Pest Control and Termite Eradication
Posted on October 5th, 2010
Pest control is a business that is always growing and if it is not growing then it is steady in its place in the job market. There is no shortage of creepy crawly pests that would gladly take refuge in your home whether they have been invited or not. Roaches, termites and rodents are some of the biggest problems that many people face when it comes to pest infestations in their home. For the most part an infestation of insects or rodents can be harmless if not a hassle. However, the one problem that many people face can be extremely dangerous to the structure of your home as well as expensive to repair. Termites feed on wood pulp that is either dying or dead, so naturally wood framed houses are easy targets for termites. Termites can quickly engulf a home and the residents will be unaware of the problem. However, if you are vigilant you may be able to catch the termite colony before it spreads and consumes large portions of your house’s structural components. T Full post…
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Gardening Points the Way
Posted on October 5th, 2010
There is a surfeit of information in our computer age – with literally nothing you want to know hidden from you. However, what all this information does not do is give us the wisdom to know what to do.
And in that my friends we are sorely lacking in our society – we have a surfeit of information and a deficit of wisdom.
Because we can doesn’t mean we should.
It would seem our values took a sharp turn for the worse – likely several hundreds or thousands of years ago – when we decided it was OK for one group of people to take more out of the commons than others. When that group (insert your favorite bad-guy here – males, females, politicians, royalty, them…) decided to protect their newly gained share with weapons and violence of physical or emotional nature, the balance shifted.
When somebody has more and somebody has less and that is codified and built into the system and defended by public policy, e.g. apartheid, ta
Decorate your home for autumn
Posted on October 1st, 2010
As the warmer weather of summer wanes, many people start spending more time at home, preparing to snuggle in for the winter months. This makes autumn a great time to turn your eye toward seasonal home decor, especially with such a wonderful palette of nature-inspired hues such as red, gold and orange, drawn from the beautiful colored autumn leaves that change and seasonal flowers coming up wild or in cultivated gardens.
– Fall decorations in Nashville, TN
We scoured the web for ideas we particularly loved to share with you.
First up, a beautiful idea for outdoor decor – an autumn porch idea from Country Living magazine. They suggest placing comfortable outdoor future, an outdoor-friendly blanket and a wreath or bouquet of fall flowers to set an outdoor living area where you can enjoy the crisp fall air and the beauty of nature from your own home. Se
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Carve creative pumpkin planters for fall
Posted on September 26th, 2010
The spookiest night of the year is nearly upon us and pumpkins across Canada await transformation. Many will be carved in the traditional jack-o’-lantern style with two triangles for eyes, a third for a nose and either a goofy toothy grin or a scary sneer. Others will become temporary masterpieces—wicked witches, haunted houses, creepy spiders, flying bats, and perhaps with the recent election, we’ll even see some political pumpkins.
While centuries old, the pumpkin-carving tradition is more popular than ever. Canadians shell out more than $20 million a year on fresh pumpkins. Some pumpkins end up puréed into soups, or baked into pies and muffins, but many light the way for the nearly four million Canadian children who hit the streets in search of loot on October 31st.
How will you carve your pumpkin?
With stencils galore available in stores and online, as well as products such as craft foam, stickers and paint in every colour imaginable, there are so many pumpkin decorating possibilities. You ca Full post…
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Paint your garden with colourful, fall-blooming perennials
Posted on September 19th, 2010
Just because the summer is over, it doesn’t mean you have to write off your garden until next year. Choose one or more of these fall-flowering perennials to provide continuous colour in your flower beds. 
Late-season blooms for a colourful fall garden
It wasn’t so long ago that gardeners began putting their gardens to bed for the winter on Labour Day: pulling out all annuals, tying up shrubs and cutting perennials to the ground. After all, the growing season was over—wasn’t it? But today’s garden is increasingly seen as a spot that can be beautiful year-round, and rather than closing down their beds in autumn, gardeners now want colour until the snow flies, or even beyond.
And it’s so easy to achieve. Hundreds of plants offer fall colours to carry your landscape through to early winter. Autumn in