Plant the right tulips for perennial color, plus other tips from ... - Seattle Times

Q: I would like to plant tulips in my garden this fall. How can I guarantee that they'll come back every year? A: Tulips are perennials, but many of the modern hybrid varieties will flower only once. This is largely because of the cut-tulip trade ...

How to fix foundation chips, plus more home tips - Seattle Times

Q: My concrete-block foundation is 28 years old, and chunks of concrete are popping off a few blocks. Some are an inch deep, or nearly so. Would that be due to moisture? And does that mean that the blocks are filling with water? I tried filling the ...

Close the door on heat loss and save energy come winter - MLive.com

Have you had enough of the "go green" movement? Not the Spartans from Michigan State University, of course, but the catch-phrase for environmental stewardship -- less pollution, less energy consumption and reverence for tree-huggers. Catch phrases ...

Home and Garden news: going green with plants, tea and even burial - Pocono Record

Have a bad spot in your yard where nothing grows? Or just need some decoration somewhere? Find a container and fill it with flowers and vines. That's what our readers did. They share their ideas with us today. Did you ever think you are polluting the ...

For goodness' sake - Guardian Unlimited

Up and down the country there are harvest festivals and late summer flower shows taking place in church and town halls. If there was one in the area I would be submitting my dahlias and some produce from the allotment, just for the joy of the ...