As this article states, a well put together lighting scheme on your landscape can improve your home value by leaps and bounds. Lights can help improve the aesthetics of your home, but also improve the safety and home security of… Read More
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A quick class on grass
Most people admire a well-manicured lawn, but few are truly aware of the amount of work that goes into the selection, installation, and maintenance of healthy, attractive lawns. Why is selection an important consideration? This article explains.
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Preventing winter lawn damage
Here’s another page with advice on preventing damage to lawns in the winter. Unfortunately, it reinforces what we’ve said before about it being too late to do anything about it this winter. However, the instructions offered on the site are very clear and straightforward.
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Green grass during winter white
Here in the Mid-Atlantic, lawns are rarely covered by snow and ice all winter. For those times when there isn’t much white stuff on the ground, homeowners usually face ugly brown grass. However, these brown lawns don’t have to be a fact of life, as this article demonstrates.
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Will winterkill be a problem?
Though most cool season grass can survive the cold, ice, and snow of a winter season, this page demonstrates a lawn can still suffer when the weather turns bad. Unfortunately, there’s little homeowners can do to prevent these conditions, but they’re still good to be aware of.
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More low voltage vs. solar lighting
Here’s another take on the long-running low voltage versus solar lighting debate. As always, there’s no winner in this contest. It comes down to which pros and cons apply to your situation. Here is one thing you don’t need to factor into your deliberations, and one thing you do need to think about.
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Outdoor solar lighting basics
More and more homeowners are choosing solar lights for their outdoor lighting. Their easy installation, minimal maintenance, and ability to provide free electricity make them very popular. We’ve already discussed how they don’t need wires run to them. We’ve also talked about how their light level is dimmer than normal electric lights. This page offers another thing to consider.
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Christmas light storage
If you haven’t already started taking down your holiday lights, you probably will do so during the next couple weeks. This page offers some helpful hints for storing them easily so they’ll be ready for next year.
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Landscape lighting creates instant sculpture
It may not seem like it, but landscape lighting has lots of uses in the winter. In previous posts, we’ve talked about the added security and visibility it offers to your house and property especially during these days when there’s less daylight. We’ve even talked about how it can turn a large rock or unique tree in your yard in striking features.
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Reviving traditional Christmas lights
Old is in this year when it comes to Christmas lights. After new light designs such as icecle lights, net lights, and LED lights dominated the holiday light displays in past years, This article found that traditional C7 and C9 lights are back among the most popular lights. Here’s why: