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Lawn Mowing Tips for Beginners

Lawn Mowing Tips for Beginners

By Embrace Home Loans Staff / August 17, 2022
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Congratulations! You’ve just bought your first home and are finding yourself with a lawn to care for. If you’ve never mowed before, it’s not complicated — provided you have a good working knowledge of the basics of landscaping. Beginner Lawn…

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5 Fall Lawn Care Tips To Keep Your Lawn Looking Its Best

By Embrace Home Loans Staff / September 23, 2020
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Most homeowners are aware that they need to care for their lawn in the spring, but few realize that the secret to a lush and beautiful lawn is year-round maintenance. With that in mind, we’ve brought you five fall lawn…

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How to Store Produce So It Stays Fresh Longer

By Aly Yale / August 13, 2020
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Let’s face it: you don’t always use produce right away. Sometimes, those meals you had planned get pushed back (pizza after a hard day’s work is sometimes necessary!), and sometimes, you just overbuy due to a sale or to avoid…

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The Best Veggies, Fruits, and Herbs to Grow as a Beginner

By Aly Yale / July 29, 2020
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Starting your own produce garden is a great way to save cash on groceries and help with any social distancing efforts that you and your family might be attempting. It can also be a fun and relaxing hobby — not…

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5 Spring Lawn Care Tips To Help Your Yard Look Exceptional This Year

5 Spring Lawn Care Tips To Help Your Yard Look Exceptional This Year

By Embrace Home Loans Staff / May 20, 2020
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Spring is officially here, which means its time to put lawn care at the forefront of your mind. Beyond simply mowing regularly, there are plenty of things that you can do to keep your lawn looking its best. Read over…

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16 of the Best Indoor House Plants

16 of the Best Indoor House Plants (That Are Easy to Care For, Too!)

By Embrace Home Loans Staff / April 15, 2019
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Are you looking for a splash of green to brighten up your home or office (…or home office)? Have you tried growing house plants in the past…only to succeed in killing them? Don’t worry — these 16 plants are easy…

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Composting 101: How to Make a Compost Bin

By Aly Yale / August 9, 2018
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Want a lusher, greener garden? Prettier flowers? A way to lessen your environmental footprint? Then composting’s the way to go. And fortunately, it’s not that hard to get started. Composting is as easy as taking the trash you already produce,…

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A Guide to Keeping Your Garden Fresh in Summer Heat

By Embrace Home Loans Staff / June 6, 2018
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Keeping your garden cool and fresh becomes even more important as those balmy spring temperatures rise to summer highs. Water is key, whether you’re growing flowers or hoping to reap a harvest of summer vegetables. And, while the serious drought…

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Spring Landscaping for Your First Home

By Aly Yale / May 14, 2018
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Spring is fully upon us, and for once, you actually have a yard to think about! Sure, you might have cared for some succulents or a few potted plants in your apartment, but as a new homeowner, you now have…

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