Each year, more and more homes are using only ornamental grass for their gardens. This may be due to the homeowner’s love of grass, but it is most likely a result of homeowners who have just thrown up their hands year after year in exasperation over deer-decimated gardens.
Many homeowners give up after realizing that deer have feasted on everything in their garden, from flowering plants, hostas, standard arborvitae and yew, which are the staples of their diet.
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Turtle ponds can be delightful spaces that can enchant the whole family and the entire neighborhood.
Water features are an welcome addition to any backyard; and will likely be attractive to many people. There are many options available when creating a pond environment that it is possible for anyone to transform their backyard into a distinctive showplace. For the person that would like more than the natural elements of the pond, perhaps some aquatic life, then a turtle pond should be considered .
As a dog owner, you know that any dog digging behavior is a common problem. And, this special canine behavior may have several causes - some rather serious. If your dog tends to dig (in all the wrong places!) and you need to stop dogs from digging up your lawn or yard, keep reading.
That Special Spot
Swimming pools and spas can create an endless supply or happy memories and good times. However, a pool or spa can also be a deadly temptation for children and pets. Drowning deaths in home pools and spas is the fifth leading cause of children under five.
Responsible pool owners must make sure that safety precautions are made to ensure that their pool is a source of joy and not a painful reminder of a tragic event. The following are some basic safety precautions that will ensure that your pool or spa is as safe as it is fun.
Whilst a beam saw is the right piece of machinery for use when a large number of boards need to be cut to set sizes on a regular basis, and a flat bed saw is ideal for angles, mitres and small-piece work, a vertical panel saw is the perfect tool for almost all other panel sizing operations.
Where individual panels or small batches need sizing, a vertical panel saw is much quicker than using a beam saw. For sizing square panels a vertical panel saw is also much more efficient than a flat bed version.
Being a lover of nature and the environment, and basically anything that walks, crawls or flies, I have always been on the fence about capital punishment. There are instances when I believe in the old adages, “an eye for an eye” and “a tooth for a tooth”. I think the punishment should fit the crime. If someone murders another person, he/she should be executed either by lethal injection or the electric chair.
Well, I’ve changed my mind. I was pushed off the fence, so to speak, after reading a March 27, 1997 newspaper column in the Miami Herald by Carl Hiaasen titled, Death Penalty Should Be Fair, Certain, and Swift. His columns are compiled in a book called, Kick Ass, lamenting the despoiling of Florida, as he relieves his rage with dark laughter.
The quest for more living space these days means making more efficient use of the sites available space in which to extend or develop. This invariably means building right up to the properties boundary line in many cases.
This can have major pitfalls if it is not presented or handled correctly & not just at the Planning Application stage either. You wouldn’t believe the number of on-site boundary disputes that arise during construction and it is usually the poor old builder who gets caught right in the middle of the crossfire.
In the past, building contractors and engineers have been constructing commercial buildings using precast concrete walls, which are now increasingly used in residential housing projects too. Main advantage of precast concrete walls over poured concrete walls is that precast walls can be built in lesser time.
When a builder uses poured concert walls, the biggest challenge is creating a level surface, and pouring even, square walls. When walls are precast, they are made in a factory, and delivered to the building site already square and level. The house structure can then be put together almost as with building blocks. The building time is drastically cut in half by this process.
