Lifestyles

• Tips for a Beautiful Lawn

  A beautiful lawn does not come without some effort. Depending upon what type of soil you have, the amount of effort will vary. For instance when raising trees and shrubs, sandy or a gravel base soil is great. Landscape plants like well drained soiled. A lawn on the other hand is different. Lawn grasses grow constantly throughout the growing season, and need an ample supply of both nutrients and water. Regular watering and fertilization is required to keep a lawn beautiful.

• How to Grow Ornamental Grasses

  Ornamental grasses have become extremely popular in the past ten years or so, and if you buy them at a garden center they are kind of pricey. Learning how to grow them yourself is actually quite easy. They can be grown from seed, but I wont pretend to be an expert at that for several reasons. One, I dont know anything about growing them from seed, and two, I have no desire to propagate them from seed because seedlings require too much care. The easiest and most effective way to propagate them is through simple division.

• Winter is the Best Time for Tree Pruning

  There are two kinds of winter gardening. The first method usually starts in January as the gardening catalogs begin to arrive in the mail. This type of gardening is as easy and sitting in your favorite chair, browsing the catalogs, and either dreaming about what you’re going to do this spring, or actually drawing designs for the gardens you intend to work on.

• School Shootings and White Denial

  ...I’ll tell you what went wrong and it’s not TV, rap music, video games or a lack of prayer in school. What went wrong is that white Americans decided to ignore dysfunction and violence when it only affected other communities, and thereby blinded themselves to the inevitable creeping of chaos which never remains isolated too long.

• The Kids Go Postal

  Why? Some claim it’s because the shooters are social misfits who never managed to “fit in.” Their dress, music, and beliefs-ranging from Satanism to anarchism to white supremacy-encouraged them to lash out at a society that rejected them. The solution, they say, is to spot kids with “potential problems,” based on their dress, musical tastes, or beliefs and “help” them.

• 90% of people don’t believe what they read on the Web

  Read the story anyway…

• Looking Back to Look Forward

  I think one of the things we all have in common is our sense of restlessness. No matter where we are in our lives, regardless of how good or bad things may be for us at any given time, it seems we are forever doubting or at least questioning ourselves – our happiness, fulfillment, and where we’re going.

• Don’t Lose Your Money

  Is it safe to purchase products on the internet? Depends upon your viewpoint and how you make the purchase. If you follow safe purchasing practices, it is perfectly acceptable to buy goods online. If you don’t, then your money may be at risk.