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Home & Garden
Cultivating
a new business
David Cree’s
career in horticulture and landscaping began at the tender young age
of three, when he planted toothpicks in the backyard to grow toothpick
trees. David continued his work with plants in grammar school, growing
a vegetable garden in the vacant lot next to his home in Dallas, Tex.
Energy-wise
lighting tips
California’s
recent energy crisis has made conserving electricity a hot topic nationwide.
No wonder. The energy emergency is not just a California phenomenon.
The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) predicts New
England, New York City and Texas could experience electricity shortages
as well.
Classes
at Andy’s through March
The Feb. 7 session
of Andy’s Garden Club, at 9:30 a.m., is a “Native Plants and
Wildlife” program presented by Kathryn Gable, Past President of
the Georgia Native Plant Society. A special slide presentation is also
prepared for your enjoyment. Come and enjoy sharing the gardening experience
with others. The program is open to everyone.
Pieces
of the Caribbean
Your Mastercard
melted somewhere around the 18th Christmas-gift purchase, and your wallet’s
thinner than Calista Flockhart. Looks like that midwinter trip to the
Caribbean is out.
Pines
in the yard?
The ordinary pine
cone. It can be a simple symbol of winter, in a plain basket dressed
with a bow.
Show
up your home’s elements
In a well-designed
house, the drama is in the details.
How
to connect a new foundation to an old one
Q. I am building
an addition on my home and realize I must connect the new foundation
with the existing one. What is the best way to do this? Is there a way
to waterproof the connection? Will this connection become a hinge point
in the future, causing cracks in the walls? I am very concerned about
how to make a connection between the structures that will stand the
test of time. — P.M., Orono, Minn.
White
powder on new masonry can make you nuts
Q. I feel our new
home has some serious problems, but our builder disagrees. The house
is less than 6 months old, but we have ugly white deposits that are
leaching out of our chimney, a wing wall that juts from a corner of
our home and a retaining wall. I feel there must be something wrong
for this to happen. The more I scrub, the worse the problem gets. What
is wrong, and what can be done to fix the problem? — Andrew M.,
Loveland, Ohio.
Tackling
winter dryness in your home
It’s winter,
which means dry air.
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