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by Joe Yedowitz | Jul 21, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes, Tips / Advice
Carefully planned and installed, a deck or patio can greatly increase the value and enjoyment of your home by expanding your outdoor living space. The trick is to decide which one, and which construction materials, will fit in best with your current surroundings...
by Joe Yedowitz | Jul 14, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes, Irrigation, Tips / Advice
At this point in the growing season, you may notice thinning turf or bare spots in your lawn and wonder what could be causing the trouble. There are plenty of possible reasons for problems like these, including: Compact Soil and Excessive thatch Insect or Disease...
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by Joe Yedowitz | Jul 7, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes
Compost piles are a familiar thing to most people. Compost Piles come with many benefits that will help all your gardening needs. The primary benefit of compost piles is that the soil produced from them is filled with nutrients and beneficial organisms that help your...
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by Joe Yedowitz | Jul 2, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes
Now that summer is here it is time to start growing your own vegetables. As you may be aware, planting a vegetable garden can be a very challenging task! If you follow these simple steps you can have a thriving garden and the freshest vegetables. There are many ways...
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by Joe Yedowitz | Jun 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Many gardens have a variation of flowers; which can be difficult being how different types of flowers need different types of care. There is a solution to this, a mono-garden! What is a mono-garden? It’s a garden that is all one flower; either in different colors or...
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by Joe Yedowitz | Jun 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
NOTHING! You see when a tree is cut properly (unlike the picture of this cut limb), the tree “compartmentalizes” the injury at the cut location. Trees can resist the spread of bacteria and/or microorganisms at the cut location naturally….some trees faster than...
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by Joe Yedowitz | Jun 10, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes
A personal preference. Personally, I like seeing trees in the middle of my lawn have a nice bed of fresh mulch. But are there benefits, you ask? Of course there are. First, by cutting a circle around trees in the middle of your lawn you hinder the lawn maintenance...
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by Joe Yedowitz | Jun 3, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes, Tips / Advice
How it all starts: Before you can enjoy the beauty of the adult butterfly, an enjoyable environment has to be created for the butterfly while it is still in tiny eggs. In order to do this, you’ll need food sources that caterpillars will eat since you need the...
by Joe Yedowitz | May 24, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes, Uncategorized
How to Survive the attack of the Japanese Beetle! Have you ever seen metallic, Japanese beetles attacking your flowers, trees, pool and maybe even you? This is a common problem for many people being how these beetles are attracted to over 300 types of trees and many...
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by Joe Yedowitz | May 20, 2010 | Gardens / Landscapes, Tips / Advice
Hungry Beetle Larvae are bad news for Lawns When it comes to lawn pets, it doesn’t get much worse than grubs. These ghastly creatures are beetle larvae that hatch from eggs laid in the soil. Grubs have an insatiable appetite for turf roots, and they’re able to go...
