What to do with spent mums

What to do with spent mums

What to do with potted mums that have decorated a front porch when their intense flowers begin to fade? Even when blooms have senesced and their bright colors are gone, the flowers are turning brown and have begun to droop, the mum plant is still living. Rather than tossing the pots of mum with their…

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Monthly Maintenance: The Importance of Proper Fuel Plumbing for Diesel Engines

Monthly Maintenance: The Importance of Proper Fuel Plumbing for Diesel Engines

Pipe-to-hose adapters that are designed to be used without hose clamps utilize especially aggressive barbs, visible on the left, with the yellow collar. Courtesy Steve D’Antonio Special delivery: Sign up for the free Cruising World email newsletter. Subscribe to Cruising World magazine for $29 for 1 year and receive 3 bonus digital issues. Since their advent in the…

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Gardening 101: Invasive species – CBS Texas

Gardening 101: Invasive species – CBS Texas

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – There are plants in our landscape that shouldn’t be here. Invasive species are non-native plants that grow or reproduce aggressively in our local environment.  They are not kept in check by predators, competitors or disease so their population can dominate a local landscape. Some of these plants were introduced by retailers…

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