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I Need Gardening Advice!!
Every 2 to 3 months you can put something on your lawn. ... and the height will shade the roots and help cut down on watering needs during our hot summers. ...
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- I have a survival of the fittest concept.... Hard Prune everything!! After Feb. 14, (grandma wives tale!) Then decide out of what lives to care for!!!
- Ok, I am no expert but here goes. You mulch the plants in your planters. That protects them from freezing. If you are economically challenged like the rest of us, y...
- Talk to the folks at Natural Gardener. They give lots of free advice.
Need Something for Grass, Pets Urine Is Ruining It!
Not the entire grass, just the spot they peed on with a watering can...her grass looks great! .... Next question: Dog Urine Burning My Lawn ...
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- I just heard recently that feeding your dog tomatoes will help. I read some of the other responses saying tomato sauce. You might try each item and see what works best...
- The only thing I have ever known to work is basically hosing or pouring water over the area of grass the animal just "went on"....it dilutes the acidity in the urine.
- Have you taken your dog to the vet? My dog did the same thing! My vet said that my dogs urine was very acidic! I think that they said that there was something that ...
What Chores Do Your Children Do?
My youngest is now 8 and he is responsible for unloading the dishwasher, his room, feeding and watering rabbits, chickens, dogs and cats. He mows the lawn ...
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- My daughters are 4 and 7 and they each have a chore chart with magnets they get for each chore they do. The 7 yr old gets a quarter for each magnet. The chores invol...
- Hi D., My 5 year old son makes his bed, picks up his toys, helps set the table and helps prepare food with a kids safe knife/spoon that sort of thing. He is not al...
- I have my children do most of the chores listed, but their favorite one wasn't listed...vacuuming! Maybe because I have boys and it's a machine, but they almost fight...
How to Manage Time at Home
Sep 1, 2009 ... OH and lawn is worth the $20 per week we pay to have it done We do the watering and weeding but the mowing and edging is done by a service ...
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- M., I have two small childrens as well 4 & 7. Here is what I have learned...working parents can't do it all. I try to clean a little during the week and a little on ...
- It's not easy and there is really no such thing as managing it all. My husband and I work full time and have 3 children ages 14, 10 and 2 1/2. The older two are very ...
- Boy do I feel you! I have young one's too and work outside the home as well as trying to establish a business on the side. If you can afford it even everyother week,...
Allowance
If my son mows the lawn, that is outside of his normal chores, or my daughters might help me with dinner or offer to water my plants. ...
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- There are 6 kids in my family and I'm not sure what my parents did for the rest. I'm the youngest 5 years younger than the next, but here's what they did... and I thi...
- Our girls have certain things they are expected to do around the house, mow the lawn, take out trash, empty dishwasher, that they do because they live there and are ex...
- What about rewarding them every week with how their behavior is and whether they have accomplished their tasks (whatever they may be and that you set out for them)by t...
What Chores Do You Expect from Your 10 Year Old and What Discipline Do You Use
His son was suppose to mow the lawn and one day he decided he didnt want to do ..... At 10 my son was feeding and watering the dog, trying to keep his room ...
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- G., I have felt your pain. :) My husband came up with a really neat idea, and so far has worked wonders. (We've had the plan in action about 4-5 months now) First o...
- My 10 yr old sets and clears the table every night (pending homework status). She is also responsible for cleaning up any messes she makes. Also, she can dust the fu...
- I have a 16, 14 & 11 year old. I have one discipline method that really REALLY works with them. If I asked them to do something in the past, I dealt with the same re...
How Much Allowance Should I Give My Children, and for What Chores?
Some great ideas for boys could be weeding, watering plants, sweeping side walks , .... It costs $25 or so a week to have the lawn mowed by someone else, ...
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- Ask your boys! Sit down and have a family meeting with them. If they are involved from the beginning it's much more likely they will do their jobs and be proud of th...
- I'll probably fall in the minority here, but I think that allowance should be given only for extraneous chores from the children, like certain yard work or any special...
- In our home its a $1.00 per year of age (ex. $10 & $7) per week. Although they have opportunities to earn more if they do extra (raking and picking up leaves in the y...
How Do I Mulch? and More...
Your roots will not come up looking for water. However if you have clay soil, that would be the reason for the roots coming .... "Green" Lawn & Garden Care ...
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- My husband is in landscaping and here are his thoughts: You need to amend the soil as much as possible by adding sand, compost, organic matter, etc whatever you can...
- M., That clay is a curse for sure. Yes you can mulch now. A cheaper way to go about it is to wait until people have raked and bagged their leaves for fall. If you ha...
- Ellen gave some good advice concerning calling your agriculural extension agent, so try that. As far as mulch is concerned, it doesn't matter whether you mulch in t...
Chores
So like cleaning his room, helping with dishes, watering plants, dusting, ... mowing the lawn and washing windows are working out pretty well. best wishes, ...
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- Hi D., Not sure what you have your son doing now for chores, but it's a good idea to get them started in a fun way. Usually young children want to be helpful and ...
- my son when he was 5 was putting the silver ware away(except for the sharp objects) and he was also scooping the litter boxes and cleaning his room.... as he got a lil...
- I would say to give him jobs that you know he can carry out well, without you having to do them again. So like cleaning his room, helping with dishes, watering plants...
Chores
lawn care, gardening, meal prep, painting, baby sitting younger ..... Feeding any animals, dusting, pulling weeds,watering plants. Kids this age love to ...
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- I am a parent to 5; grandma to 7 and now foster children throughout the year. My 6 year old grandson learned his colors by sorting his dirty clothes when he was 18 mo...
- Hi G., My son is 5 1/2 and he has been doing chores for a small allowance for about 6 months, now. This is what he does: daily- set the table, feed the dogs, pick u...
- How about sweeping any wood or tile floors? Helping set table for dinner, clearing table?? the 3 yr old could help dust low shelves that dont have breakables or use a ...
