Controlling the heat has been top of mind for most of us most of the month. And while things have settled down a little, we’ve still got a lot of summer weather left to go. Find out what home improvement expert Danny Lipford has to say about controlling heat from your home’s windows in today’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning –…
Toads make great gardening partners. They eat insects, slugs and snails and ask for very little in return. Help attract these natural predators to your garden. Create an inviting habitat for these critters. Leave some leaf litter under trees and shrubs and in the garden. Include a shallow pond or water feature. Even a shallow saucer filled with chlorine-free water…
More travel adventures. Today we’re exploring a city that claims to have been explored by Vikings way back in the 1300’s. Here’s a live look at our friend Big Ole in Alexandria, Minnesota. He’s 28-feet tall, built in 1965, and weighs four tons. It’s a fun site to see, plus you can pose for photos for the webcam. We…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. – A dog dies in an early morning fire two miles north of Oxbow, North Dakota. The Cass County Sheriff’s Offices tells KVRR Local News the fire broke out in a home along County Road 81. They got the call around 2:45 Thursday morning. The fire started in the kitchen. Two people in the home got out…
Parts of the region finally got some water this morning — more than six inches and counting, in some places. And that has us all talking water this morning, and what to do with it. Danny Lipford lets us in on what “gray water” is, and what to do with it, in this morning’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features
At this point we will try whatever you tell us to try, in order to stop sweating so much. Danny Lipford thinks he can even get your windows to stop sweating. That’s in today’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning – Features
If you get anything growing in your garden these days, what with the drought and heat we’ve been experiencing, it’s time to spill the tea. Melinda Myers is. She’s showing us how to grow a tea garden in today’s Melinda’s Garden moment. Categories: Morning – Features
Things are getting pretty heavy in Ask Danny this morning. Seriously. Fortunately, he’s more than up to the task. Find out the safest way to hang a heavy mirror with our favorite home improvement expert, Danny Lipford. Categories: Morning – Features
Conserve water, grow a more productive garden and take the guesswork out of watering your plants with clay pot irrigation also known as Olla irrigation. You can purchase Olla pots like these from a variety of on-line sources. Or create your own from unglazed terra cotta pots. Just plug the drainage hole with a rubber cork like I’ve used…
Tuesday has some pretty brisk breezes in the forecast, with gusts that could go up all the way to fifty miles per hour. Fortunately, all that breeze is coming in really handy if you’re heading toward the laundry pile this morning. Danny Lipford shows us how to get in line with the green movement when you dry your clothes in…
