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A Little Piece of Earth from City Dirt for Urban Gardeners

City Dirt is a brilliant urban gardening blog. The founder will be publishing the book A Little Piece of Earth this coming winter. Don’t wait to start planting some seeds now and have fun experimenting with growing food in small spaces. It is truly possible!
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Construction Workers Could Use HGH

There are some jobs that are tougher on the body than other jobs. Construction work is one of those jobs. People who work construction often find that they’re having a tough time keeping up with the work as they age. This puts them at greater risk of injury on the job. One solution for construction [...]

During Business Construction

It can be a huge headache when your place of business is under construction. Follow these tips to make it easier on everyone in the office:

Put a plan in place. Make sure that you work with your construction workers to put a clear plan in place for the project. This plan should have a timeline [...]

Gravel screeners on Craigslist?

In an attempt to save a few bucks and move my business forward during these tough times, I decided to check out craigs list gravel screeners to see if we might be able to find equipment for the company. Well I certainly found several gravel screening machines, however what I did not expect was the [...]

Solving the Problem with Cars Crashing into Old Barriers

State officials needed to find a solution. Why were drivers prone to crashing into traditional road barriers? The concrete crowd control barriers were causing a large problem in upstate South Carolina. The damage from these was often severe and the associated injuries seemed to be more devastating than need be. It looked as if a [...]

Constant Construction

I have never lived in an area that always had as much freeway construction as they have in Colorado Springs.  I chose to live here because fifteen years ago, it was a nice little town near the big town of Denver, so I had the best of both worlds.  Now, however, I’m going nuts!
I-25 is [...]