How To Tell When Banana Peppers Are Ripe
You can tell when banana peppers are ripe by tracking the days until harvest and looking for physical signs of ripeness, including the pepper's size and color.
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How To Put Down Landscaping Rocks
Putting landscaping rocks down requires site prep to remove weeds and level the area. Landscape fabric placed under the rocks helps to prevent weeds from growing.
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How To Transplant Agave Plants
Agave plants thrive in the desert, and can live happily for decades in full sun and sandy soil. Because they’re sturdy growers and tolerate disturbance, they transplant well. Both the mother plant and her pups can be moved without worry during the spring and summer growing seasons.
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How To Plug The Drainage Hole In A Clay Pot
Clay pots come in all designs and sizes. If your favorite one has a drainage hole you don't need, don't throw it out. You can easily plug the drainage hole in a clay pot.
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How To Prune A Lady Banks Rose
Prune a Lady Banks rose plant to control the growth and to remove the older, diseased and damaged canes on the shrub. Prune the roses after they flower, usually in late spring or early summer.
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How To Replace A Mirror In A Frame
Whether your mirror is damaged or its frame is outdated, you can replace the mirror yourself. Use a few common household tools and supplies to replace a mirror in a frame.
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How To Save A Dying Rosemary Shrub
To save a dying rosemary shrub, identify the problem, which might include winter freezing, water stress, fungal disease, pests, chemical damage and nutritional deficiencies. Correcting the specific issue might help save the rosemary plant.
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How To Make A Decorative Fence With Tree Branches
A decorative fence made from tree branches can be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. Use willow branches or young spring branches for the walls, and sturdy thick branches for the posts. Weave the branches together between posts. Cut loose ends, and secure with twine.
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Planning And Preparation For Laying Decorative Stone Around A House
Choosing the right type of decorative stones for your purpose and creating a weed-free foundation helps you create a decorative rock area near your house.
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How To Kill Creeping Charlie Without Weed Killer
Creeping Charlie is an invasive weed that grows in USDA zones 6 through 10. It's very difficult to kill and takes a lot of effort and time, but it's possible to get rid of it. You can try pulling it out, smothering it and properly caring for your lawn. Don't use borax.
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How To Kill Buttercup Weeds
You can kill buttercup weeds by manually removing and disposing of them or by using an herbicide designed for use on broadleaf weeds. Keeping your lawn healthy can reduce the growth of buttercups.
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5 Water Plants To Complete Your Water Garden
Some aquatic plants to add to your water garden include water lilies, broad-leafed arrowhead, water hyacinth, lotus, and yellow or blue flag iris plants.
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Repotting Jade Plants
Repotting jade plants gives the roots ample space to grow, but the plants prefer tight quarters, so the new container should be only slightly larger than the original.
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How To Prune A Bottlebrush Shrub
Heat-loving bottlebrush shrubs (Callistemon) produce bristly spikes of red or yellow flowers in summer. Tip pruning and deadheading your bottlebrush shrub will prolong the show for an entire summer season.
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How To Fertilize A Pecan Tree
There's nothing quite like harvesting a handful of fresh pecans from your very own tree. To promote optimum health, fertilize pecan trees regularly for best nut quality and quantity.
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Uses For Cedar Chips
Uses for cedar chips include mulching your gardens, creating walkways and preventing pest infestations. Cedar chips are attractive and offer practical benefits no matter how you use them.
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What Prevents Mulch From Being Washed Away When It Rains?
Using landscape edging and lining the mulched area can help prevent mulch from being washed away when it rains. Heavier mulch tends to stay in place better than lightweight mulch.
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How To Care For A Weeping Willow Tree
Weeping willow tree care focuses primarily on choosing an ideal location and keeping the branches prunes. These trees need plenty of water, which they can get from a nearby pond or with regular irrigation. Watch for signs of disease and pest infestation to correct the problem quickly.
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How To Make Homemade Squirrel Repellent
Homemade squirrel repellents work best when used as part of a multipronged strategy, including tweaking your birdseed mix and excluding squirrels from the yard.
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Ideas To Shorten Curtains Without Hemming
Shortening curtains without hemming helps you easily adjust the length by folding and pinning the top or bottom, adjusting the rod placement, or using hem tape.
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How Much Sunlight Do Petunias Require?
Petunias require full sun with at least five to six hours of sunlight daily to produce abundant blooms. Less sunlight decreases the number of blooms and can cause spindly growth.
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How Much Do You Water The Indoor Palm Plant?
An indoor palm plant does best with a modest amount of water so it's not too dry or too moist. Most indoor palm plants should be watered when the top inch of the potting soil is dry.
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How Often Do I Water Petunias?
Water petunias regularly and deeply to keep the plants growing well. Seedlings and petunias growing in containers often need more frequent watering to meet their needs.
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How To Get Rid Of The Smell From Plumber's Glue
The PVC cement used to connect and seal plumbing PVC pipes, sometimes called plumber's glue, leaves behind a strong chemical odor when it's used for repairs. The smell usually dissipates within a few hours unless the glue is used in an enclosed area or spilled on surfaces beyond the pipes.
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How To Fix Tufted Buttons On A Couch
Couch buttons occasionally fall off, either due to stress or normal wear and tear. These buttons are sometimes purely decorative, but in most cases, they hold the tufting in place. Replacing the button and keeping the tufting in place requires an upholstery needle.
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How To Make Socks Not Hard During Laundry
Even the dirtiest socks should come out soft from the washing machine and dryer. Hard, crusty socks occur when either the soil isn't completely removed during laundering or when hard water causes a buildup in the fabric's fibers.
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How To Make Vinca Vines Grow Indoors
Vinca produces flowering vines that require warm temperatures and sunlight to remain healthy and productive. The plant grows as an outdoor annual in most climates, or you can keep it indoors as a houseplant in winter or year-round.
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