Category: Landscaping

    • Cultivate These Keystone Plants in Your Yard to Help Bees and Butterflies Thrive and Pollinate

      Keystone plant species in North America are important for helping pollinators and insects like bees, butterflies, and caterpillars. Source: Cultivate These Keystone Plants in Your Yard to Help Bees and Butterflies Thrive and Pollinate

    • Green Roofing #1

      Green Roofing provides many benefits to the built and natural environment, as well as its inhabitants. The roof, a simple extension of the existing one, diverts waste from landfills by prolonging the life of all systems in the building as well as filters pollutants from storm water and the air. With a larger startup cost,…

    • What to do with a damaged wood fence from a Hurricane in Miami or South Florida.

      A hurricane can leave much destruction in its wake, but even a small wind event may knock over some vegetation and fences. Under the Florida Building code a permit is required to repair fences, so where to start? The good news is that after a strong wind event, such as Hurricane Irma, the governor has…

    • Brick and Earth Ovens – DIY

      Brick ovens provide an exterior option for baking and cooking. The oven originated in Italy, where brick oven pizza is to this day made as it was in the past. Traditionally these ovens were wood-fired, although coal-fired, electrically powered, and gas-fired options are also available. This form of oven is not confined to Italy. It…

    • A few notes on Sustainable Gardening

      The term sustainable can be defined as “requiring no outside inputs.” A sustainable garden, although needing to be pruned and groomed as to not become a forest, has many benefits over the tradition flower garden. Sustainable gardens require no fertilizer, less watering, are low maintenance and they improve soil quality tremendously. Due to a concern…

    • 5 Quick Tips to Spring New Life into a Dreary Facade

      Want to improve the curb appeal of your home without splurging on a new paint job or a remodel? Here are five easy ways to spruce up your home, without breaking the bank! 1. Paint your mailbox, or simply get a new one! The mailbox, in suburbia at least, is the first thing people see…