Compost is basically made up to of decomposed organic material. The organic material can be of plant or animal origin. Composting is not as mysterious or complicated as most people seem to think. It is a very simple and natural process. It occurs naturally in nature, and half the time without any assistance from humans. Decomposition ...
Preparing Your Herbs
Planning Your Warm Weather Vegetable Garden
Deciding Which Warm-weather Crops
Home grown vegetables win hands down when it comes face to face in a taste competition. Whether it be a psychological effect or because you know what you are (and are not) putting into your own garden patch (pesticides etc), growing your own warm weather garden gives you not just the satisfaction of a job ...
Cool Kitchen Designs
So lets kick start with some amazing kitchen design that hopefully will inspire you in some way.Valcucine:The first kitchen to be made completely out of aluminum and glass.Antoine Lebrun:A rather unique concept by Antoine Lebrun were they have created an eco friendly kitchen environment. Don\'t expect to be able to buy this anytime soon though ...
New writer, Julie
Hi everyone, new writer here, my name is Julie Black and I thought I would give diy-guides.com a bit more female touch :). So whatever that might imply I will focus on writing about news, helpful tools, interesting things I see and read about. My next post will be coming along shortly.Take care,Julie
Planning Your Winter Flower Garden
Building a Green house
Ways to optimize your vegetable and flower garden
Sometimes we just wish we could have a nice patch of land to cultivate our own garden of fruits, vegetables and flowers. Adding to living in a densely populated place where space is scares, and not having enough time to care for your garden all year around, most of us end up buying our vegetables ...
Building a Vertical Garden
Urbanization has robbed Mother Nature of space to place her beautiful brood of plants and flowers. Known also as a living wall, green wall or sky farm, vertical gardens are well-suited for an urban environment where space is limited. So if you can’t go wide, what do you do?You go up!Many business establishments are ...
Wallpaper around openings
When you begin your wallpapering project, always start by papering a wall that does not have doors nor windows. Always begin at a inconspicuous corner, working away from the window.Always mark a vertical line on the wall, using a plumb line, as walls and wall papers are half the time not true or square, so ...
Wallpaper maintenance
Wallpapers from the last 25 years or so were "washable," meaning that the ink would not run if you wet it lightly. Newer wallpapers came with vinyl coating, vinyl acrylic, solid sheet vinyl, laminated vinyl, etc. Most wallcoverings are labeled "non-washable," "washable" or "scrubbable." Make sure you know what type of wallpaper you have before ...
Hanging Your Wallpaper
Set up a large worktable in a different room that will allow you to spread out the wallpaper and cut it to size. A sheet of 3/4" plywood placed over sawhorses works well.1. Determine where and how you want the design of the wallpaper to begin at the ceiling. 2. Measure and cut out a length ...
Getting the Wallpaper Down
Remove all switch plates and outlet covers from the walls, and move furniture out of the room. Spread drop cloths on the floor at the base of the walls where the wallpaper is being removed.New wall papers have vinyl coating, and multi layer wallpapers are designed to prevent water from getting in and softening the ...
Wallpaper – Prepping The Wall
Prepping a wall is important to ensure that your wallpaper adheres to the wall proper. It can also help to ensure an easier process when removing them in future should you decide to change the wallpaper. Prep the wall with a vinyl-acrylic sizing which is applied like paint but dries quickly and somewhat tacky. This ...
