Thanksgiving weekend is the perfect opportunity to decorate the landscape and exterior of your home for the holidays. If you plan to decorate this year, it’s important to remember that doing so presents some fire and safety hazards. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), about 12,500 people go to emergency rooms to

The holidays aren’t quite in full swing, and that means it’s time to start planning for holiday parties. As you probably already know, when you host a holiday get-together, the worst part is the cleaning, of course. Here are some tips to help you with the chore that you face after the party. Clean up

Whether you’re building a new home or have made the decision to replace your existing driveway, you’re going to face a decision as a homeowner: asphalt or concrete? Although they are similar, the key differences will tell you whether you should choose asphalt or concrete. Here are the key points to consider what material your

Building soil is important to any home gardener. One of the best ways to build soil is by creating leaf mold, which is a type of compost that uses only leaves and nothing else. Different from composting, making leaf mold is a cold process, done primarily by fungus while composting relies on bacteria for decomposition.

Apples have been cultivated as far back as 6,000 B.C. The conquering Roman armies planted apple trees wherever they traveled. Apples have played a crucial role in Biblical stories, myth, culture and tall tales the world over for centuries. Don’t just think Johnny Appleseed; think Greek mythology. The American proverb is “An apple a day