Home and Garden Experiences

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elcome to the Home & Garden Experiences web site. This site is designed to provide you with my experiences around the home, yard, and garden and provide my solutions to problems or enhancements to ways of accomplishing tasks and goals.

I hope you enjoy this site, and please feel to provide comments, suggestions, and of course your own home and garden experiences.

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I have decided to grow wheatgrass again. I originally started to grow it about 2 years ago. Harvested a few crops of wheatgrass and juiced it. Then for whatever reasons slowly moved away from it. Now I have planted a new crop of wheatgrass.

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I found this grasshopper hanging on to the side of the wall and had to snap some pictures of him.  Here are some closeup photos of the grasshopper. Read the rest of this entry »

We like to grow sunflowers around our house if not for anything else, the beauty of the flowers. Here are a few pictures of our sunflower plants this summer in various stages of growth. Read the rest of this entry »

As you can see by the pictures, I have a beautiful crop of rhododendrons in one of my gardens. I look forward to the spring every year when these plants bloom. The flowers the rhododendrons produce are absolutely stunning and gorgeous. It took me a few years to nurture the plants to produce such a plentiful and breathtaking flower. Once I got it mastered, everything fell into place and my rhododendrons flourished ever since. Read the rest of this entry »

If you start growing plants from seeds, you can re-use used toilet paper rolls to start your seeds growing.  This article explains how to recycle toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls to use in starting your plants from seed.
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Here is a short tip to take advantage of: Kids can grow potatoes in a plastic garbage bag. Read the rest of this entry »

For years I have struggled with the old fashioned way of cleaning gutters and if you have ever cleaned your gutters you know what I am talking about. You first get your ladder out and get a 5 gallon pail to put the leaves and debris in. Place the ladder against the house at the start of the gutter and hike up the ladder to scoop out all the debris that you can reach by hand. Then you climb down the ladder, move it over, climb back up and repeat until the gutters are cleared. This process seems endless and annoyingly repetitive, but there is an easier way. Read the rest of this entry »

Painting the exterior of your home can be a daunting task, however the appropriate preparation can make it easier and more enjoyable project to make your house more appealing, sellable, or just a more comfortable place to live. Read the rest of this entry »

Every headline in the papers, every top story on the news, and every topic of conversation at the White House points to our failing economy. Yet, according to American Pet Products Association , in 2008, more than $43 billion … yes, forty-three billion dollars were spent on our pets. I have to assume that not all businesses are falling apart! Read the rest of this entry »

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ere’s a quick and easy recipe for Pico de Gallo that we were able to put together entirely from our garden harvest. Read the rest of this entry »