Courtesy of Southern Living Water ― Pay attention to hanging baskets and containers, because they dry out more quickly with the warmer temperatures. Irrigate plants at dawn and dusk to reduce water loss from evaporation. As you make additions to… Read More
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Use Your Lawn Sprinkler System to Conserve a Precious Commodity | Home Maintenance Tips
Water is a commodity that we’re probably all guilty of taking for granted. And that’s understandable. After all, for most of us water has been readily available all of our lives. Whenever we need water, we simply turn a knob… Read More
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Summer Time Grilling | Home Safety Tips
Courtesy of Richard Wachtel and GrillingWithRich.com Since Memorial Day marks the un-official start of Summer and believe it or not, as much as grilling is a lot of fun doing, it is also somewhat dangerous and could case death, so… Read More
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May Yard To-Dos | Yard Maintenance Tips
Courtesy of Southern Living Lawns ― Once your brown turf has turned green, it is time to fertilize on a regular basis. Some warm-season grasses, such as hybrid Bermuda and Zoysia types, like high-nitrogen-based lawn fertilizers. Some turf, such as… Read More
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Light the Way Delightfully with Pathway Lighting | Home Improvement Tips
Tripping the light fantastic is fine for a night out on the town. But tripping on your walkway because your lighting is not fantastic isn’t cool. The bumps, scrapes, and bruises that can result are bad enough. But if a… Read More
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Artistic Landscape Lighting Techniques to Create Enchanting Nightscapes | TLC Incorporated
When you think of landscape lighting, you might tend to think of just a few randomly placed outdoor lights scattered throughout a property. But in fact, an installer of landscape lights is an artist of sorts, using a palette of… Read More
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7 Smart Lawn Fertilizer Tips | TLC Incorporated | Home Maintenance Tips
By Dan Shapley Courtesy of The Daily Green Wasted fertilizer represents not only a significant pollutant affecting U.S. lakes, rivers and bays, but money “down the storm drain,” according to our expert. Maryland has become the latest state to ban… Read More
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April Yard To-Dos | TLC Incorporated | Lawn Maintenance Tips
Courtesy of Southern Living Mulch ― Now that winter is gone, remove and replace mulch around such plants as azaleas, roses, and camellias because disease spores and insects may have overwintered in this material. If you think disease or insects… Read More
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Is Your Landscape Lighting Stuck in the Last Century? | TLC Incorporated | Home Maintenance Tips
If your landscape lighting isn’t fairly new, then your system probably uses old-fashioned incandescent bulbs. If that’s the case, your landscape lighting IS stuck in the last century. And that’s not a good place to be. Because there’s a new… Read More
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Is Your Lawn Sprinkler System Ready for Spring? | TLC Incorporated | Home Maintenance Tips
Don’t you just love springtime? Nearly everyone looks forward to putting the short, dreary days of winter behind us. And who doesn’t enjoy witnessing the annual rebirth of nature in a spectacular explosion of growth and greenery, blooms and blossoms?… Read More