Get Organized

Buy some really big baskets with covers for the kids toy room. Put a big basket in each of their bedrooms for toys too. If you don’t have a toy room make a bedroom the play area or pick the corner or the family room. Buy closet organizers. You can pick up inexpensive plastic shelving [...]

If your house is a mess, so is your life

You need to be on a schedule and to get organized if you want your life to get easier. If you are constantly playing ‘catch-up’ in your home you will feel overwhelmed. It is easy to get yourself together. No matter how far you have let it go, you can start now and yes, the [...]

Bring the outside of your home to life

Bring color and life to the outside of your home by adding some pots and containers filled with beautiful spring flowers! For container flower gardens, follow the golden rules: Select the best types of plants for your environment, water and feed them according to their needs, and prune them on a regular basis to make [...]

Taking Aim on Pesky Pests

Written By:  Amy Grisak This time of summer there’s a lot more eating your garden than just your family. Unwanted insects use your veggies as a 24/7 buffet making a mess of some plants and completely destroying others. The best way to stay ahead of the little nasties is to take a walk through the [...]

Lasagna Gardening

Written by Amy Grisak Lasagna gardening sounds delicious just from the name, but it’s a great term for what others call “sheet composting” or composting in layers. In the end, it’s a fantastic method to create highly productive soil without much effort. The name is from the book Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza. The beauty [...]

How to get ready for a Garage Sale

With spring cleaning creeping up on us and the sun starting to shine just a little bit brighter it may be just about the right time to start preparing for a garage sale. Garage sales, also called rummage sales, and yard sales in certain parts of the country are a great way to clean up [...]

Spring Cleaning 101

It is really time to dig in and get that Spring Cleaning done! What kind of schedule will you have? Do you want to do it in one week? One month? Make your schedule now. Also a list of supplies you may need, and any organizational items that will make your home more streamlined. Here [...]

Make your own cleaners

Making your own cleaners is the best way to clean on a dime – if you have a few simple “ingredients” in your home, you can make everything you need to keep everything sparkling and fresh, and it won’t break the bank!  Here are a few recipes that you will want to make sure and [...]

Spring your home

The best and instant way to make your home feel like spring is flowers. Right now Easter spring flowers are everywhere. Pick up a simple six inch pot of lilacs or hyacinth at the grocery store. When you get home remove the plant and place it into a small Easter basket. How cute. A few [...]

Are you using too much detergent?

In the laundry room, Americans are prone to overkill. They pour too much detergent into their washing machines. Generations of consumers have washed clothes with the idea that more soap means cleaner laundry. But the sudsy habits are creating messy problems from dingy clothing to worn machines. Making matters worse, the latest generation of detergents [...]

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