Planting A Vegetable Garden
If you’re looking for ways to save money and eat healthier this year, then consider planting a vegetable garden at home! They look great and will provide you with delicious food. A $2 tomato plant can provide you with 10lbs of delicious, fresh food in a single season! Most people say that vegetables grown at home […]
Planning Your Garden: Part Two – Planting Your Perennial Garden
Dear Need to Know, Thanks for writing back! now that you garden plot is ready to go, the next step is going to be planning which plants you’re going to plant. Planning Your Plants Think about the plants you want to start with. You don’t have to fill up every inch of your garden space […]
Project Book: How To Repair A Single Handle Tub and Shower Valve
If you’ve ever had a leaky shower head, you know how irritating it can be. The slow drip… drip … drip … of the water literally means money right down the drain. For homeowners, this can be an annoying problem that seems tricky to fix, but with a little know-how and some help from Koopman […]
Planning Your Garden: Part One – Creating Your Perennial Garden
Dear Need to know, Congratulations on your new home! Bravo for wanting to add some flowers to your landscape. There are a few easy things you can do to ensure your new garden is a success! Step 1: Choose a Location The first step is picking out your location. If you have a sunny spot […]
Project Book: Repairing Water Stains on Ceilings or Walls
After a winter with as much snow build up as the one we just experienced, this spring will find many people with water stains on their ceilings or walls. This can be a symptom of a few different problems so it’s best to identify where the damage is coming from before we start the restoration. An ice […]
Project Book: Inspect and Clean Out Your Home’s Gutters
April showers may bring may flowers, but they also bring a slew of maintenance for any home owner. Although most often thought of as a fall job, checking your gutters for debris ensures that any water they collect will be diverted from your home, lest you deal with the oft too common flooded basement in […]
Easy To Grow Flowers & Plants for Beginners and Children
Gardening is an activity whose rewards are always visible (and sometimes delicious). What many don’t consider is that it can also be an excellent way for families to work, learn and spend time together. To help you increase the chances that children will both enjoy and succeed in gardening, we’ve asked some of Koopman’s best and […]
Spray & Forget – It’s That Easy
At Koopman Lumber, we seek to bring you innovative solutions to common problems every day. With our Product Spotlight blogs, we’ll briefly highlight items that we believe many people can make use of but may not be aware that they exist. Making your life easier is our mission! Today we’re going to be taking a look at the […]
Ask Koopman: Starting From Seeds
Dear Sow What? This is a great time to ask these questions. Seed sowers need to think and plan ahead. There are several reasons people choose to start plants from seeds. Our growing season is short It takes time for a plant to grow from seed to mature plant. Here in New England we have a […]
Circuit Breaker Finder
Trying to identify which circuit breaker in a fuse box goes to which outlets or fixtures in your house can be an exercise in frustration. Even if the fuse box was properly labeled by whoever did your house’s wiring, it can still be difficult to tell which outlets or fixtures in a particular room are included in which […]