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Herbivores: Protecting Plants Without Pesticides

Contributed Post Creating a garden is an excellent pastime. It’s fun, healthy, and gives your mind something to focus on night and day. The only time it’s stressful is when pesky bugs eat their way through your produce. Get away slugs; there’s nothing here for you! Of course, there are plenty of chemicals on the market which will get rid of them at the drop of a hat, but you’re against using harmful substances. So, what are your options? Well, you’ll be glad to know that using a spray isn’t the only way to protect your garden. Sure, it’s hard work but natural remedies do exist, and you can find them underneath. Create Your Own As a gardener, DIY comes naturally and warding off insects…
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4 Ways That You Can Improve the Look of Your Kitchen

Plenty of time is spent in the kitchen preparing meals that everyone in the family will love and enjoy. This makes the kitchen a very important area in your home. The overall look of your kitchen should be welcoming and neat making it fun and enjoyable to cook a delicious meal. To give it a fine look, you can consider upgrading it or changing it completely. However, there are simple ways in which you can improve how your kitchen looks that would make it more comfortable to work in, including getting new appliances or upgrading your kitchen cabinets in Denver, Dallas, or other U.S. cities. Here are 4 ideas that you can use. Upgrade accessories and appliances Upgrade your kitchen using new accessories and appliances…
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5 Employer Failures You Shouldn’t Stand For

Contributed Post When you accept a position at a company, it’s important to be aware that the business owner has responsibilities that must be upheld. There are plenty of company owners who hope that employees won’t notice their failings and will continue to work for them regardless. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happens with employees continuing to work for employers who fail to provide benefits, offer protection or even pay them the right amount. Don’t stand for this in your job and make sure you hold your employer to a high standard. Image Source Failing To Protect You Office and business injuries are incredibly common. If you’re not careful, you can end up in a business where accidents simply aren’t taken seriously at all. This could…
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3 Signs That You’re Drunk On Distraction

Do I have your attention? Your full and undivided attention. If I do, it probably won’t last long. In fact it’s probably only a matter of minutes until, wait is that a pigeon? How did that pigeon get there? Ooh, what’s this? Hey, somebody liked my tweet. That’s cool. Ooh that reminds me, I must check the movie times because I think we’re going to the movies tonight. In fact, I think I’ll just take another look at that trailer because I’m not so sure about that movie and- Image by Flickr Oops. Sorry, got a little distracted there. If you’re a writer or a creative of any sort, you’re likely no stranger to distraction. You probably spent a great deal of your youth drifting…
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2 Future Car Safety Tech Ideas That We Really Need

Contributed Posts Pixnio Back in June, I published a piece about modern cars and how they’re making huge strides in safety and preventing deaths. Today, I want to talk more about this, but with an eye on the future, rather than the present. By looking at modern technology and the current state of modern cars, I’ve come up with two future car tech ideas that we currently don’t have, but will be so beneficial! Alcohol Sensors Drunk driving is still a massive issue in this country. Too many people lose their lives because of someone’s stupid choices. What’s more, you forget it goes beyond damaging the families of anyone hurt or killed in an incident. Drunk driving cases can affect the people who sold alcohol…
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