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Monthly Archive for September, 2008

A Brief History of HGTV

A US cable network, Home and Garden Television, features the programming of an assortment of shows in such categories as Remodeling, Gardening, Crafts, Decorating and At Home. It’s associated website HGTV.com features a multitude of useful information that ranges widely on various topics for the home and garden. The founder, CEO and President Ken Lowe, [...]

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Winterizing tomato plants

Q: Now that I have picked my tomatoes from my home garden, do I pull the plants or leave them?This is my first gardening experience. The tomatoes turned out nicely. But now what do I do? If I leave the plants, will they grow more tomatoes again?
A: Leave them, they will [...]

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Q: What is the best way to grow peanuts in a home garden?  I will be trying to grow them as a special project for my 8 year old daughter to have fun in the garden and learn to grow her own food.
A: After the danger of frost has past, prepare some loose well-drained soil, [...]

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Exciting lifestyle spaces, home offices, garden buildings, home gyms, a garden office, a music or art studio… The Qube is the answer. The Qube four walls infinite possibilities, what will yours be?
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Best corn seed for home garden

Q: I get all these catalogs (Jungs, Gurneys, etc.) that have the sugar enhanced varieties and I would like to know what is the best corn to plant? With a crop of corn, you only have one shot so I want to make sure it is really sweet. What seed do you reccomend?
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Cutting metal tiles

Q: How can I cut small metal tiles to fit into the wallspace behind the stovetop? I think these tiles are aluminum (they look like brushed stainless steel). They are about 4″x4″, picked up from a home improvement store. A few tiles need to be cut in half to fit into the wall [...]

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Home Depot Practical Joke

The guy who shot this said simply “I was bored and had a camera”.
It’s really very funny, and hard to explain.  Seems he went into a Home Depot (at least I think it was a Home Depot), hid a camera and made this sales guy a little crazy.
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Interviews and B-Roll shot on the first day of the Cincinnati Home & Garden show, which runs March 3&4, and March 7-11, 2007, at the Cincinnati Convention Center. Interviews include Doug Hart of Hart Productions, the Show’s Producer, Alton Brown of the Food Network, and Andy Perrino, Winner of Best of Show from the Garden [...]

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Q: What are the steps for transplanting a rose bush from one part of a home garden to another?
We are remodelling our house.This will entail some rose bushes being uprooted and lost, unless we properly relocate them in another part of our garden. Any tips?
A: prune the top by at least half, dig it out [...]

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Q: Federal Home Improvement Grants, how do they work, how do you apply?
I see advertisements for federal grants that do not have to be paid back that are for everything from small business funding to home improvements. I was wondering if anyone has ever received a grant for home improvement and how you apply [...]

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