With spring around the corner, your outdoor window boxes and garden pots may still have last year's old potting soil inside. So the question is, is the old soil still good? If you are repotting a hous... more
When shopping for a snow shovel, go for one with an aluminum or steel blade. Metal shovels can withstand heavier loads of snow than plastic and will keep a clean edge through hard use; plastic ones ca... more
If you use your fireplace and/or an outdoor fire pit, listen up: Save your ashes! One cord of wood can produce about 50 pounds of ashes, and these ashes have a number of beneficial uses around your pr... more
With winter weather lurking, many of us are using antifreeze in our car to keep the radiator going. But the active ingredient in antifreeze, ethylene glycol, is dangerous, toxic and unfortunately, ver... more