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Six Ways You Can Keep Your Trees Alive All Year Round
Trees on your property add many benefits. They provide shade and lower humidity in hot weather, a home for animal life that livens up your yard, and increased property value if you decide to sell.
What Impact Do Trees Have on Home Value?
You may be asking yourself what good trees do for your home’s value. Many people will tell you that a home that has trees is more appealing than one without.
Ideas to Add More Zest to a Boring Yard
Your yard should be a reflection of your personality, taste, and style. It should feel welcoming when you come home and bring pleasure to your eye.
Spring Critters: How to Keep the Pests at Bay
Prevention is the biggest step in controlling pest populations, and normal maintenance is usually enough to keep unwanted bugs and animals at bay.
Landscaping Tips for Dealing With Trees On Your Property
Cutting down trees is not only detrimental to the environment but it is also dangerous. Well, it is more of dangerous than hazardous to the environment, because some trees have to be cut down.
The Four Best And Worst Trees To Plant In Your Yard And Why
Deciding which trees to plant in your yard can be a daunting task. There are many to choose from, but some are much more advantageous for your landscape than others.
Reminder: Midwinter Home Maintenance Checkup
Tweet But winter does not mean a complete rest from your home maintenance work as several problems could be looming just out of sight. Let’s take a look at a
Smart Tips For Tree Planting
Tweet There are some matters to consider when selecting a tree including the type of tree and where you will plant it. The Right Tree What type of tree is
How to Care For a Newly Planted Tree
Planting a new tree in your yard is half the work. The other half is ensuring that it grows and thrives where you planted it.
Yard Care: Managing Water Usage
Review your water bill in the warmer months and your eyes may bulge out of your sockets. That’s because you’ve been using hundreds of extra gallons per month to maintain the pool, tend to your garden beds and to maintain the lawn.
Why You Should Hire A Landscape Designer
Let’s face it: your yard is a complex ecological environment, filled with flora and visited by fauna, offering a delicate balance between the natural and the manmade.
Spring Home Renovation Projects You Can Plan Today
The weather outside is nasty with snow, freezing rain and slush making venturing about an arduous and miserable task. It is about this time of the season where people’s patience is most tested as the reality of weeks more of enduring a wintry blast come into play.
What You Should Know About Replanting a Live Christmas Tree
Tweet Live greenery for the home. One of the most important decorations in many homes each December is the Christmas tree, which is usually a freshly cut fir tree or
How to Keep Critters Out of Your Attic
Tweet As fall gives way to winter, you’ll notice that squirrels are making a stepped up effort to gather nuts in advance of the cold weather. Acorns are a favorite
Trees, Autumn Leaves & Disease Prevention
Tweet Fall is the perfect season for assessing the health of your trees. As leaves turn color and fall, you’ll have the opportunity to inspect the leaves from each tree
Fall Pruning and Your Yard
Tweet Autumn is the main pruning season for most shrubs. Chillier temperatures mean that winter is just around the corner, with the first snowflakes now falling across higher terrain and
Invigorate Your Yard With Fresh Landscaping
Tweet By Kevin Poon A common predicament The Norris’ had been sporting a “For Sale” sign in front of their house for six months. The house was in good shape,
How to Get Your Lawn & Garden Ready for Fall
Tweet With summer now behind us, fall is the perfect time of the year to prepare your lawn and garden for the cooler months ahead. This means taking some steps
DIY – Planting Trees
Tweet No need to hire a landscaper to truly transform your yard, why not try it yourself? Trees make your yard look its best and accent the rest of your
Storm Recovery and Homeowners Insurance
Tweet Hurricane season and your home insurance policy. Following an extraodinarily active and deadly spring tornado season, homeowners across the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are keeping a wary eye on
