Flowering Azaleas, Camellia, Crepe Myrtle (Crape Myrtle), And Other Important Landscape Shrubs
Saturday, 27 June 2020
Landscape shrubs are divided into two main categories: Evergreen shrubs grown primarily for the green leaves, and shrubs that are grown for flowers. Some of the flowering shrubs that are grown for flowers are also evergreen, such as: Albelia, Azalea, Banana shrub, Bottlebrush, Bridal Wreath, Gardenia, Ligustrum, Oleander, and Tea Olive. Azaleas and Camellias are
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Why Use a Commercial Lawnmower at Home?
Saturday, 27 June 2020
Not all yards are created equal. COMMERCIAL LAWN MOWERS are becoming more and more popular for maintaining residential lawns. There are several reasons you might choose a heavy-duty machine for your personal landscaping. Your Yard is Huge! If you have a large lawn to cut, and it takes you more than an hour a week
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Landscaping Design – How to Avoid a Kitsch Landscape
Saturday, 13 June 2020
You can create a chic landscape without turning it into a design disaster. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, “kitsch” is defined as “sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts.” Applying this term to the landscape can be quite different. It could imply specific garden elements unnecessary in the landscape or
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Buy an Existing Lawn Care Business Or Start Your Own?
Saturday, 13 June 2020
When entrepreneurs first decide to enter the lawn care business one of the first decisions that they have to make is whether to buy an existing business or go with their own independent start-up right from scratch. There are advantages and disadvantages to buying an existing lawn care business as opposed to starting your own.
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Why a Patent Landscape Analysis Is Essential
Saturday, 30 May 2020
Every enterprise, big or small, thrives on Research and development for its growth. Success of a product and in turn the company, depends on strategic planning of these R&D activities. Now, a key to this strategic planning is PLA or Patent landscape analysis, which allows one to navigate areas for growth and future developments. Landscape
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Landscaping Benefits and Lawn Maintenance Issues
Friday, 29 May 2020
Property value benefits of landscaping According to a Clemson University study, “Homeowners wanting to increase the value of their property will do well to consider the cost-effective, return potential of quality landscaping, and to safeguard their investments by hiring licensed, professional landscape contractors to perform the work.” This study found that quality landscaping can result
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How Landscaping and Hardscaping Increases Home Value
Saturday, 16 May 2020
The next time you step outside your home, you might want to take a closer look at your property’s landscaping and hardscaping. Upgrading a home’s landscaping from OK to W-O-W can increase overall value from 10-20%, according to research from Virginia Tech. Landscaping 101 Landscaping goes beyond just plants and shrubs to hardscaping, which includes
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Tips From Professional Lawn Care Mowers
Friday, 15 May 2020
It’s fairly easy to maintain your own lawn, but when a professional is offering you free advice why wouldn’t you listen to it? If you’ve ever wondered what little secrets the lawn care professionals might have to make the yards they maintain look as good as they do, then these tips are for you. You’ll
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Horses Make A Landscape More Beautiful
Friday, 01 May 2020
The title of the book comes from the words of Lakota holy man Lame Deer: We had no word for the strange animal we got from the white man–the horse. So we called it sunka waken, “holy dog.” For bringing us the horse we could almost forgive you for bringing us whiskey. Horses make a
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Safely Mowing An Overgrown Lawn
Friday, 01 May 2020
There are many reasons why lawns are left to become overgrown, the property may have been left vacant for a long period of time, the property may be rented and the gardens not cared about by either the owner or the tenant, a busy lifestyle may just push our lawn care routines so low to
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Top 5 Qualities of Landscape Pathway Materials
Friday, 17 April 2020
You can easily find your way to a better yard with the right landscape pathway materials. If you are looking for new solutions for your outdoor area, then you will also want to consider the qualities for the hardscape you are working with. This will make a difference in how you approach your next landscape
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Hustle Up Cash With Your Own Lawn Care Service
Friday, 17 April 2020
Many homeowners and property owners simply do not have the time to care for their lawns. That being the case, they will often hire someone to do it for them. That person could be you! You will need a few things in order to be truly successful in this type of work. The good news
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Appreciate The Beauty Of Nature With Landscape Photography
Friday, 14 February 2020
Most people really love nature. A lot of people would even travel far and spend money just to be with nature. Indeed, what nature has to offer relaxes, comforts and relieves a person. And so, many people really want to capture the beauty of nature. By capturing its beauty, you do not only improve your
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Wide Deck Lawn Mowers for Large Scale Lawn Care
Friday, 14 February 2020
Have you ever looked at an expansive, perfectly trimmed lawn and thought, “It must have taken an army of lawn mowers to do that job!” Large yards can make a big impression, but they require care that matches their scale. Professional lawn care services will get the job done, but at a premium cost to
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UNESCO Declares Sukur Cultural Landscape in Nigeria As World Heritage Site
Friday, 31 January 2020
Sukur, located in the Northeastern part of Nigeria has been selected by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site. The Nigeria has a unique position in the African continent due to its landscape and various other places with tourist attractions. The Sukar Landscape was selected due to its structured palace, beautiful villages and terraced fields
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Lawn Care Basics
Friday, 31 January 2020
A beautiful, well-maintained lawn is the pride of most neighborhoods. The way your grass looks depends on the way that you take care of it. There is some basic things that you can do to help keep your grass healthy and beautiful. Mowing, watering, feeding, aerating and scarifying are all important steps to follow for
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Residential Landscaping Services
Friday, 17 January 2020
Is your house looking rather drab these days? Is it the fall and all your flowers are gone leaving your yard looking frumpy and misshapen? It might be time to hire a landscaping service. They can do a lot more than just mow your lawn in the summer and rake all of your leaves up
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Ecological Landscape Design and Organic Lawn Care
Friday, 03 January 2020
There is a growing recognition, that the expanding suburban landscape is having a negative environmental impact. Suburban development often includes vast energy dependent monocultures (perfect, grass lawns). They consume a significant amount of natural resources, (water to keep them green and gasoline to keep them trimmed), and they reduce the amount of habitat available for
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Valuable Tips for Creating Beautiful Garden Landscapes
Friday, 20 December 2019
When you bring a new plant from a nursery to plant in your garden you become a designer who designs the garden landscape that you have. If you want to be a great designer, you need to be aware of certain aspects so that you can have the best landscape. You may have noticed that
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How To Start A Lawn Care Business On A Shoestring
Friday, 20 December 2019
As the economy loses more and more steam, people are beginning to think more seriously about starting their own business. If you’re one of those people and are in a quandary about where to start, there aren’t many business opportunities that qualify for being able to start-up on a shoestring budget. But there is one
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The German Romantic Landscape Painter – Caspar David Friedrich
Friday, 06 December 2019
Nineteenth century, German ‘Romantic’ landscape painter, Caspar David Friedrich was born on September 5, 1774, in Greifswald, to candle-maker, Adolf Gottlieb Friedrich and Sophie Dorothea Bechly. By the age of thirteen, Caspar had lost his mother, sister, and brother. His artistic career began with his coaching under Johann Gottfried Quistrop, a friend of the ‘Romantic’
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Don't Become a Lawn Care Horror Story
Friday, 06 December 2019
I have already heard two lawn care horror stories this year. Both were highly preventable, with the use of an actual, insured, honest, and knowledgeable lawn care professional instead of someone with a rake, and mower claiming to be a "professional". I have even seen people driving around with a push mower stuffed into the
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Landscape Lighting Design Tips
Friday, 22 November 2019
Perhaps you have been noticing in and around your neighborhood some of the interesting and oftentimes downright amazing effects of what some of the currently available outdoor landscape lighting products have to offer. The technology these days is in fact amazing with what has been done even with cheap solar lights. The up and coming
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Hiring The Services of Professionals In Lawn Care
Friday, 22 November 2019
Keeping a well-maintained lawn has become an accepted practice in society these days. In fact people are in the business of providing services for lawn care. That is because property owners regularly hire the services of lawn care professionals in order to keep their lawns well-maintained. But is there really a more sensible reason in
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