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More Stories by Mary Beth Breckenrige
- Readers offer strategies for deterring deer
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Nature’s ways improve backyard gardening
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Book helps house hunters think logically
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Curved shower rod is tension-mounted
- Tell the ‘Does It Work?’ team what you think about products
- Home and garden happenings — week of May 18
- Ask Mary Beth: Ridding ornamental grass of weeds
- Vegetable and fruit plant families
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School garden will teach healthy eating from the ground up
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Steal this idea! Decorating inspiration from Designer ShowHouse 2013
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Garden featured on Bath home tour
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Bag clip closes large sacks
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Book covers upholstery basics
- Home and garden happenings — week of May 11
- Tour details
Got a window? You've got gardening space
No space for a garden? Check out this window-mounted setup from the French design team of Nicolas Barreau and Jules Charbonnet.
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Doing the fridge frug
This video is a little long, but if you love midcentury design, you'll get a kick out of this 1968 promotional video for Westinghouse refrigerators. Check out the kitchen dancers. Groovy.
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News from the home front
Check out what's new In this week's home section: A look forward at some cool innovations in LED lighting, and a look back at the 75-year history of the Gardeners of Greater Akron, formerly the Men's Garden Club of Akron.
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LED bulbs shine in Consumer Reports tests
I've watched with interest as lighting manufacturers have rolled out replacement light bulbs made with LEDs.
The technology that goes into designing these bulbs is fascinating, but I've wondered how well they really work.
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Giant beech to come down
One of Akron's gentle giants has reached the end of its life.
The massive copper-leaf European beech tree on the grounds of Akron's Perkins Stone Mansion has succumbed to a wilt and vascular disorder, the Summit County Historical Society reported in the latest issue of its newsletter, Portage Trail Review.
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Shopping site offers free design help
The new online retailer AltogetherHome.com is offering free personalized design advice alongside its accent pillows and chandeliers.
The shopping site lets you email questions to its team of interior designers, whicih includes noted designer Marc Thee. To submit a question, click on the tab labeled "Blog" and then click on "Design Questions?"
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New this week
In this week's home section: Quilt designs on barns are bringing tourists' dollars to rural area.
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Turf: Dead or alive?
Wondering whether your browned-out turf is dead or just dormant? Ohio State University scientists have some good guidance for gauging the health of your lawn in the latest issue of the Buckeye Yard and Garden Line.
Here's what they say:
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Craft-book publisher offers online tutorials
STC Craft, a publisher of craft books, is offering online craft classes through its new Creativebug website.
The subscription-based service offers video tutorials for a number of projects and skills, taught by noted instructors such as Natalie Chanin, Jenny Doh and the Improv Sewing team of Debra Immergut and Nicole Blum. You can also download a Creativebug app for your smart phone or tablet.
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Video shows how to install drip irrigation
This summer's drought has made a drip irrigation system more appealing than ever.
If you think such a system is complicated to install, check out this video from Fine Gardening magazine's newsletter. It just might convince you otherwise.
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Join the Great Bee Count
Got 15 minutes to spare this Saturday?
You can use that time to help some of our most important pollinators.
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Inspired by Annie Sloan Chalk Paint
I first fell in love with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint when I visited R. Lucas Scott Co. during a trip this spring to Holland, Mich. I was wowed by the way the paints and waxes were used to transform tired furniture into showpieces, not to mention the shop owner's promise that the paint was easy to use and required no priming.
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