Anawalt Gardening & Tool Tips
When it comes to HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems, one component goes unnoticed but plays a crucial role in maintaining indoor air quality and system efficiency. Air filters work silently to trap pollutants, allergens, and contaminants, ensuring that the air we breathe is clean and healthy. In this blog, we’ll explore the importance […]
Applying a fresh coat of paint to your home is one of the easiest ways to give it new life. This supply checklist will ensure you have everything you need for your DIY home painting project.
Quality paint delivers the best results. Low-quality paints have fewer pigments, so they’re less vibrant and durable.
Picking a paint color can be an overwhelming task. . . even for a designer. What seems like a simple process is actually a lot more complicated.
Through years of trial and error, we’ve created a foolproof process when it comes to picking paint colors.
It’s a good thing that more and more people are picking up a spade, turning the soil, and growing their own food. A home vegetable garden reduces their carbon footprint, saves money on groceries, and provides fresh, nutritious, flavorful produce for the entire family.
Plus, home gardening is rewarding and fun!
Beyond preparing for the zombie apocalypse, there are several compelling reasons to grow your own food. It’s more than a thing for doomsday preppers.
Growing your own food gives you a sense of accomplishment. It saves you a wad of cash. It makes you the hero when you distribute free surplus food to friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors.
If you’re like most homeowners, you know how difficult it can be to keep tile and grout clean. Over time, grout can become discolored and stained, while dirt and grime can build up on your tiles. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to restore your tile and grout to its former glory. Introduction Before […]
The electric drill is a DIYer’s best friend and a professional builder’s constant companion. It’s one of our most valuable and versatile tools. It has revolutionized how we work, build, and create, thanks to its unmatched ability to bore precise holes fast in wood, metal, concrete, and virtually any other material. In its nearly 150-year […]
Your father had one, maybe two. Your grandfather always kept one handy. The ubiquitous Crescent wrench has been around forever, except it hasn’t. It’s a more recent invention than the airplane! The Wright brothers completed the first successful powered flight in 1903. The Crescent adjustable wrench was introduced four years later, in 1907. Imagine what […]
It’s easy for home gardeners to cultivate a lush lawn and garden without resorting to the chemical fertilizers and pesticides that threaten our waters, wildlife, families, and pets.
Common sense, good garden practices, natural fertilizers, and alternative pesticides are the foundation of organic gardening.
Perfect for people with limited gardening space, container gardening is a wonderful way to beautify your surroundings and improve an urban, porch, or patio environment. Since most containers are portable, you’ll be able to move your plants around and give your living area an instant color accent. For instance, a container filled with flowering annuals […]
As I yank out my last beets every spring, my tomato anxiety begins. In February, when I start a few seeds indoors on a heat mat, I feel I have all the time in the world. When I purchased a few unusual varieties in four-inch pots in March, I wondered if I was jumping the […]
With spring just days away, it’s time to start preparing your garden plan for peak planting season. Last year I had great success growing Serrano and Jalapeño Chiles and this year I’ve decided to broaden my repertoire. I’m mad about making salsas and hot sauce.