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Looking to live a green, environmentally responsible lifestyle? Renovate your home, design your garden or DIY repairs around the house? Look no further.
Bunch of green grapes on vine leaves.
Apr 19, 2010

During the month of August you should be taking steps to protect your trees from bugs and insects. Especially if you have stone fruits which are peaches, cherries, apricots, plums and almonds. To do t ...

Planting seeds in soil.
Apr 19, 2010

This video describes how to have a raised garden bed. You can use your raised garden bed for most all vegetables. They are using this one for winter vegetables and early spring ones. A good hint was t ...

Two men discussing a display of colorful flowers in a greenhouse.
Apr 19, 2010

Curtis Smith and Jim Sais describe how to choose pansies, chrysanthemums and asters. Pansies are very small plants and they come in different varieties and sizes such as dancing bears . The face of th ...

A woman applying painter's tape to a green wall while standing on a ladder.
Apr 19, 2010

This is a step by step tutorial on stencil painting your walls, brought to you by The Home Depot. Beginning with a brief description of the art of stenciling, you are then shown the materials you will ...

Hand holding a bowl of mixed ingredients with a zipper bag and a container in the background.
Apr 19, 2010

This video explains how to force flower bulbs to bloom. The instructor first takes a pot and fills the bottom of it with gravel, which then the bulbs are placed right on top of the set gravel. The res ...

"How to Test lawn irrigation systems" cover image
Apr 19, 2010

In this Home & Garden video tutorial you will learn how to test lawn irrigation systems. John White presents this video. This is done by a simple can test. Take a few cans of the same size with vertic ...

Two men in blue shirts standing beside a young tree in a field on a sunny day.
Apr 19, 2010

Doña Ana County Extension Agent John White and Master Gardener Benny Knudsen look at stone fruit trees on their tour of the "Garden of Weeden". The Mariposa Plum, the dwarf Stella Sweet Cherry, Elbert ...

A person applying caulk to a shower wall.
Apr 19, 2010

To start caulking your shower please ensure that the shower is clean, dry and all caulk joints are also clean, dry and free of any old caulk. Start by taping the 'to be caulked' areas with blue painte ...

Two men discussing materials at a table with containers and tools for an activity.
Apr 19, 2010

How to Make Vermicompost. David Clairemont demonstrates how to use special type of worms to help the composting process. They eat twice their weight a day so the help will be fast. Ingredients to put ...

A person gesturing near a tree in a landscaped garden.
Apr 19, 2010

For new landscapes people tend to generally plant the new 'purple leaf plum' trees in a square shaped small plots. They also plant some small plants around it to make it look good. However when the tr ...