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Have you ever planted a new flowerbed or re-seeded your lawn and a few weeks or month later it seems that it has sunk? The plants are doing fine, but the soil line is lower than it was. Where did the soil go? You don’t have a slope or a ditch where water would erode the bed, nonetheless, the path is suddenly higher than the begonias and/or the patio is now an inch or two above ... Read the rest of this story

It won’t be long before fall is upon us and tree leaves are blowing in the wind. Before it is time to rake and rake, take inventory of what you have in your garden shed. Leaf Rakes An A frame leaf rake is fan-shaped with tines close together. All the tines hit the ground at the same time for maximum ground coverage. This is the best rake for big lawns with lots of leaves. These come in a ... Read the rest of this story

If you are planning to start rain harvesting this year, you might want to install gutter guards now in preparation.

Yes, that is a cactus ... growing in a rain gutter on a patio cover.

[/caption] Or maybe you are not that eco-friendly: Maybe you are just sick and tired of cleaning your gutters or removing things that are actually growing in them, like the cactus and dandelions shown above in ... Read the rest of this story

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