In a previous article, I went over the steps for cleaning bird poop off of a wooden deck. While this is a common problem for us and many others, it’s not the only place birds choose to do their business. In fact, we deal with birds and their droppings considerable more in our driveway than …

As I mentioned in a previous article about keeping birds out of your garage, we have a lot of birds in our area. They’re in our yard, on the fence, on the mailbox, on the kids’ play equipment, sometimes in our garage, and can be found just about anywhere else they can get to. While …

If you’re like me, you hate the look of a freshly cut lawn covered in grass clippings. Fortunately, there’s an easy solution for that, which is to add a bag attachment to your mower to collect the clipped grass as you mow. This of course doesn’t come without its drawbacks, the main one being that …

At our last home, we had an unbelievable amount of leaves fall prior to winter. This was always a huge ordeal to take care of, and it seemed like every time we cleaned them up, another large batch would fall in their place. At our current house, we have a couple of acres, and while …

Is your curtain rod sagging in the middle? You’re not alone. For as long as I can remember, that’s been an issue in our house, but I never got around to doing anything about it. It even got to the point where the rod sagged so much in the middle that the two poles came …

Fact of life – if you have a dog and you let him up on the furniture, you’ll want to know how to get dog smell out of the couch. We love our furry friends, but pet odor lingers in your sofa, making you wonder why you ever let Rover up on the couch to …

While some fruits do best out on the counter, others are best refrigerated. Where do bananas do best? Will they keep longer in the fridge?  What is the best way to store bananas? The best way to store bananas is to keep them at room temperature and hang them from a banana tree or hanger …

We happen to live in an area with a ton of birds. We are out “in the country” with lots of open fields, and birds just come and go all day, every day. While we like seeing all the birds, we don’t like when they occasionally find their way into our garage. As I covered …

Up until a few years ago when my wife and I had our first child, I never knew how versatile baby wipes could be. Sure, we use them to wipes our kids’ bottoms when changing them, but they also work great for picking up just about any mess. If you go through as many baby …

We’ve replaced the mesh screen on the screen door to our back deck at least a few times, and as anyone that has done so will probably tell you, it’s not a fun job. Sure, you can get a little tool to make it a bit easier, but nothing’s worse than replacing the screen only …