Archive for May, 2008
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Friday, May 30th, 2008Home and hosedSydney Morning Herald, Australia - May 30, 2008Toro manufactures a 100m garden hose in the Tricolflex range. Smaller lengths can be joined to make a longer hose, or to repair damaged hoses. …
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The summer jobs are waiting - Chicago Tribune
Friday, May 30th, 2008Summer to-do lists can be cluttered with small projects that are kind of a drag — just routine repairs and monotonous maintenance. But they eliminate minor hassles, help the house recover from or prepare for winter weather — and you get the …
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Neighbours to the rescue - Winnipeg Sun
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Neighbours to the rescueWinnipeg Sun, Canada - May 29, 2008By SHANNON VANRAES, SUN MEDIA Quick-thinking neighbours, a fire extinguisher and a garden hose helped save a home from additional damage after an apparent …
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Add more ‘green’ to your garden - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thursday, May 29th, 2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Add more ‘green’ to your gardenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - May 29, 2008But sometimes, you still need a garden hose, a soaker hose or watering gear. It’s nice to know that environmentally friendly products are available. …
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So, how green is your garden, really? - Dallas Morning News
Thursday, May 29th, 2008The stats in Joe Lamp’l’s new book, The Green Gardener’s Guide (Cool Springs Press, $16.95), are alternately scary and compelling. Regarding those small gasoline spills when refilling the lawn mower or the blower, he warns that 1 gallon of spilled …
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No injuries in South Elgin house fire - Kane County Chronicle
Thursday, May 29th, 2008SOUTH ELGIN – A village resident accidentally set his house on fire Wednesday while using an acetylene torch to repair a broken water pipe, fire officials said. No one was hurt when the fire broke out at 194 S. Collins St. about 11 a.m., Fire Lt …
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A healthy, hands-on classroom - Delaware Online
Thursday, May 29th, 2008All the spring rain has put a damper on some outside activities. But it has done some good, too, as children at Keene Elementary School in Glasgow have reaped some ripe radishes and leafy spinach and lettuce during the past two weeks. Growing the …
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Fire guts hobby shed of Washougal man - Columbian
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008A fire on Wednesday afternoon destroyed a shed belonging to a Washougal man, Jesse Shehan, who as a hobby builds scale-model remote-controlled boats and ships. No one was reported injured. The Washougal Fire Department was called to 34 35th St …
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Soccer coaches who saved player’s life honored - Columbian
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Bob Solvason for helping when a woman in a motorized wheelchair became stranded. Deanna Green, who called 911 and protected a mother’s children during a medical crisis. Douglas Lack, for using a garden hose to douse flames until firefighters …
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Plumbing accident leads to costly fire in South Elgin - Courier News
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008SOUTH ELGIN — A South Elgin man probably wishes he’d called a plumber after his attempt to fix a water pipe started a fire that did an estimated $85,000 damage to his home Wednesday morning. John Bieber of 194 S. Collins St., was repairing a water …
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