Articles, tagged with "southern exposure", page 1
Making a Garden
The first thing in garden making is the selection of a spot. Without a choice, it means simply doing the best one can with conditions. With space limited it resolves itself into no garden, or a box garden. Surely a box garden is better than nothing at all...
The Best Cottage Checklist: a Mom’s Guide
Families are forever fearful of unknowns. When you rent a cottage, you are dealing with independent owners who may just ignore your complaints and concerns. Finding the right cottage rental, in many ways, is like shopping for your next car. You need to...
The Purchasing Power of Produce : Four Tips to Growing a Small Garden for Fun and Sales
As the home of the organic agriculture movement, Santa Cruz and the surrounding areas boast many large-scale farm operations. Human and plant residents alike enjoy a Mediterranean climate perfect for growing produce; some veggies will even grow well year-...
Making the Most of Natural Light in Your Office
On a warm summers day, when the sun is out and beaming down on you, the last place you will probably want to be is stuck in an office. In reality however, it will be the case for most of us this summer. But there are some measures you can implement to mak...
Expert Tips On Growing Indoor Citrus Trees
Botanists have finally perfected a project they had been working on for more than 20 years. Indoor dwarf sized citrus trees that actually produce edible fruits. Now you can grow miniature oranges, limes grapefruit, lemons, kumquats and mandarins can all b...
SPRING PATIO LOCATIONS
Are you down about winter, have you had enough snow, are you ready to get outdoors? Put those winter blues behind you, because spring is fast approaching … wait … spring is here and it’s Patio Time! It’s time to get outside with your home & garden project...
How to Fight the Winter Blues by Growing an Inside Herb Garden
Most people think about gardens and planting only in the spring time, and again as harvest time comes. This is certainly true, but there is no reason you cannot plant and grow crops all year around, and one way to do this is by growing an inside herb gard...
Go Green With a Garden Shed Greenhouse
For avid gardeners or someone looking for a backyard project, a garden shed or greenhouse is a good idea. The most prominent benefit is the possibility for year-round gardening, regardless of the climate you live in. Combining the functions of a shed and ...
The Benefits Of Adding Skylights To Your Home Renovation
I just left a friend's most charming home. It was overflowing with character and graced by an incredible French antique furniture collection. Each piece was highlighted by an inordinate amount of natural light flooding through each space.
This quain...
Choose Green Home Remodeling and Let the Sun’s Energy Power Your Home
When considering a green home remodeling project, think of the sun. Now is a perfect time to consider switching to a renewable energy source such as solar power. Many homeowners don’t consider solar because they think it too expensive, unreliable, or comp...
Deck Building- How to Design an Attractive Deck
To transform your ordinary deck into a beautiful and comfortable one, you should start with a professional deck design tailored to your home. Every home offers various prospects for building a creative design for an attractive and useful deck. A truly att...
Deciding If Your Home is Right For Solar Panels
Where Do You Live?
Obviously there are good and bad areas of the country for solar panels.
• The sunny southwest, From Texas to Southern California, has the best sun exposure in the US.
• Other great places are the Rocky Mountain state of Utah, C...
Tips On How To Keep The Company Cool During The Summer Time At A Discount
Keeping cool in the summer without shelling out plenty on air conditioning can be quite a real difficult task. And when there's one place where you would like to be able to work comfortably, it's your office. With a little creativeness and organizing you'...
Indoor Herb gardening-The best gardening
Indoor herb gardening is one of the simple gardening as well as it is the gardening which makes your garden full of fragrance. Not only can herbs gardening be done in any type of home, indoor gardening also gives you the option of maintaining and benefiti...
Checking Out Solar Heating Systems
Solar heating systems are a good way to tap into an inexhaustible supply of energy. You can finally have some control over costs to heat your home. There is a large investment in the beginning. However, the initial cost will be substantially reduced, if y...