| Quorum Productions' Hit TV Show Designing Spaces says, ''Mulch has ...
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.-(Business Wire)-March 30, 2007 - Are you tired of the annual mulching mayhem that has you either hiring an expensive landscaper or breaking your back filling landscape beds with dirty wood mulch? Then don't miss the hit Quorum Productions television program, Designing Spaces. An upcoming episode will feature Wendy Blum and Melissa Shragher of Majestic Rubber Mulch showcasing the latest in rubber mulches and how they can alleviate your mulching blues. .
SKATEPARK TO BE BUILT IN BARROW
The report, from Richard Hennah, standards and facilities manager for community services at the council, says: “The park used to include a fibreglass skatepark that was well used in its time until it fell into disrepair. “The site of the old skatepark is still visible and the opportunity is there to rebuild a substantial facility. “The site is overlooked by a main road and so can be easily policed, illuminated by street lamps on the edge of the park, and so out of hours access can be arranged and within the park boundary so main-tenance can easily be carried out by Barrow Park wardens." The exact details of the skatepark appear to be still up in the air. “At this present stage, it has not been decided if a concrete bowl design or ramps are the best method for this site," Mr Hennah adds. “Different skate pro-viders have arguments for and against their designs.
Lompoc Library upgrades complete
A handicap access improvement project at the Lompoc Library north entrance, which closed the building parking lot for several months, is practically complete, Library Director Molly Gerald said Thursday. The north entrance features four new parking lots for the handicapped, a wheelchair ramp with handrails, and some new landscaping with drought-tolerant plants. The sidewalk and lighting system have also been redone, she said. The parking lot closed in October and reopened in March. Gerald said the closure did not affect library patronage. “We didn't see a real decrease in our circulation," Gerald said. “It was inconvenient but people were very nice about it." The safety-improvement project cost $210,000, with funds coming from a state community development block grant.
After weekend's chill, patience is best remedy for landscape plants
Most home gardeners are sick to see the damage in the landscape that was caused by last weekend's record low temperatures, and that includes me. What made things worse was the unseasonably warm weather we had just a few weeks ago. That early warmth had caused a bursting forth of new succulent growth on many of our landscape plants. So what should we do about plants that are now full of blackened crispy leaves? The answer is to wait and be patient. Most of the damaged woody plants have buds that did not sprout. Buds are controlled by hormones within the plant which are affected by environmental stimuli, primarily sunlight. It is in this way that plants do not waste energy producing growth where there might not be adequate sunlight to sustain that growth.
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