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Keeping Trees Healthy: Tree Care Ideas For Home Owners
Trees and shrubs add interest and value to a landscape. However, planting trees and shrubs is a much more complex process than sticking a plant in the ground and waiting for it to grow. Informed choices about tree and shrub cultivators will help with correct selection and placement, and proper care starts when planting occurs.
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Backyard Play Systems: Ground Zero For Moms, Dads & Kids
Remember when you were a kid? Remember when you were a pirate, a river boat captain, when you scaled the Matterhorn or were a trapeze artist in the circus? Backyard play systems are a wholesome and healthy way for active kids to express themselves.
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Selecting A Lawn Care Company: What Makes A Difference?
It’s important to understand exactly what you want a service to accomplish in your yard. Do you want weed control? Do you want full, consistent grass growth? Do you have special needs in terms of insects or location?
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For Your Lawn: What’s The Best Medicine?
Weeds...Insects...Rodents....With this review, we are only scratching the surface. These are very common situations in our area, but
your lawn care professional is trained to identify and control these and other detrimental factors. To get the most out of your lawn, its important to ensure conditions exist for healthy growth.
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Form Follows Function: Setting Your Goals Before You Landscape
People often don’t look at the big picture before beginning a landscaping project. A good design will help broaden the awareness of a client, help the client to define how they want to use an area, and create a personalized outdoor space.
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The Greenest Way To Go GREEN! (Evergreen That Is…)
A great misconception that exists is that artificial Christmas trees are environmentally friendly. The fact is, a vast majority of the artificial trees are made of plastic and other petroleum based products.
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Healthy Trees, Shrubs, and Gardens: An Organic Solution
The chronic use of inorganic nitrate based fertilizers and pesticides have greatly harmed our urban soils. The beneficial microorganisms in our backyard soils have been lost or are only marginally present.
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Stephenson Tree Care
Stephenson Tree Care, Inc is a locally established, full service professional tree pruning, removal, and care company. Stephenson specializes in low-impact pruning and removal techniques which protect your landscaping and adjacent plantings.
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A Family That Plays Together Stays Together
The old saying ‘A family that plays together stays together’ is an operating philosophy that many of our customers subscribe to,” says Diane Kopan, Co-owner of Sport Court of Madison. Often, the courts we install become a gathering place for the family.
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How To Choose A Professional Landscape Contractor
Are you longing for green grass, flowers, sunshine and an average daily temperature over 60 degrees? Believe it or not, now is the time to start dreaming up your ideas for your landscaping project so you will be able to enjoy your backyard paradise all summer long.
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LAWN CARE - 6 Great Reasons To Hire A Professional
In recent years, lawn services have gained favor because of two great benefits; more free time when time is at a premium, and all of the things that can affect your lawn. Read on for a list of six key lawn care areas that all contribute to a beautiful emerald lawn.
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Lay Of The Land(scape)
Natural landscaping is skillfully using the materials at hand to create an unforced look that is both easy to care for and is easy on the environment.
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Greener Weed ‘N Feed
The list of truly natural herbicides is small. The one natural weed killer that works, and that you need to ask your lawn-care professional about right away, is corn gluten.
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Landscaping - 5 Steps To Creating Your Plan
When planning your landscaping, the one thing you will want to avoid is adding things haphazardly with no ultimate plan on how you want to use your yard. This is a recipe for wasted time and money, and a disappointing result. A detailed landscape plan will provide a bird’s-eye view of your property and allows you to determine whether one area will mesh with another.
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Environmentally Conscious Fertilization Saves Money And Grass
Being green and keeping your lawn green are not incompatible goals. In fact, these days they’re more compatible than ever. First of all, a good lawn-care professional, will analyze your soil. This is the most important step toward having a green, lush lawn all summer with the minimum addition of chemicals.
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Fall Gardening Ideas
When most people think of gardening, they think of spring & summer. The fact is, fall can be a great time to work with your garden.
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Organic Lawn Care
Do you want a more natural approach to a beautiful lawn free from pesticides? If so, then you are not alone. A growing environmental awareness has led many people to search for organic lawn care solutions. This approach encourages the use of natural or organic fertilizers and amendments to restore soil vitality and organic matter levels.
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Increasing Energy Efficiency: Programmable Thermostats
For an average home of 2,200 square feet, a programmable thermostat can save about one hundred eighty dollars per year - $180.00! The price of programmable thermostats can range from $80 to $500 depending on the complexity of the unit. But, for most homes, the savings will pay for the thermostat within the first year of use. And, the life span of a thermostat is about ten years — that’s an average savings of $1,800.00 over its lifetime!
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Memo To Self: Spring Landscaping To-Do’s
When the snow recedes a homeowner’s focus turns to their yards. Using a few early season lawn care techniques can improve the look and the health of your lawn. As far as getting a return for the time and effort you put into your lawn, spring activities are the best.
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Rain Gardens
Runoff can contain pollutants, sediment and fertilizers. Rain Gardens help store and filter water which would otherwise drain into lakes and streams.
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Fall Lawn and Landscaping Priorities
Often times the best way to have your yard get off to a great start in the Spring is to prepare for it in the fall. There are a number of yard projects that are best done in the fall because the natural process lends itself to the weather.
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