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  • Do You Love To Entertain Outdoors?


    While you use the summer months for traveling and for fun with your kids or grandchildren, maybe you are excited about the fact that autumn is just a few weeks away. Is that because you love to entertain outdoors in the gorgeous fall weather? if that's the case, is your patio ready for those events you will host? If so, you're good to go.  On the other hand, maybe you want to make some changes to your patio that would make it a nicer place to entertain friends and family members.
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  • 4 Different Ways To Automate Your Landscaping Care To Save Energy And Water


    If you want to improve your landscaping with environmentally friendly improvements that use less water and energy, there are many ways to automate maintenance. Today, the options for landscaping maintenance automation go far beyond the simple irrigation timers for sprinklers. The following automation ideas can help improve your landscaping maintenance with greener solutions that take advantage of modern technology: 1. Improve Your Landscaping Irrigation with Hydro Turbines to Power Controls
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  • Tips to Install and Use Water-Saving Features in Your Landscaping


    The design and planning of your yard's landscaping will determine its appearance and growth and its ability to improve or detract from your home's value. Along with planning attractive landscaping, you and your landscaper will need to consider how you will keep it watered for the optimal health of your vegetation. Here are some options you can add into your outdoor landscaping plan to maximize your yard's water use to best keep your landscaping maintained while you prevent water loss.
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  • Five Tips for Getting Your Yard Ready for Winter


    Winter is just around the corner, and if you live in an area of the country that gets cold, that means it's time to winterize your home. One area people often forget about is their yard. In addition to your house, your lawn, trees, and other plants need weatherization, too. Here's what you should know to get them ready for their dormancy period so they are healthy and lush come springtime.
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  • Ideas For A Relaxing And Useful Outdoor Living Area


    Creating space for outdoor living is a popular trend right now. Whether you need more room for cooking and dining or if you just like spending time outdoors, you'll enjoy having a space that's attractive and functional. Here are some ideas for creating your outdoor living area. Install An Attractive Patio Base Rather than a plain white concrete patio, consider installing something with a little more glamour. Stamped concrete, pavers, or polished concrete make your outdoor space more attractive and suitable for entertaining.
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  • Splash Pad Safety Tips For Parents


    As summer comes, outdoor play is the best thing for families. Many parents of young children enjoy taking their kids to community or even private splash pads to cool off and enjoy the outdoors without the need for a pool pass. Like all activities, playing at a splash pad requires some attention to basic safety. Here are some simple safety guidelines to keep your child injury free this summer. 1. Never skip the sunscreen.
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  • What You Need To Know before Your First Power Washing Service Call


    Is the outside of your home looking dingy? Dust, dirt, algae, and moss can leave a dull sheen or discoloration over walls, pathways, and patios. A deep scrub may remedy the problem, but that solution is both time and labor intensive. A better option is to invest in power washing services. These services use water under high pressure to peel off layers of grime. The following can help you prepare for the first session.
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  • Three Reasons To Install Yard Irrigation Systems


    Irrigation systems work to supply water to the plant life within your yard, and range in form from simple soaker hoses to more complex sprayers and sprinkler heads. However, no matter their method of delivering water to the plant life in your yard and garden, all types of irrigation systems provide a similar set of advantages. Understanding what some of the benefits an irrigation system has to offer your yard and landscape can help you decide if installing a system is the right fit for your needs.
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  • Some Basic Landscaping Tips


    Landscaping maintenance is important for preserving the appearance and condition of your property. Regretfully, there are some tips and steps that new homeowners will overlook when it comes to this aspect of caring for their property. BY starting to take advantage of this tips, you will find that you can more effectively care for your property so that its landscaping is in the best condition possible. Be Mindful When Mowing The Grass
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  • Looking For Humane Ways To Keep Wildlife Off Your Grass? 3 Landscaping Tips


    Keeping some of the wildlife off your yard can be a necessity if you want the landscaping to look great and not have holes on the grass or other problems that can be caused by wildlife. While you may be familiar with trapping or using chemicals to get some of the wildlife off your yard, you may be more interested in preventive measures that are more humane for deterring wildlife.
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