http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Marcelle+Snyder Finances Marcelle Snyder Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=682599&ca=Finances Creating a food budget can be advantageous in that it can help you "stretch your money" and still have enough to eat "great". Dawna Pacini, who has 2 school-age children and is on a fixed income, has learned through experience that creating a food budget is an excellent method which can help a famil... Gardening Marcelle Snyder Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=681317&ca=Gardening In order for you to understand why growing your own vegetables is a good idea, let me explain how the many changes to the farming methods came about. It used to be that when growing your own vegetables, you would plant seeds in organically enriched soil, rotate your vegetables so that the soil would... Gardening Marcelle Snyder Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=629378&ca=Gardening Have you ever wondered why some people gather as many leaves as they can, even pick up their neighbors’ leaves and create leaf mulch out of them? Well there’s a good reason for wanting this leaf mulch (also known as leaf mold) in their gardens. While compost is excellent for improving soil texture a... Gardening Marcelle Snyder Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=367976&ca=Gardening Fruit trees should be sprayed in early spring before the bud opens in order to kill overwintering insects/insect eggs nestled in the crevices of your fruit trees. However, in order to safeguard your health and that of the environment, consider using one of the environmentally safe natural or organic... Gardening Marcelle Snyder Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=179244&ca=Gardening Air is one of the three essential requirements needed by the decomposer organisms in your compost pile. Because air penetrates only the first few inches of the pile, it needs help to reach the composting pile's center. Therefore if you suddenly get that nasty rotten egg smell around the compost, it... Gardening Marcelle Snyder Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=179239&ca=Gardening We know and understand that compost is "Backyard Magic" because compost helps restructure the soil, it reconditions the soil, it helps the soil hold onto its water thus protecting it from drought and erosion, and most importantly it puts nutrients back into the soil and by the same token into our fo... Home Management Marcelle Snyder Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=9410&ca=Home+Management Over 100 years ago in Piercebridge, North Yorkshire, England, two bachelor brothers named Jenkins, also from England, managed a charming country lodge known as the George Hotel. For many years, a floor clock (now known as a grandfather clock) stood in the lobby. This old clock was different in that... Society Marcelle Snyder Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=9408&ca=Society For the longest time the word "pewter" was synonymous with "for rich people only". During the 16th and 17th centuries, silverware was a luxury which only rich merchants, churchmen, kings and noblemen could afford. Then craftsmen introduced Pewter as a substitute for silver and gold. At the time, thi... Home Management Marcelle Snyder Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=9409&ca=Home+Management For many people, the dignified appearance and mellow sound of a grandfather clock gives life to a home; in addition, buying a grandfather clock can be an excellent investment. As decorative objects, they cover a large variety of styles, from the early country examples to those with extremely sophist... Home Management Marcelle Snyder Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=9407&ca=Home+Management Pewter, in general, is a silver-white alloy consisting principally of tin. The properties of pewter vary with the percentage of tin and the nature of the added materials. Antimony adds whiteness and hardness. Modern pewter, better known as fine pewter, is a lead-free alloy of tin mixed with a small...