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    Jan 29

    14 Simple Gardening Tips and Tricks

    From using leftover coffee beans to preventing dirt from getting underneath fingernails, master gardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips and shortcuts to make spring gardening a breeze. Here, the latest tips and tricks from Paul James, host of Gardening by the Yard: 1. To remove the salt deposits that form on clay pots,...

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    Jan 29

    The Shed Roof

    [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="320"] Modern Exterior by San Francisco Architects & Building Designers[/caption] There are few architectural elements in a home that suggest “traditional” or “contemporary” as strongly as roof shape. Ask a child to draw a house and you’re likely to get a box capped with the classic gabled roof. So too the flat...