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Green grass and robins have homeowners swapping snow shovels for hoes. The skill- or time-strapped ones just grab the phone and call a landscaper. Anyone who hasn't made an appointment may have to wait awhile. Local landscaping companies have already taken a deluge of requests for new lawns, decorative stone and outdoor rooms. Recent cold temperatures haven't fazed customers, said Dan Patin, owner of Horticultural Specialties Service, N6708 Triple T Road, Mount Calvary. "The weather didn't really help, but the work is there," Patin said. Before the cold spell arrived, most Wisconsin cities had several record-setting warm days, with highs reaching into the 60s and 70s. At Stuart's Landscaping & Garden Center, N7820 Lakeshore Drive, those few days were all it took.
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Matthews, NC (PRWEB) March 28, 2007 -- Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, the world's finest landscape lighting franchise company, today announced an online landscape lighting pictures and landscape lighting ideas design gallery at www.OutdoorLights.com. .
Nature Center celebrates Earth Day
The Chippewa Nature Center, Badour at Pine River roads, is hosting a "Down 'n' Dirty" green gardening day. And the Midland Center for the Arts, Eastman at West St. Andrews, is offering an event titled "Recycle-Chemistry Can!" The free event at Chippewa runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offers activities for all ages as it explores soil, nutrients, wild edibles and green gardening. Samuel Thayer, author of "The Forager's Harvest" and a leading authority on edible wild plants, will talk about the identification, harvest, preparation and conservation of common and delicious wild food plants of Michigan, including fruits, nuts, berries, shoots, roots and greens. He also will bring some wild food to sample and sign copies of his book. "Chef Delite " of Northwood University will demonstrate, through stories, the value of eating a variety of foods for a healthy life, using animated characters she has carved from fruits and vegetables.
Building a drought-tolerant garden: Are you a ‘xeri’ or ‘semi-xeri?’
A drought-tolerant garden need not be a yard full of cactus but can be colorful and artistic. Drought-tolerant gardens are also known as xeriscape. What is xeriscape? It is not the mythical home of Greek gods, nor is it the first settlement on the moon.
The word is derived from the Greek word xeros, which means dry. A pure xeriscape requires no water and is comprised of plants whose root systems will eventually dig deep enough to find their own water. With a little imagination, and a lot of planning, you will be able to step outside your door and feel the tranquillity of connecting with the earth without the guilt of wasting water.
You can choose to be a strict xeri and train your garden to use little or no water, or a semi-xeri and use a drip line and a slight amount of water.
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