Spring Deck Maintenance: 6 Essential Steps to Inspect and Refresh Your Deck or Porch
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Spring Deck Maintenance: 6 Essential Steps to Inspect and Refresh Your Deck or Porch

Bugs, dirty boards, and bad weather—spring is the time to check how your deck has held up against winter’s wear.
What You Need to Know About Keeping a Family Milk Cow
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What You Need to Know About Keeping a Family Milk Cow

A single cow provides gallons of rich, nutritious milk—and plenty of benefits beyond the kitchen. Here’s how to get started.
Grow Your Own Bouquets: How to Start a Cut Flower Garden
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Grow Your Own Bouquets: How to Start a Cut Flower Garden

Don’t worry about plant size, balance, complementary colors, and the overall design—simply plant what you like. These smart techniques will help.
Learn as You Grow: What Every Beginner Gardener Should Know
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Learn as You Grow: What Every Beginner Gardener Should Know

Here’s a secret: It’s easier than you think. A lifelong gardener shares how—and why—to get started.
Books All Your Own: The Magic of Home Libraries
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Books All Your Own: The Magic of Home Libraries

A personal book collection reflects its owner’s personality and cherished memories, and honors both the past and the future.

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Ladybugs: A Natural Solution for Your Garden’s Pest Problems

Ladybugs: A Natural Solution for Your Garden’s Pest Problems

How to deploy an army of ladybugs to defend your favorite plants from aphids.
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How to Rise Above Your Circumstances

Want to climb up on top of your situation rather than allow it to crush you?
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You Need a Freedom Account

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Paint a Magnetic Wall

Paint a Magnetic Wall

A kid’s room or a home office are two great places to consider a magnetic wall.
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Ask the Builder: Keeping Heavy Things on Walls

When hanging a large flat screen TV on the wall, we should never hope that it doesn’t fall. It needs to be guaranteed.