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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.
Give your lawn a checkup
A new service of Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, CSU Lawncheck, is available in several counties this year. The service includes a site visit by a member of the Cooperative Extension horticulture staff and a written report with recommendations for treatment and care of the lawn. "Lawn problems are the No. 1 concern brought to Cooperative Extension offices in the counties along the Front Range and we believe CSU Lawncheck will allow us to better serve this need," said Carl Wilson, CSU Cooperative Extension horticulturist in Denver. Initially, CSU Lawncheck will be available in Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, El Paso and Jefferson counties in the Front Range, and in Mesa, Delta, Montrose and Ouray on the Western Slope. Homeowners should call the Cooperative Extension office in their county to make an appointment and then must be onsite to assist in the lawn assessment.
Community News: Global warming and it's affects on native plants ...
Global terrorism pales in it's impact when compared to global warming and it's potential impact on the possibilities of our future. Global warming affects everyone and everything, from our children's children to the very air they breath, the water they drink and the environment that surrounds them. So why is this important to the residents of the Fox River Valley? What do we have to contribute to possible solutions to slowing climate change and reducing it's impact on our environment? National Wild Ones President Joe Powelka from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin recently outlined the following three steps in the March/April issue of the Wild Ones Journal. Joe stated, "besides the basic individual responsibilities to conserve resources and reduce our consumption, we should have as our primary focus the use of native plants in our landscapes.
Frigid spell takes toll on garden, but some features can be salvaged
Oh my, what a week. What a terrible, awful, cruel week. I tried to cover my plants, but it was absolutely impossible to protect them all. I went outside with shears and cut as many bouquets of lilacs, tulips, quince and grape hyacinth as my arms would hold so we could at least enjoy them for a short spell. After the frost had cleared, I stepped outside draped in a parka and took notes on some of my more common garden plants to find out what we should do, if there is hope, or if a little goodbye and a prayer is necessary. Reed Dillon, owner of Reed Dillon and Associates Landscaping, answered some of my burning questions on this unsavory topic. “I think that the only approach to any perennial is to wait three or four days to see the full extent of the damage," he says.
‘It won’t bring my daughter back’
"It's not up to me and I can't decide the punishment, and no matter what it won't bring my daughter back," Thompson said. "No length of time served or amount of money will compensate for the loss of my daughter." Todd Hughes and Jennifer Hughes were dating at the time of the accident and had attended a company Christmas party given by Todd Hughes' employer. The open-bar party ended at midnight. From there the couple went to a bar in Beaumont. They were travelling on State Highway 87 toward Todd Hughes' home in Orange about 2 a.m. when he started to turn onto Abe's Road and was struck by a tractor-trailer heading north. The tractor-trailer hit the passenger side of the pickup where Jennifer Hughes was sitting, according to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety. Jennifer Hughes was pronounced dead at the scene.
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