Regular Home Fixated readers by now grown almost as tired as I have of our struggles to beat back nature, or at least achieve a draw on our 80 acre farm. Years of inattention and neglect have allowed opportunistic weed trees and shrubs to shrink our usable space as well as provide harbor for rodents and other pests that have hampered our efforts to harvest sufficient amounts of produce to sustain us through the year. I have featured a number of the DeWalt 20v Max outdoor power tools in previous posts, and the newest addition is the DeWalt 20v Max pole saw that DeWalt sent our way for review. Let’s take a stroll through the farm and see what my new favorite tool can do. Read More
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A Garden Reset – Revitalizing a Toasted and/or Neglected Yard
Many of us who live in hot weather areas end up with gardens that look completely neglected towards the end of August. This is especially true if you think the best way of dealing with the summer heat is to avoid it by staying indoors as much as possible. I only come out at night to water the plants before darting back towards cooler climes. If this is you as well or your yard has just been feeling the heat, here’s a quick primer for getting it back into shape. Read More
