All About Home Spring '08
Keeping your pool safe and fun
Make sure your swimming pool is safe and clean this summer.
Every parent knows summertime means fun time. With the warmer temperatures, it's time to unglue young eyes from the television, computer screen and video games. There's no better place for kids to get out and get active than in the pool.
Whether in your backyard or at the local neighborhood pool, swimming provides an energetic and socially engaging environment where children can create lots of fun summer memories.
"Swimming and pool play are fun ways to keep kids moving and expending energy," says Monica Jones of SwimWays, the largest manufacturer of pool toys in the world. "Learning to swim is an important life skill but pool time is also very enjoyable. There are many ways to make this time fun for the entire family."
Today's pool toys keep kids engaged by utilizing the element of water to the fullest. SwimWays offers options for children that are not only fun, but help encourage them to stay active and develop their swimming skills. Children love tech
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Muni Court Birds
Fair Officers
American Legion& VFW Wall Work
4-H Raffle
ELO Lamb's House
4 simple ways to go solar
April 27, 2008
by Valerie Streeter From Natural Home magazine There are lots of ways to use the sun to power your home. Though a large investment, solar panels add value to a house and profit home-owners in the e » Full Story
A guide to growing herbs in pots
April 27, 2008
The best-dressed gardens, no matter their size or style, include potted herbs. Potted herbs add an extra dimension of beauty to outdoor living areas, where they will surround your family and guests wi » Full Story
Buidling an eco-friendly home
April 27, 2008
Homeowners are embracing the green movement, not only opting for eco-friendly renovations when they improve existing homes, but choosing to go green from the ground up when they build a new house. G » Full Story
Building a playhouse is a snap
April 27, 2008
By MORRIS and JAMES CAREY For The Associated Press Warmer weather turns our attention to the great outdoors or, for the children, the great backyard. And sooner or later, they may request a little » Full Story
Cleaning your mirrors properly
April 27, 2008
The use of mirrors in interior design hit its peak in the 1970s, when they could be found on walls, in architectural designs, and even on some ceilings. Over the next 10 years, their use declined, but » Full Story
Conserving energy begins at home
April 27, 2008
There has been a lot of talk lately in households across America about cutting back. The national debt is in the trillions, the sub-prime mortgage mess has left more than a million homes in foreclosur » Full Story
Container gardening 101
April 27, 2008
By DEANNE JOHNSON Journal Staff Writer LISBON – Nothing says summer more than a lazy afternoon sitting on a porch swing listening to the breeze tingle the windchimes surrounded by the beauty » Full Story
Dealing with a slow drain
April 27, 2008
By MORRIS and JAMES CAREY For The Associated Press Q: The drain in my bathroom was running slow, so I used Drano to clear it up. It worked OK for a couple of days, but then started to get slow again » Full Story
Defend your bird feeder
April 27, 2008
The birds are back ‚and unfortunately so are the squirrels. There are few sights that ignite as much frustration in the hearts of bird-lovers as a squirrel's bushy tail bobbing happily in the bi » Full Story
Easy garden anyone can make
April 27, 2008
by Lee Reich From Mother Earth News magazine This proven strategy for starting a new garden emulates Mother Nature, with light mulching and minimal soil disturbance. The beauty of this system is tha » Full Story
Express yourself in word décor
April 27, 2008
By DEANNE JOHNSON Journal Staff Writer LISBON -- Expressing yourself through decorating can be difficult, but what if you just write what you want to say right on the walls. In stores, one can fin » Full Story
Faux finishing facts
April 27, 2008
By Ronda C. Howard Decorative Artist When I hear someone say they would like to have Faux on their wall, I cringe. Why would a Professional Decorative Artist cringe at a word associated with the » Full Story
Garden fences and trellises
April 27, 2008
by Barbara Pleasant From Mother Earth News magazine
Armed with an active imagination and a lopping pruner, you can transform green sticks into pretty trellises, fence panels and pl » Full Story
Armed with an active imagination and a lopping pruner, you can transform green sticks into pretty trellises, fence panels and pl » Full Story
Gardening starts with seeds
April 27, 2008
By DEAN FOSDICK For The Associated Press
It’s a wonder you can’t detect a pulse from a seed, considering all the life within. Even before they germinate, you can predict how their li » Full Story
It’s a wonder you can’t detect a pulse from a seed, considering all the life within. Even before they germinate, you can predict how their li » Full Story
Home sweet home...at last!
April 27, 2008
By ERIN COLELLA Journal Staff Writer SALEM - There comes a time in everyone’s life when one fantasizes about the possibilities of home ownership. I took the plunge after months, even » Full Story
Keeping your pool safe and fun
April 27, 2008
Every parent knows summertime means fun time. With the warmer temperatures, it's time to unglue young eyes from the television, computer screen and video games. There's no better place for kids to get » Full Story
Landscaping your hot tub
April 27, 2008
With the housing market in a slump, more homeowners are putting efforts into smart updates of their current property. For many, this means creating the ultimate relaxation destination right in their b » Full Story
Native or organic
April 27, 2008
Skip McCullough, APLD Special to All About Homes
Should I go native and organic? This two fold question is being asked more frequently by gardeners and home owners seeking to improve » Full Story
Should I go native and organic? This two fold question is being asked more frequently by gardeners and home owners seeking to improve » Full Story
Proper disposal of CFL lightbulbs
April 27, 2008
By TOM GIAMBRONI Journal Staff Writer LISBON - The growing popularity of fluorescent light bulbs has raised concerns how to properly dispose of them since each contain a tiny amount of mercury. Th » Full Story
Reduce, reuse, reclaim
April 27, 2008
Environmentally conscious homeowners may face a dilemma: they crave the warm patina of wood floors, but want to choose a sustainable flooring material.
There's no need to abandon a lov » Full Story
There's no need to abandon a lov » Full Story
Scrapbooking
April 27, 2008
By DEANNE JOHNSON Journal Staff Writer LISBON - I've always been a paper junkie, starting when I was little. Paper held potentials that needed only to be spurred by creativity. A new tablet of pape » Full Story
Solar water is heating up
April 27, 2008
There's another hot new trend in green homebuilding and remodeling. Advances in technology, coupled with rising energy prices, are resulting in growing interest in solar water-heating systems when gre » Full Story
Southern garden consortium looks to preserve camellias, azaleas
April 27, 2008
By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press Writer
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A group of gardeners across the South is on a hunt for century-old strains of camellias and azaleas that are vanishing a » Full Story
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A group of gardeners across the South is on a hunt for century-old strains of camellias and azaleas that are vanishing a » Full Story
The times -- they are changing...
April 27, 2008
Skip McCullough APLD/Ohio Certified Pesticide Applicator For the past decade, we have witnessed a dramatic change in the way we perceive and react to our environment. The environment of which I wri » Full Story
Treating your septic system
April 27, 2008
The National Water Quality Inventory Report to Congress stated, "... poorly maintained septic systems are believed to cause substantial and widespread nutrient and microbial contamination to grou » Full Story