Home gardening is a great way to spend time at your home and get healthy. By growing your own vegetables, you can save money, add exercise, get some vitamin D, and eat healthy. All of this with vegetables grown by your own hand. Not to mention how exciting it is to bring something to life. And then treat your family to a healthy meal based on your effort. Home gardening gives you an opportunity to take up a new hobby. Hobbies like canning vegetables, drying fruits, and creating compost piles for a greener environment. Getting healthy and using natural fertilizers and no pesticides will also contribute to your Read More
Six Elements to Every Home Project
There are six elements to every home project to consider when it comes to moving forward with a project. Since we know that all projects are not equal in size or scope, the most important elements are probably different depending on what the project is. Here are the six elements for every home project to consider before getting started on your project. Read More
National Cleaning Week
Spring is in the air and it is National Cleaning Week. This is a great time of year to get a fresh start and make your beautiful home shine and sparkle! Not only will cleaning your home make it look good for you, your family and any invited guests, but getting a deep clean in your home makes it safer for you to live in it because you can breathe in fresh clean air, reduce allergens or bacteria in your home and avoid tripping over items that may be in your way and causing injuries. National cleaning week also gets us removing items we no longer need from our home and in a sense gets us in an organizing frame of mind. Take a look at some great facts offered in the following infographic from Golden Shine Cleaning on the impact of who does what in a home and how you can use green cleaning techniques for better cleaning. Read More
What is a Project in your home?
The word project has lots of different meanings to different homeowners. And not all projects are created equal. So what is a project in our homes? There are small projects and big projects. There are simple projects and complex projects. There are urgent projects that need to get done right away, and there are discretionary projects that are more wish lists for the future. There are indoor projects, projects on the outside of the home, and landscape projects. Read More
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rain is such a great thing for your yard however large sums of water or rain can reak havoc on your home. The average roof (1000 sq. ft.) will collect over 650 gallons of water with just 1 inch of rainfall. Too much rain could cause foundation problems and landscape rot. Additionally, rain can cause challenges with your gutters if they are not properly maintained. Gutters can accumulate rocks, leaves, acorns and other debris that clog or block the flow of water leaving your gutters useless and possibly causing more home structural damage. So take the opportunity and clean your gutters to make sure that they are free of debris and are functioning properly. Rain should be able to move through your gutters quickly and seamlessly without any over the edges flow. Read More
