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Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) How to get your kids involved with gardening: 5 of 21
Get Kids Into Gardening this YearChildren by nature are curious and love to help out around the house. I have found this even to be so with gardening. It seems the newness of a project and their curiosity overcomes the fact that later it becomes a chore. My oldest loved to help pull weeds in the garden even in the summer heat... More..
Home & Garden > Vegetables & Herbs How to grow garlic: 2 of 8
Growing Garlic and Vampire ControlA sure sign of impending cool weather and the real end of summer is the annual Garlic Festivals held nationwide. Everything sold at many garlic festival must have garlic in the recipe. Originally a one day events some now span the entire weekend attracting as many 50,000 people in search bad ... More..
Home & Garden > Annuals How to start spring seeds indoors for annuals: 1 of 4
Welcome to March. March can be a transitional month in the weather department should the snow pack melt and warm winds caress the region. March madness strikes all of us not just basketball fans. Everybody is madly Irish on the 17th. I am mad that I am getting closer to the dreaded 50 and my promised mid life crisis that will... More..
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) How a warm winter can wreak havoc in your garden: 1 of 4
When it comes to weather the term give and take takes center stage. This winter's warm weather will ease heating oil use and lessen demand for oil but at a price for farmers and gardeners. The dangers may even spread to feed supplies for wildlife who depend on seeds, fruits, and nuts for survival. While there are many ways to... More..
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) How to make compost: 6 of 23
Time to Warm Up by the Compost PileWell here we are late October and you know what? It actually feels like October! October has been teasing us with a week of above normal temps followed a week of temps ten degrees below normal. It was 21* this morning and a killing frost did in my plants. I was hoping to get to bring in my L... More..
Pets & Animals > Birds Tips on how to control woodpeckers: 1 of 3
Who Is That Pecking at My Door? The Strange Behavior of Woodpeckers These DaysOf the 21 or so woodpecker species in the United States four are common to our Hudson Valley backyards. The red bellied woodpecker whose head is redder than his belly, hairy and downy which look alike except hairy woodpeckers have longer beaks and a... More..
Personal Finance > Managing Debt Overcoming post-holiday debt: 5 of 12
Take the Bite Out of Holiday DebtOne thing many families fear during the holiday season is the bill that arrives in January. Over spending on gifts is indeed the gift that keeps on giving. Only you keep giving over your hard earned money every month for a long time after giving loved ones their gifts.We have heard the tips be... More..
Home & Garden > Perennials Planting spring flower bulbs: 4 of 8
Want Spring Color This Winter? Just Force The IssueSpring is but a distant memory. What sticks out in our minds is what kind of spring it was. The bulk of spring, April, is a wet cold miserable time to be in the garden. Crops in out gardens and in the fields of farmers were ruined. But oh what a month May is. Beautiful warm t... More..
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Spring plants offer nature's own calendar: 1 of 1
Time pieces and calendars have been aiding man in their assigned duties for centuries. However their relevance today was not so well defined in earlier times. Today we plan our whole lives around clocks and calendars. We have forgotten the importance of the changing seasons and their impact on our daily lives. Our agrarian pa... More..
Business > Marketing Neighborhood market experiment by Wal-Mart: 1 of 1
In the 1980's if someone told you they were going to the big box store you might have told them there was no such thing as stores that sell only boxes, let alone big ones. If you needed a big box to store or ship something you went to the post office or the local department store to ask them if they had any extra boxes lying ... More..