Your Home Maintenance And Landscaping Professionals
This is a great year to tackle that major renovation project that you’ve been putting off for the past couple of years. Yesterday’s Federal Budget has made it easier and more affordable than ever to get on with getting that project done. Starting yesterday ,Jan. 27, 2009, and going to Feb. 1, 2010 is the [...]
My sweetie, Karen, and I are starting a large renovation in our home right now and are now one of the couples doing home improvements. We are going through all the figuring, planning and comparing what we both want with what can be done and with the amount of money we want to put in [...]
Tags: communication, couples, discussions, home, Home improvement, kitchens, renovation, tipsIn my last post I talked about gutters on one of my client’s homes being clogged constantly by the needles that are falling from a fir tree that is right next to her home. Trees are beautiful and offer a lot of value to a home but they can cause damage to a home in [...]
Thrips, also known as thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, and corn lice, feed on a large variety of sources both plant and animal by puncturing them and sucking up the contents. They are pests no matter what you call them. In this video you’ll see what they can do to gladiolas that will make any gardener [...]
Many of us are starting to harvest tomatoes from our gardens and greenhouses now. What a fabulous time of year this is. Being able to grow these beautiful vegetables (okay, I know they are actually in the fruit family but, let’s not split hairs over this) in your own backyard is one of the true [...]
Tags: garden, garden girl, Gardening, greenhouse, neighbor, organic, tomato, tomatoes, yardEver wonder what it’s like to use some of the pro lawnmowers? Well, anywhere there is a large lawn that is what usually get’s used so that it can be done faster and better. These machines take some practice to get good at. They are powerful and cost a lot more than the homeowner mower [...]
If you’re in the market for a new riding lawn mower this video will introduce you to three of the styles to choose from. There are many manufactures to choose from in addition to the ones shown in this video. It all depends on the size of your lawn and how much you want to [...]
In this video, Patti Moreno reveals some options for your yard instead of just lawns. Transforming your yard from lawns to flower beds, shrubs and trees can be so much nicer to enjoy and better for the environment with less use of fertilizers, pesticides and fuel for those lawn mowers, trimmers and blowers. There is [...]
Here is a quick lesson on getting your lawn started in the spring to be green and lush for enjoyment through the summer. There is a bunch of great tips so have your pen and paper ready to take down some pointers from this video. In the spring it’s the time to get your lawn [...]
Tags: dethatching, fertilizers, fertilzing, grass, Landscaping, lawn, Lawns, overseeding, tips, yard
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