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How to Plant a Flower Bed under a Tree
As your grow with your home, you may start wanting to add to its landscaping. The hedge row is nice, and the annuals look pretty popping out of the mulch, but you’re ready to take the next leap in giving your yard a personalized character. This being the case, you’ve probably considered planting a flower
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Take Care of Your Outdoor Patio in the Summer
Summer heat can warp wood, melt plastic, and cause metal nails to pop out of their holes. Fighting the ravages of the midday sun is a constant battle, only ending well into October here in Houston. Here are three things you can do to help protect your furniture this summer! Keep It in the Shade
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The Best Plants for Your Summer Garden
Summertime in Texas is the perfect time to get outside and get started on the garden of your dreams. “Going Native” is also a big new trend in the gardening scene around these parts. With so many adverse effects that planting non-native species has on the environment, it’s no wonder that going native has taken
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The Best Snacks for Summertime
Summertime is here and the snacking is easy! This is the season when the fruits and veggies are rolling into markets, making it easy and cost-effective to whip up delicious snacks with local ingredients. Some of our favorite local Texas ingredients are: blackberries, melon, apples, corn, peaches, tomatoes and cucumbers. From fresh fruits and vegetables
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Cleaning For Your Wood Floor: A Step-By-Step Guide
If you’re looking for beauty, it’s difficult to beat a hardwood floor. They add a tremendous amount of character to any room, and the timeless look of a good wood floor means it’ll never go out of style. But as is so often the case, all that beauty and character comes with a trade off.
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Things to Do Over Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day weekend is a special holiday in the US as we remember those that serve and who have served. From law enforement, fire, and military, we are proud of those that make this country more safe and secure. They have sacrificed what many are not willing to give up, and for that we are
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The Garbage Disposal Secret Your Plumber Won’t Tell You
Garbage disposals are scary machines, especially from the vantage point of the average user. You’re looking from above at a hole, inside which contains a spinning machine capable of lopping off your fingers. Naturally, most of us like to play it safe around garbage disposals. But what do you do when it jams up? It
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How to Paint an Old Piece of Stained Furniture
So you found a cool old table at a yard sale, and you love its shape, size and style, but you hate the color of its stain. It won’t fit into your home, and from past experience, you know that re-staining it is more work than you’re willing to put in. Well, we have a
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Lawnmowers: Electric vs. Gasoline
It’s mid-February, which in south Texas means spring has nearly sprung. If you’re a new homehowner, or your old lawn equipment has simply given up the ghost, it’s probably about time to buy a new one. If it’s been a few years since you shopped for a lawnmower, you’ll notice an entirely new option available
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Do Houses Really ‘Settle’ And Is That a Problem?
Since you were a kid, you’ve noticed creaking, popping, moaning noises coming from the bones of various houses. Nothing to worry about, some adult told you, the house is just “settling.” And so you accept that explanation and move on. But what, exactly, does it mean for a house to settle? What causes it to