Win A Somerset II Wall Mounted Trellis ~ DIY Giveaway

By Robert Robillard

  Wall Mounted Somerset II® Trellis. A trellis can also be used as privacy barriers, dividers or sun shades.  Adding a trellis expands your garden space vertically and provides you with additional growing options for vegetables and climbing vines.The folks at Feeney, Inc are offering one of my readers the chance to win a Somersett II Trellis Kit.  Valued at $ 249.00.I installed and reviewed…

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How to Change A Lawnmower Blade

By Robert Robillard

Tips on sharpening a lawn mower blade

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Do I need a Landscape Architect?

By Robert Robillard

What Can A Landscape Architect Do For Me? The technical definition of Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, and/or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions that will produce the…

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Installing Snow Melting Cables

By Robert Robillard

Heated Walkway Using WarmlyYours Snow Melting Cables  [Part 2 of 2] Whether you are designing a heated asphalt, concrete or paver driveway, WarmlyYours has the snow melting solution for you. READ Part 1 of this article   No more driveways or walkways to shovel or plow. The paving material absorbs heat from the snow melting heating…

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Installing Snow Melting Cables Under A Walkway

By Robert Robillard

Slippery Walkways are Dangerous:  Install A Snow Melting System In the Northeast winter means shoveling and salting your walkway and stairs.  The problem is salt destroys stonework and black ice can cause falls. One bad fall can result in a broken hip, leg or cause you to throw your back out.  Heating a driveway or…

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How To Fertilize Your Trees

By Robert Robillard

Fertilizing Trees As a homeowner you have two main methods for  applying fertilizer to trees. The fertilizer can be applied directly to the soil surface or it can be applied below the soil surface via augured holes. Spreading the fertilizer on the soil surface is the easiest, and least effective method. Putting fertilizer below the…

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Blue Stone Patio

By Robert Robillard

Replacing A Wood Deck With A Blue Stone Patio More and more of my clients are looking to the outdoors to expand their homes and bring the same comforts they have inside to outdoor spaces, by creating multipurpose outdoor living spaces that function as extensions of their home. This 18 year old wood deck has…

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Repairing A French Drain Pipe

By Robert Robillard

French Drain Pipe I have a customer that go a bit of water in her basement with this past months heavy rains. The house does not have gutters instead it was a french perimeter drain that surrounds the house and collects water draining off the roof and carries it way by gravity down a hill…

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