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HOME BUDGETING
How to lower your heating costs this winter
(NC)Here is some helpful home maintenance
advice from the "Manage My Home" experts at Sears:
Make sure that your furnace is in good
operating condition.
Check the attic for adequate insulation and
ventilation.
Reduce air leakage into your home with caulking
and weather stripping (this makes a significant difference).
Use a setback thermostat allowing you to drop
the temperature when you are not home. Program the thermostat to
drop to 17-18C (64-65F) during the weekdays and maintain your house
at 20C (68F) during the evening and over-night when you are at home.
Keep the doors of empty/unused rooms closed to
conserve energy.
Have your heating unit checked periodically by
a professional service person to make sure it is operating at peak
energy efficiency.
Manage My Home is an online service made
available to you by Sears HomeCentral, in association with Carson,
Dunlop and Associates. This Sears HomeCentral service makes
day-to-day home maintenance easier because it gives you a fast,
convenient and easy-to-use on-line service, consisting of an annual
maintenance program and a homeowner's manual customized to the
unique features of your home.
- News Canada
RECIPES
Easy Popcorn Balls
Ingredients:
1/4 c. oleo
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 lb. marshmallows
2 1/2-3 qt. popcorn, popped
Directions:
Melt oleo and marshmallows over hot water. Add
vanilla. Pour over popcorn. Moisten hands with cold water and form
into balls.
Recipe by
Celebrating
Halloween. Visit us for more
Halloween Recipes.
HALLOWEEN CRAFTS
Halloween Goodie Bags
Materials:
Brown grocery bag
felt pumpkin cutouts (or orange felt)
black cat cutouts (or black felt)
felt ghost cutout (or white felt)
wiggly eyes (if you use felt)
craft sticks
dark blue construction paper
brown construction paper
yellow felt
Halloween ribbon (1"wide)
glue
Instructions:
Cut off top part of bag (you just want it tall enough to fit
the blue construction at the top & the craft sticks on the
bottom). Glue blue construction paper to bag. You now have a
*scene*------a night sky & picket fence.
From the brown construction paper-----cut a tree with all
*scraggly* bare branches on it. Glue to left side of scene, make
sure part of the trunk is under the fence. Now glue your fence to
the bag (it takes about 20 craft sticks to go across the bag).
Cut a moon from the yellow felt & glue high in the sky. Glue black
cat on top of fence. Glue 2-3 pumpkins right at the bottom of the
fence. Glue the ghost *floating* in the tree.
Cut 2 pieces of ribbon 12" long & glue (or staple) on for handles.
You now have a trick or treat bag!
Craft Project by
I Love to Craft. Visit us for more
Halloween
Crafts.
GARDENING
Fall is the best time to seed your lawn
(NC)It's a must on every fall to-do
list: overseed your lawn. When the temperatures fall to between
15° and 26°, it's time to apply grass seed to thicken your lawn
and crowd out weeds. A few minutes spent this fall will yield a
thicker, healthier lawn in the spring.
Use a blend of grasses,
especially perennial ryegrasses and fescues, which need less
care and can resist bugs. Scotts Pure Premium Grass Seed Mixture
Sun and Shade fills the bill: it contains quality perennial
varieties of Perennial Ryegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass and Creeping
Red Fescue. The lawn experts at Scotts Canada say Sun and Shade
is the best all purpose mix for growing grass in sunny and shady
areas. Specially formulated for quick coverage and a long
lasting lawn, it resists drought, insects and fungus.
Begin by pulling weeds from your
lawn when the soil is moist. You're sure to get more of the weed
roots and disturb less of the soil. Drop some grass seed in the
hole to discourage the weed from returning.
Next, to overseed, mow grass
closely, then loosen the top 6 mm (1/4 inch) of soil in bare or
thin areas. Distribute the seed evenly. For best results, use
hand-held or rotary spreader.
Apply a starter fertilizer to
increase seeding success and then water thoroughly.
Remember, watering is crucial to
seed germination. Keep the top 1 cm (1/2 inch) of soil damp by
watering twice daily until all seedlings are up. Continue to
water once or twice a day until the lawn is established, usually
six to eight weeks.
Your new young grass will survive
the winter and become a thick lawn with few weeds next spring.
- News Canada
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