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By ROBERT N. BREWER JR. Last year's drought may have you wondering if it was worth going to the garden center this spring. And forecasters say the drought isn't over. Before you put your trowel More ... Prevent and Eliminate Termites: UTHBA and Arrow Exterminators By CAROLE KONKEL Arrow Exterminators, Inc, sponsored the UnionTowns HBA July meeting with guest speaker Sammy Baker. While the focus was mainly on pretreatment of termites in new construction, Baker also explained the latest technology for preventive maintenance on existing homes, as well. More ... You're the solution to water pollution By JOAN CROTHERS In this mountainous area of Towns County, there are so many streams and creeks that are close enough to any developed land that you could be polluting the water without even knowing it. More ... DOLLARS AND SENSE Avoiding Foreclosure By David Uffington If you're behind on your mortgage, you're in danger of losing your house and damaging your credit for years to come. How quickly that can happen depends what state you live in. Some states are more lenient than others, but if you don't act quickly, the end result will be the same. More ...
By JOAN CROTHERS Get a jump on fall by beginning a compost pile before the leaves start falling, or at least cut out these articles and be ready for them when they do come down. And come down they will. More ... This is a Hammer Can Magnets Find Wall Studs? By Samantha Mazzotta Q: I read your column about anchoring heavy objects on walls, and I wanted to pass along a stud-finding technique that I've started using to great advantage. I use powerful rare-earth magnets (which I buy from Lee Valley Tools) to locate the fastener heads in walls. Even with a little 1/4-inch diame More ...
By NIGHTA J. DAVIS The current drought crisis doesn t affect Truman Barrett s garden at Rock Hill Farm in Hiawassee.He has a secret that he is willing to share that allows him to grow organic vegetables using no pesticides that are drought resistant and disease free.During our recent 3 weeks of 95 to100 degree tempera More ...
This month we decided to feature a new yard and chose the recently occupied Yates home at 4157 Ashland Cove. Dr. Mrs. Yates is the gardener in this yard and has started flower beds along the front of the house with low growing evergreens and blur ageratum. These continue on the other side of the fro More ...
The crepe myrtles are blooming beautifully right now. They were planted in More ...
By JOAN CROTHERS Here's a great way to do recycling for the environment and have a very different look to your flower beds and vegetable gardens. More ... |
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