Plants are not expecting normal low temperatures early or late in the winter season and are not prepared for them. Having a recording maximum/minimum thermometer and having the weather app prepares you for anticipating winter freezes.
Home and Garden
There are simple ways to incorporate greenery and other natural elements into your holiday decorations.
If you like cleaning your oven, then you’re going to love cleaning the barbecue. The igniter should be checked and the burners need to be cleaned out because, over time, sauces and food have dripped onto the ports where the propane should be flowing out.
Be careful when buying a soil moisture sensor. Sometimes they don’t always work.
Mimicking interior design trends, designers appeal to consumers when introducing fresh themes, colors and styles in annual holiday decor. This year’s trend emphasizes natural elements, glamorous decor, eye-catching hues and traditional styles.
A major key when converting to lower water use is to use as few plants of a larger size as possible. The fewer plants you use and still accomplish your goals, the better.
A faucet with low water flow can usually be attributed to a clogged aerator or a partially closed shut-off valve.
Some composts are rich and full of nutrients. Other times they are not so rich, and the addition of a fertilizer might be needed.
Boulder City residents Dale Ryan and Dyanah Musgrave won ABC’s “Great Christmas Light Fight” in 2016. The couple offer tips for safe and colorful holiday outdoor decorating.
There is some discussion in academic circles whether crops grown in vertical farms aimed at feeding the world should be the higher-value horticultural crops or staple crops like multiple crops of wheat but with 70- to 80-day turnovers.
A lot of ceiling fan wobble can be attributed to the installation itself, rather than poor fan quality. Start by making sure the box in the ceiling is tight to the ceiling with no movement.
The trick to applying chemicals like copper, boron and chlorides is to do it far enough from your raised bed so that the roots from these vegetables won’t be harmed.
Nonfunctional lawns aren’t used for anything except beauty or aesthetics in a landscape. The use of grass lawns speaks to a lack of creativity and underappreciation of where we live.
The temperature and pressure relief valve is an extremely important component that helps make sure your water heater operates safely.
The best time to plant winter-hardy trees and shrubs is during the fall, from around the end of September through mid-November.