Homegrown highlights new Landscape for Life site
The U S Botanic Garden and Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center launch Landscape for Life guiding sustainable home gardens across the country. Iowa groups like Backyard Abundance push sustainable landscapes while Holly Shimizu leads related efforts and cites SITES guidelines.
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Bondera TileMatSet aims to simplify tiling tasks
Bondera TileMatSet offers a peel and stick adhesive mat to replace tile mastic for many interior tiling jobs. It bonds to clean surfaces, allows tiling over existing tile in some cases, and comes in wall, countertop, and detail sizes. Priced around 31.98 to 38.98, available at Lowe’s.
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Digging In What to do with leftover jack o lanterns
Home cooks and contractors offer safety and disposal tips for leftover pumpkin pulp and seeds after Halloween. Do not flush guts or seeds. Compost or trash pumpkin remnants and roast seeds for treats.
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Newport News
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Mason & Son Plumbing
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Rhoda Bowen
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Bulbs for a Versatile Garden Across Spaces
Gardener Judy Glattstein champions bulbs as adaptable partners for any design from formal homes to woodland cottages. She urges 10 to 15 percent bulb plantings in borders for year round interest, notes deer resistance for daffodils, and suggests container plantings with winter mulch to mimic in ground conditions.
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New Jersey
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