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…extension service for advice on fire resistant plants that are suited for your environment. Create fire-safe zones with stone walls, patios, swimming pools, decks and roadways. Use rock, mulch, flower beds and gardens as ground cover for bare spaces…

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…family homes to suit the area's diverse landscape. Typical to the area's architectural history, design elements include stone walls, natural landscapes and windows that invite natural light indoors and frame the wooded scenery. Standard home sizes range…

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…planned for spring 2009. To see the construction of a modular home, Bob Vila followed a modular mountain retreat in the Berkshires of Massachusetts down the assembly line from framing, through wiring and plumbing, all the way to the installation of flooring…

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…in Spring, but the effect does not warrant the extra expense.) Lime - Test the soil, and apply lime if the soil PH is below 6. Once the PH is corrected to 6.5, lime is usually needed only every 2nd or 3rd year. Wood Chips and Bark…

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…completely and taper to the corner. A lime-putty gauge holds water onto which plaster…
…sit or "slake". After it rests, the lime-plaster mix is ready to be blended into…
…Once it has stopped giving off heat, the lime plaster is ready to be mixed into putty…

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…soil samples. While many people routinely lime their lawns, this can result in raising the…
…can add nutrients or soil amendments such as lime, as needed. If you need to raise the pH, use lime. Lime is most effective when it is mixed into…

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…to make responsible decisions during your build. Yanai says she also loves to use earth-based materials like clay- and lime-based paints. "These are in very high-end homes, and they look incredible," she says. For wood and concrete stains…

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