Think small water features beautify homes with less work
Homeowners seek compact water features like fountains and bubbling urns to add beauty and wildlife appeal while avoiding the high maintenance of ponds. Experts note winter shut down costs, animal damage risks, and the appeal of below grade basins for durability.
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Laura Dickinson
Kansas State University
Dickinson
Sharon Coates
Zaretsky and Associates Inc
Macedon
N.Y
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Williamsburg artist turns hubcaps into metal canvases
Andrea Deagle of Williamsburg Virginia collects old hubcaps to fashion avant garde art pieces. Landfill Art brings 1041 artists turning 1930s to 70s hubcaps into painted works, with plans for a traveling show, a pictorial book, and ongoing repurposing of discarded items.
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Andrea Deagle
Williamsburg
Deagle
East Carolina University
Greenville
N.C
Landfillart.org
Landfill Art
Ken Marquis
Nova Scotia author promotes year round vegetable growing
Nova Scotia author Niki Jabbour promotes year round gardening in tough climates. Her guide The Year Round Vegetable Gardener outlines three seasons cool warm and cold with cold frames hoop tunnels and soil health as core practices. Storey Publishing releases paperback 19.95 hardcover 29.95.
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Nova Scotia
Niki Jabbour
Jabbour
Storey Publishing
Device simplifies paint striping with adjustable straightedges
The U-Stripe It offers a wall painting aid using two adjustable straightedges locked to a set width. It acts as a guide for painter's tape, allowing hands-free tape application with optional low-tack tape. Built in levels keep lines plumb for vertical stripes or horizontal, and it can shape circles and other figures. Priced at 27.95 plus free shipping at www.ustripeit.com.
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