PREPAREDNESS ON A BUDGET It Doesn’t Cost a lot to be Prepared It is no secret that many families and individuals are looking to cut back on spending. But with the frequency of disasters, both natural and manmade, can you afford not to be prepared? Preparedness doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. […]

May Garden Guide Grow your own dried flowers. Raise statice, globe amaranth, straw flowers and other everlastings to provide flowers for this year’s arrangements. * Plant gladioli bulbs in late May. * Set out marigold, petunia, ageratum and fibrous begonia transplants. All are good border plants. * To grow annuals in containers on the patio, […]

Be sure to read “EXTREME COLD” a prevention guide to promote your personal health and safety published by the CDC.  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/guide.asp

   Living With Hard Water We’ve all experienced the annoying results of hard water: White-encrusted faucets, spotted glasses, dull, filmy hair. Let’s take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of hard water and how to live with it. According to a US geological survey, hard water is found in more than […]

  HOT WEATHER TIPS Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States. On average, excessive heat claims more lives each year than floods, lightning, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. When the body heats too quickly to cool itself safely, or when you lose too much fluid or salt  through dehydration or sweating, your […]