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This Old House August 2007 Jeanne Huber |
11 Ways to Save Water, Time, and Money on Your Landscape Advice for conserving water, time, and money on your yard and garden.  |
This Old House Marjorie E. Gage |
Reining in Water Use Ground rules for creating a lush yard that doesn't squander the available supply of H2O.  |
Popular Mechanics August 2006 Joe Provey |
Lawn Irrigation Gets Smarter With water costs rising across the country, new controls are valuable in reducing wasted water, making plants healthier and saving money.  |
| National Gardening |
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops.  |
| National Gardening |
Corn Care Corn doesn't need any more attention than other garden vegetables, but it's a crop that can take up a fair amount of time if you plant a lot. Make it easier by combining tasks.  |
This Old House Roger Cook |
Smart Sprinkling When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely  |
This Old House Jeanne Huber |
Back to Nature The greenest approach to landscaping returns a yard to its roots.  |
| Garden Gate |
Summer Escape: Planting Beneath Shade Trees If you've ever tried to grow a garden under a tree, you know that your plants have to compete with the tree's roots for space, water and nutrients. Here are some tips that can make growing a garden under a tree easier.  |
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Caring for Potatoes Caring for potatoes requires proper watering, cultivating and hilling.  |
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Planting Strawberries Strawberries will do best in soil that has been thoroughly prepared. If your future strawberry bed was plowed last year, you're ahead of the game.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2008 Margie Holly |
Green Grounds Sustainable landscaping can save commercial properties money and help the environment.  |
This Old House John Kelsey |
Rain Makers Choosing and using lawn and garden sprinklers.  |
This Old House Owen Dell |
Simple Lawn Care Routine Streamline your lawn-care routine for better turf with less work  |
National Gardening Eliot Tozer |
A Gardener's Guide to Frost How to predict when it's coming and what to do about it...  |
Home Toys June 2005 |
X10 Irrigation Control Spring is here and we have a home automation idea we'd like to spring on you: X10 Irrigation Control with the WGL Rain8 Irrigation Controller.  |
| National Gardening |
Lawn Care Techniques Keeping your lawn looking good isn't as hard as you may think.  |
This Old House Thomas Baker |
7 Fall Lawn Care Tips to Do Right Now Take note of these things your turf needs before the onset of winter.  |
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Planting a Window Box Combine flowering plants and those with attractive foliage in window boxes to add color to decks, window sashes, and porch rails.  |
Home Toys October 2004 |
Product Backgrounder: irriGuard The irriGuard system works with any existing sprinkler/irrigation system to shut off the system when watering is unnecessary.  |
| National Gardening |
Tools for Planting Using the right tools and the proper techniques will not only make planting less of a chore, but also a greater success.  |
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Planning a Low-Maintenance Landscape Landscapes that require minimum time and money to maintain require thoughtful planning and installation. So invest early in planning and structures, and you'll pay (and work) less later.  |
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Willie D. Jones |
New Device Lets Plants Talk Smart sensors let crops text-message growers for more water and one company claims their sensors could significantly lower the world's freshwater usage.  |
This Old House September 2007 Roger Cook |
Fall Groundwork "This is prime time to prep your yard for the next growing season," says our landscape contractor.  |
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Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates.  |
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Container Gardening 101 Today's condominium owners and apartment dwellers do not have to forsake gardening. In fact, they can create their own garden hideaway in small spaces.  |
| National Gardening |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate.  |
| National Gardening |
Soil Fertility 101 Just as a good foundation is necessary to support a building, good soil is necessary to build a successful garden. All soil is not alike. It differs in texture, fertility, and balance.  |
This Old House Keith Pandolfi |
Green Acres How to break your lawn's addition to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.  |
| National Gardening |
Lawns 101 Much has been said about whether or not Americans should rethink their passion for the home lawn. If you determine that a grass lawn makes sense for your yard, planting the right variety of grass at the right time of year will go a long way in making yours a healthy, easy-care lawn.  |
| National Gardening |
Preparing Soil for Greens When it's early in the season and nearly time to plant a host of greens, put in a little time with your garden soil to prevent weed problems.  |
This Old House Ashley Womble |
Grass to Go Want a fantastic lawn? Sod it. Here's what you need to know to get the job done right.  |
Popular Mechanics June 22, 2009 Harry Sawyers |
How To Irrigate Raised Garden Beds We were thrilled recently to visit an ambitious urban homestead near Philadelphia with an irrigation setup so simple anyone could install it.  |
Popular Mechanics April 2000 Joseph R. Provey |
Green Pastures Not all lawns that are in bad shape need to be replaced. A well-executed restoration plan can bring all but the worst turf back to life.  |
Home Theater February 2006 Darryl Wilkinson |
Control4 Media Controller System The Control4 Media Controller System is a great home theater controller with exceptional home-automation expansion possibilities.  |
This Old House October 11, 2000 Lynn Ocone |
Improving the View From the Curb An attractive front yard improves the look of your home and makes visitors feel welcome...  |
| National Gardening |
Tools for Preparing the Garden Before a single plant even touches the ground in your garden, it would be wise to spend time preparing the soil. You'll have fewer weeds and diseases and better plant growth, flowering, and fruiting later.  |
Popular Mechanics November 30, 2007 Logan Ward |
Pentagon Supercomputer Powers IED-Hunting Second Life for Iraq Detailed 3D modeling of warzone scenes has vastly improved the effectiveness of airborne sensors in scoping out deadly ground-based threats.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 Jon Adams & Bob Heile |
Busy as a ZigBee Now that you've finally installed Wi-Fi, get ready for a second home network -- one that will control the house itself  |
Popular Mechanics June 30, 2006 Roy Berendsohn |
Mid-Summer Home Improvement To-Do List Print this handy checklist of things you can do this summer to keep your yard in good shape.  |
Popular Mechanics April 2010 Jim Gorman |
6 Weeks To a Perfect Lawn Once it's started on improved soil, grass needs very little care to look crisp, green, cool and inviting.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 |
LabVIEW Drivers for Wireless Sensor Networks National Instruments announced LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks, giving engineers and scientists working with these devices the ability to fully integrate their wireless sensors into a graphical development environment.  |
| National Gardening |
Maintaining Container Gardens These simple maintenance tasks will keep keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter.  |
This Old House Lance Walheim |
What's Bugging Your Lawn? Even if your lawn is almost weed-free, it can suffer from problems that affect both its appearance and its health. From grubs to dogs, here's what to do about them.  |
National Gardening John R. Dunmire |
Guide to June Gardening The month may present different images in various parts of the country, but to most gardeners, it conveys feelings of richness, abundance, and completion.  |
Popular Mechanics June 5, 2008 |
5 Steps to Grow & Build a Perfect Lawn -- With Free Time to Spare Each spring, millions of homeowners spend too much of their cherished weekends trying to maintain a lush, green lawn. But sun and rain also bring lawn-choking weeds and voracious bugs. Here are five tips to keep you lawn healthy.  |
Home Toys December 2004 |
HomeToys Interview The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open global standard.  |
Popular Mechanics July 8, 2009 |
5 Tips for a Greener, Healthier Lawn You can learn more details about fertilizers, watering, and testing your soil.  |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Water & Feed Watering Can A new watering can system has the fertilizer built right into the watering can for easy access. The AquaVor Pro watering can is the result of more than 20 years of professional landscape and commercial growing experience.  |