About Heather Solos
Heather is the author of Home-Ec 101: Skills for Everyday Living and founder of Home-Ec101.com. Follow her on Twitter @heathersolos.Website: http://www.home-ec101.com
Posts by Heather Solos
Creative Ways to Water Your Garden During a Drought
By Heather Solos on June 28, 2011
Swaths of the United States are suffering drought conditions; this is in contrast to the other regions where many are just praying the rain stops. Those of us who live in the dry areas may be wondering how to water the garden without breaking the no sprinkler {read more}
By Heather Solos on June 28, 2011
Massive Pool Drain Cover Recall Affects Many Pools
By Heather Solos on May 30, 2011
Photo Credit: Chad Jones
Many public pools were unable to open in time for the traditional kick off to the summer swimming season. Legislation in 2008 mandated that pool drain covers must be installed to help prevent the entrapment and drowning of swimmers.
Although {read more}
By Heather Solos on May 30, 2011
3 Ways to Organize Outdoor Toys
By Heather Solos on May 28, 2011
There’s nothing quite like running the mower over a missed plastic shovel or the boys’ favorite rubber snake. It’s even more fun for that split second you thought it was real. If you have kids and have a yard, at some point organizing {read more}
By Heather Solos on May 28, 2011
9 Ways to Naturally Reduce / Repel the Mosquitoes in Your Yard
By Heather Solos on May 24, 2011
Photo Credit: Gina Pina
Unfortunately ridding your yard of mosquitoes isn’t as simple as planting a few citronella scented geraniums. Wouldn’t that be nice? Adult female mosquitoes can have a flight range of one to three miles, depending on {read more}
By Heather Solos on May 24, 2011
Draw the Shades, Keep Your Cool in Style
By Heather Solos on May 23, 2011
Summer is coming and with it comes higher energy costs due to cooling.
Did you know, during the summer months it is recommended to close the curtains or close the blinds on southern facing windows to help eliminate heating through passive radiation -that’s {read more}
By Heather Solos on May 23, 2011
Scotts Turf Builder, The Easy Way to a Greener Lawn
By Heather Solos on May 20, 2011
We have lived in our current home for seven years and as we kick off our eighth summer, we’ve decided to give our neighbors a real treat and begin doing more than the absolute bare minimum in the yard work department. That sound? It’s not {read more}
By Heather Solos on May 20, 2011
Save Your Garden Tools by Storing in Sand
By Heather Solos on May 18, 2011
What if there were a way to keep all of your gardening hand tools together that also improved their lifespan? Did you know that making your garden tools last longer could be as simple as storing them in a bucket of coarse sand mixed with vegetable oil?
It’s {read more}
By Heather Solos on May 18, 2011
Top Fantastic Recipes for Chicken Thighs
By Heather Solos on October 4, 2010
Chicken thighs are a budget lifesaver for busy families. However certain people, and I’m looking straight into the mirror on this one, don’t care for dark meat.
What do you do when you have white meat tastes and a dark meat budget? That’s {read more}
By Heather Solos on October 4, 2010
Basic Buttermilk Biscuits
By Heather Solos on June 2, 2010
I used to say who needs a biscuit cutter? Then a good friend sent me one she picked up for pennies in a thrift store and ok, fine I’m sold.
You were all right all along. I always used a juice glass or the band from a mason jar in the past to cut {read more}
By Heather Solos on June 2, 2010
Strawberry Banana Muffins
By Heather Solos on May 6, 2010
Spring is here and what better way to celebrate spring than with these excellent muffins? Exactly my point. For an interesting twist, add or substitute a teaspoon of orange extract to the recipe.
These are your usual, mix the wet, mix the dry, mix the {read more}
By Heather Solos on May 6, 2010
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