Tiffany Selvey

Communication can make or break any kind of relationship.

I love the idea of electric lawn equipment. After spending years fighting with gas mowers, tillers, and weed eaters with their pull strings and clogged carburetors, a simple trigger or push button start is a dream come true. I can't tell you how many times I've hurt my shoulder trying to start a stubborn machine or forgot to change the gas in my lawn mower, so the idea of an easy to start lightweight string trimmer t...

I have a personal vendetta against Bermuda grass. For over a decade I have tried to keep this invasive grass out of my in-ground garden. Many home gardeners will till areas where Bermuda creeps in or spray it with herbicide, but as a no-till, organic gardener, I removed everything by hand. All that time spent dealing with this pestilent plant helped me understand exactly how it grows and spreads. This knowledge led me to the...

You might be most aware of poison ivy in the spring when you're clearing overgrown brush or just cleaning out your flower beds. Suddenly, you discover you have an itchy rash and wonder where it came from. This pesky plant can be difficult to identify when it's green since there are many vining weeds that are easy to mistake for poison ivy. It also blends in well with its surroundings early in the year, but there's a trick to identifying this plant and fall is the perfect time to do so....

Most houseplants come from tropical or arid regions, states ESP, which is why when you shop, so many tags say they do best in homes with bright, indirect sunlight. If you are fortunate enough to have a sunny window in your home, many beautiful and unique trailing plants would be happy to live in that spot.
Enthusiasts might say that you can never have too many houseplants, and who are we to argue? Not only are plants pretty, but they also offer a number of mental and physical health benefits....

Carpenter ants get their name from the way they chew through wood, indoors and out. Unlike termites, they do not eat the wood; they simply chew through the wood and push it out of the tunnels they create, according to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Although carpenter ants can damage any wood item, they prefer damp wood. In nature, they serve the purpose of helping trees decompose, but around the house, they can cause a lot of damage. Their existence may also indicate a problem ...

The holidays can be a fun, but sometimes stressful, time; the busyness that comes with parties, school activities, and visiting family members can leave you feeling a little frazzled if you did not prepare ahead of time, states Healthline. You can simplify your holiday season by decluttering your home before the chaos starts.
There are plenty of benefits to decluttering any time of year, but they are especially important when life is extra busy. Utah State University states getting rid of the...

Remember when you were a teenager and you'd get home from school, go straight to your room and close the door to your oasis? Your space; a room that represented everything about who you were. Even now, when you're all grown up, you still need an oasis, but your tastes are likely to be a little different. Instead of posters of dreamy crushes plastered to all four walls, you may now long for a dreamy Swiss cheese Monstera deliciosa to bring a touch of nature to your space. Instead of snuggly ca...

Everyone needs a place in this hectic world to escape the stressors of everyday life. If you are a book lover, a reading nook might just be the perfect soft place to land at the end of the day. Whether you prefer to flip your pages, download them, or just sit back and listen to a good audiobook, you need a spot with comfy seating, cozy lighting, and all the necessary elements to help you relax in your nest.
There are many mental and physical benefits of reading. Healthline states it strengthe...

Have you ever walked into a living room and something just seemed off? All the right elements were there: stylish sofa, attractive color scheme, perfect accents. If that space had a rug, it might have felt off because the proportions were wrong. A rug that's too big looks more like wall-to-wall carpeting, hiding the attractive contrast between its design and the solid surface of the floor. But then a rug that's too small gives the disturbing feeling of having a washcloth when what you need is...

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Christmas trees are one of the most recognizable symbols of the holiday season. Although most people use artificial ones to adorn their homes (per Rocket Homes), many Christmas traditions — including the use of Christmas trees — took quite a while to catch on in the United States.
Britannica states the influence of "Godey's Lady's Book," a popular women's magazine in the 1850s, increased the popularity of Christmas trees in North Ameri...

With a growing consumer interest in the local food movement, farmers markets are establishing themselves in town squares, neighborhood churches and city parks. In large communities and small, it is becoming easier to buy locally-grown produce. The success of these markets can be attributed to the fact that, deep down inside, it feels good to look the farmer in the eye and shake his or her hand.

In an unassuming space on the backside of the quaint Gingiber storefront is something pretty special. Black Apple Crossing is Arkansas’ first cidery, offering adult beverages fermented on-site using simple ingredients: apples and spices. Emma Avenue in Springdale is experiencing a revitalization, and the investment by new businesses like Gingiber, Roustabout Boutique and, to boost nightlife, Black Apple Crossing is fueling this change.

As a response to urban sprawl, cities in Arkansas (and nationwide) are reexamining the value of their downtown area with mixed use spaces, including single and multifamily housing as well as dining, shopping and entertainment.

Urban sprawl is when city populations spread to rural land and has many negative impacts, such as higher water and air pollution, increased traffic fatalities and jams, loss of agricultural capacity, increased car dependency, higher taxes, increased runoff into rivers...

They lurk in closets, under beds and inside shoes. No, they are not monsters — although for people with arachnophobia, they might as well be — they're spiders, hiding in the cracks and crevices of your home. The United States is home to more than 3,000 varieties of spiders, 60 of which are venomous.1 So it's no wonder that these eight-legged arachnids are popular symbols of Halloween.