Don't let your dishwasher send money down the drain seattletimes.nwsource.com
@ 12/24/06 23:19 comments(0) report
water heater in your home to a lower temperature (120 degrees). гўв‚¬вў scrape, don't rinse, off large food pieces and bones. soaking or prewashing is generally only recommended in cases of burned-on or dried-on food. гўв‚¬вў don't use the rinse hold on

Have extra time? Spend it in the garden. www.dfw.com
@ 12/25/06 06:15 comments(0) report
peat moss, pine-bark mulch, compost, rotted manure and even shredded tree leaves. if you're working a tight clay soil, include up to 1 inch of expanded shale or 1/2 inch of washed brick sand, but only in combination with the organic matter. while you're

Waterloo Employer To Lay Off Remaining 89 Workers www.channel3000.com
@ 02/08/07 22:07 comments(0) report
familiar feelings are coming back to people in waterloo after perry judd's, once the city's largest employer, announced it is laying off its remaining 89 workers. residents often refer to perry judd's former corporate headquarters as the glass palace

Ornamental peppers brighten holiday season www.mlive.com
@ 12/22/06 12:45 comments(0) report
i'm not sure if i have ever tried pickled peppers, but i'll bet peter piper never even heard of an ornamental pepper. if he could pick some now, there would be more than a peck of cultivars from which to choose. in an effort dating back 25 years, plant

Ring arrives as soldier dies www.denverpost.com
@ 12/09/06 11:48 comments(0) report
a ft. carson soldier's fiancee received a package in the mail with an engagement ring - just hours after learning that her love had been killed in iraq, his family said. he had proposed over the phone from iraq within the past month, said the soldier's

Book Excerpts: Deckscaping www.gardenguides.com
@ 02/08/07 10:56 comments(0) report
spectacular containers overflowing with plants are all the rage these days. although in books and magazines you can find step-by-step plans for exact combinations to copy, it's much more fun -- and satisfying to experiment on your own. fortunately,

The daddy wears Prada www.latimes.com
@ 02/08/07 22:07 comments(0) report
the man. i confirmed this a few weeks back when i wore two different shoes to work ? one brown, the other browner. thankfully, men's shoes are amazingly unimaginative, which makes them virtually interchangeable. so one dark winter morning, i slipped on

Some faux styles go out on a limb seattletimes.nwsource.com
@ 12/02/06 17:41 comments(0) report
we've seen ornaments dangling from chandeliers, strung to metal hooks and stacked in bowls, but the christmas tree гўв‚¬вЂќ even if it's fake гўв‚¬вЂќ is still the favored base for displaying ornaments. although growers' groups say biodegradable cut

Contests flush with prizes seattletimes.nwsource.com
@ 02/08/07 10:56 comments(0) report
adamantly wait until halftime to use the bathroom. then, with just a few minutes before the game resumes, a toilet clog triggers a catastrophe. ? every year, 1 in 5 americans will face a clogged toilet, often at halftime. (imagine if your job were

In the garden zone www.hutchnews.com
@ 02/08/07 22:07 comments(0) report
if you pull out the spring garden catalogs this weekend as a coping mechanism for the bitter cold, go ahead and take a second look at some of those tender plants you've been reluctant to try. the national arbor day foundation issued a new hardiness zone