Many families today are looking for new ways to save money and a great way to save money this summer is to lower the amount spent on water consumption. For many families, watering the lawn and garden during the summer can make up as much as 40% of your family’s water usage. To lower this [...]
Purchasing the proper size filter for your pond requires knowledge of your pond’s volume. Calculating your pond’s water volume can be a daunting task to many pond owners. By using a simple calculation and conversion, most ponds’ volume can be easily estimated. Every cubic foot of space in a pond is occupied by 7.5 gallons [...]
Sunday, May 24th and Monday, May 25th – Memorial Day Sale at www.BackyardStyle.com Many items on sale on Sunday and Monday at Backyard Style.com. In addition use coupon code: memorial (all lower case) and save an additional $7.00 on orders greater than $100. Stock up on wild bird seed and lawn care products. Our featured [...]
If you love to cook or grill, nothing compares to using fresh herbs when seasoning your food. An indoor or outdoor container garden can be very convenient and economical for growing herbs throughout the seasons. Just clip the plants as needed. Starting a container garden is fun and easy. The first thing that you need [...]
Working in the garden can be a messy, dirty job, so it is important to wear clothes and shoes that are appropriate for garden work. A good pair of waterproof, garden shoes can make shoe clean-up easy and keep your feet dry at the same time. Wearing a durable pair of garden gloves is ideal [...]
Many types of housing for rabbits are available these days – but the homes that are preferred by our editorial staff are backyard rabbit hutches. Popular rabbit homes include suspended wire rabbit cages that are kept inside a shed or building and weatherproof rabbit hutches that are raised above the ground and kept outside. The [...]
Dealing with deer can be trying. Here are some ideas and products to help you keep them out of your garden. Mesh and netting fences Netting creates a physical barrier to deer. 4- to 6-foot-tall netting is usually enough to protect foundation plants, hedges and shrubs. If the garden is larger than about 20 feet [...]
If you plan on having a graduation party, birthday party or a wedding outdoors this summer, don’t forget to provide your guests protection from yellow jacket attacks. Your guests will be very grateful if they don’t have to fight or run from yellow jackets at your party. Yellow jackets can be terribly annoying and frightful [...]
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