Easy Gardening

For any individuals that are providing homeowners’ and clients with specific services through the home, like electronic assistance and repairs, it is important to ensure that there is a certain level of insurance that is present, that will ensure protection for the homeowners in case of negligence or damage that has been caused to the premises.

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By Phyllis RoseNine-year-old Jeff Hansen was at the age where he thought he could do anything when helping his dad work on their rental properties. So he convinced his father to let him set up a ladder and carry shingles up on a house where they were redoing the roof.    “Everything is a little steeper than it looks when you get up there,” Hansen recalls years later. “I got into trouble and was sliding down the side of the roof all sprawled out, trying to hang on. Shingles are flying off the roof. I got stuck up there for a little bit. He (Dad) got another ladder and got up there and got me.”    That little misadventure wasn’t enough to scare Hansen away from becoming a builder. He now owns his Read more…

There seems to be a mystique about how to prune or deadhead perennials with many gardeners hesitating to take the shears to their garden plants. The major thing to pass along (beside the two basic kinds of pruning systems for perennials) is that you aren’t really going to kill a plant by making a mistake on pruning. You might make it “ugly” for one season or part of a growing season but it will recover. So watch the video, then take a deep breath – go out to the garden and start deadheading.

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I have not got into the habit of eating Nasturtium and it may be too late for me to start at my age. However my vegetarian children take a different view.

Eating Nasturtium

• The leaves of the nasturtium plant are edible, with a peppery flavour, that can  tossed into salads.
• The flowers make a unique garnish to fresh foods and add a splash of colour.
• The seed pods can be treated like Capers and pickled or used as a crunchy addition to salads.
• For tastiest nasturtium leaves, keep the plants well watered, which helps to moderate the spiciness of the leaves and flowers.
• According to Reneesgarden ..’I prefer to toss them among sweeter greens like butterhead or crunchy Batavian lettuce, rather than with other bitter greens. Th

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