Prepare two gallons of this mound drench in separate gallon jugs.

I’ve had two Weber kettles. One went with the ex and the second one rusted and rotted away before they went with plastic handles. Now I have a 2-burner Weber gas grill. It gets a lot more use than the charcoal grill did, because it give instant heat and holds the same temp for as long as the gas holds out. Gas is not…

I think she’s tuning up the tried and true methods by recommending slow cooking it. 

Coffee grounds have been tested and found to have an NPK value of 2-0.37-0.64. So they are an organic fertilizer which can be used directly on plants. Use them at a rate of 15 to 20 pounds (dry weight) per 1,000 square feet on the lawn, or 1 heaping handful scattered under each outdoor plant per month. You don’t need…

This is good stuff. Our daughter will graduate this May and very likely move back home with us until the universe of unfilled jobs opens up again. I think I’ll offer her her choice of mods to her part of the house.  We’ll be saving $800 a month in rent plus her school bills, so we should be able to make her feel more…

One of my girlfriends, long ago, worked for a rich family at their home. The man traveled a lot leaving his drunk wife home alone. Carol’s job was to keep the wife from getting into trouble financially or legally. While she was there, she handled the household business almost like a prime contractor. If a light-bulb…

Large boxes have a reason for being. It is hard to pack a blanket or comforter into a small box.

My wife and I have remodeled a couple houses. Now we’re looking for a retirement house and are finding some poor remodels. This week’s sad remodel was one where they took the door to the back yard and created a master bedroom suite. So they have nice French doors leading to steep steps down to the bedroom. The only…

H2O2 is genius for cleaning sponges.

Full strength H2O2 is used as rocket fuel.  3% is normal for around the house. 

Agree. I even use raw Vaseline in my eyes to get stubborn crap out (I work in a dusty environment).  Vision is blurry for a few minutes, but it works. 

I have an Anova Nano cooking tip for the DIY’er. Instead of wrapping the top of my bucket with plastic wrap, I found some craft foam in a drawer, cut it an inch larger than my pot, and cut a hole at the edge of the circle to fit the Anova. Here’s the template. I think the circle is 2.5 inches in diameter. The bump out …

Since the offenses seem to be directed at Asians, is anyone ready to be offended by Charlie Chan or Mr Yunioshi (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)

Although Trump is cancelling traditional Republicans, which he calls RINOs, as fast as he can identify them. 

It’s time to embrace the singular, y’all.  Just like they, y’all can be either singular or plural.  The one form that is always plural is all y’all. 

If you’re going to teach parallel parking, be absolutely certain you know what you’re doing and can describe it in straight talk. Same goes for backing in to a parking place. It’s all about lining up and the sight lines of the process. My youngest girl is in an apartment with 2 other girls. It is not unusual for them…

Have you actually tried long pressing the send button?  Because I don’t get any options for sending.  The 3-dot menu doesn’t have anything.  Long press doesn’t work as advertised.  And the + button to the left doesn’t help. 

Here’s how I completely eradicated hundreds of roaches from my new apartment in San Antonio in 1981. The day I moved in was discovery day. I came home from dinner expecting to unpack my stuff. Instead I found the kitchen absolutely swarming, swarming, with them. I beat feet to K-Mart and bought a pack of roach motels…

I am thinking that it allows the driver to better dodge low hanging trees.  Ask me why I might feel this way. 

All I see is an opportunity to remodel something.  FUN!