How to spruce up your landscape, even if your budget is tight Container gardening has many benefits, not the least of which are their impactful beauty, great versatility, and easy care. Whether your garden pots are used to grow impressive annuals or healthy vegetables and herbs, watering them is a key part of [...]
Pressure Washing 101 While there are a number of good reasons to hire out your pressure and power washing jobs, some homeowners might be willing to purchase the equipment and add this task to their list of regular seasonal chores. But do you know the basics? The first one is, this isn’t anything [...]
Why Does My Property Need Professional Pressure Washing? Home ownership in Santa Barbara comes with a long list of things to keep up with and remember to do: Have the furnace and air conditioning serviced every year. Test and change the batteries in the carbon monoxide and smoke detectors twice a year. Check [...]
How to spruce up your landscape, even if your budget is tight There is nothing like a tidy landscape to inspire in us a pride of ownership. How our homes are viewed from the outside are, in our minds, a reflection of what is inside, and therefore it is the landscaping that we [...]
End of Summer Lawn and Garden Care As summer winds down, some home gardeners are breathing a sigh of relief. The days of watering soil that always seemed too dry, chasing weeds, and fighting damaging insects are coming to a close. However, there are a number of landscape maintenance practices that should be [...]
Fertilizing Your Indoor Plants Just because plants are growing indoors doesn’t mean that their care beyond regular watering goes to the wayside. In fact, because indoor plants don’t have access to the benefits of the outdoor environment, they require special attention to supplant the nutrients they would otherwise get from the soil, air, and [...]
Current Trends in Landscape Design If your landscape makes you want to consider some changes but your budget won’t allow it, there are a few things you can do to clean it up—small things that have big impact. Try these three landscape maintenance ideas first. Groom the foliage. Chances [...]
What to do With All Those Fall Leaves Ah, autumn. The changing colors, cooler air, and Halloween fun are a delight for the senses as the days get shorter and people are more inclined to make themselves cozy inside. But the leaves—the ones on the ground—are just...ugh. The raking, bagging, and haul off [...]
Landscape Maintenance Checklist Even with the assistance of a regular landscape service crew, it’s always a good idea to keep an eye on things around your home’s gardens and lawn. The following issues can be easily overlooked. Check regularly for these and bring them to your landscape maintenance professional’s attention: [...]
Up on The Rooftop – Your Garden in the Sky Urban living presents unique challenges, not the least of which is finding places to enjoy the outdoors. Small patches of green can be added almost anywhere, including the top of buildings. Perhaps you own an apartment building and would like to increase the [...]
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