]

The Way to Restore Antique Maple Furniture

It is going to gain from a well-conceived and well-executed refinishing and restoration procedure unless your maple furniture is in pristine condition. As of 2002, that’s the official place of the popular television program,”Antiques Roadshow,” as elucidated by executive producer Peter J. Cook, and it puts to rest the notion that it’s better to leave [...]

The Way to Paint Sloped Ceilings

Ceilings pose a challenge for house painters. In addition to sharp angles which need careful trimming, sloped ceilings need a bit more attention in regards to color selection. Sloping surfaces obviously feature a subtle color gradation and — as an element which comes nearer to the walls than traditional ceilings — they have a great [...]

The Way to Replace a Bathtub Drain Line

Bathtub drain lines that are lead were very common on houses constructed before 1960. This line is attached to the tub drain/overflow”T” and then connects to a main drainage sewer line, such as the bathroom drain. Anyhow, a direct drainage line needs to be replaced if it is leaking or damaged, but in a real [...]

How to Install a Hanging Mirror onto a Door

Installing a hanging mirror is somewhat different from hanging . Hollow doors aren’t dense enough to hold screws or strong, but you can support the mirror from the top of the door. With doors that are strong, a more conventional approach with screws should hold an mirror. Extremely mirrors aren’t suitable for hanging on a [...]