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412-787-5439 Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Pittsburgh makes all your outdoor living areas shine night after night. We can custom design and install landsc...
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Owl Pack Outdoor LED Flood Lights - 70, 100, 200W
The rugged 70, 100 and 200W Owl Pack LED flood lights are long-lasting, energy efficient outdoor lighting solutions designed for commercial and industrial building exteriors.
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Outdoor Lighting Perspectives presents Transformation Augusta #1
Episode 1: The Idea and Inspiration. Hosted by Jody Wetherill, Brand Marketing Manager of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, an important part of Outdoor Living ...
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Elite Outdoor Services Planting Flowers in Broken Arrow
Elite Outdoor Services - specializing in Tulsa Landscaping, Outdoor Lighting and other Landscape Services. Get a free consultation at http://eliteoutdoortuls...
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HomeTown Hearth Grill is your best source for name brand BBQs, grills, patio and outdoor lighting and heating, specialty cookers and cookware, gas, wood, pellet and electric fireplaces and...
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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN (PRWEB) May 15, 2014
Molly Maid, the leading national residential cleaning franchise celebrating 30 years of cleaning Americas homes, know moms really want free time from house cleaning. Molly Maid has created the Moms Hate Grime. Give the Gift of Time. Mothers Day sweepstakes. With kids sports events, parties and the end-of-school year rush, Molly Maid wants to take house cleaning and Americas most despised room, bathrooms, off your cleaning list. Participants can still enter to win the grand prize, $500 worth of Molly Maid house cleaning service through May 18.
If you missed Mothers Day, you cant go wrong with a Molly Maid gift certificate. In April, Molly Maid released our Cleaning Confessions survey showing 93 percent of respondents prefer to do nearly anything other than clean their house. In fact, 10 percent of people said they would rather eat dog food.
To enter, applicants must visit the Molly Maid Facebook page at https://apps.facebook.com/mmpromoapp/ and submit their basic information. The grand prize winner will receive $500 toward a Molly Maid house cleaning. Four runner-up winners will receive $100 Molly Maid gift certificates and the first, 25 entrants will receive a FREE Molly Maid microfiber cloth.
Mothers Day is a time to give back to all the moms out there who constantly work to maintain a clean and healthy home, said Molly Maid President Meg Roberts. A stay-at-home mom would make a six-figure salary if compensated for her work; we want to do what we can to cherish those hard-working mothers.
Molly Maid also provides free resources for parents and homeowners to make their lives a little easier. The House Cleaning Time Calculator helps busy moms visualize the amount of time they spend cleaning and what they could be doing with the saved time by allowing Molly Maid to do the work instead. The Kids Chore Chart, which comes in pink or blue, is available to download, print and use at home for parents wanting a little extra organization when it comes to everyday household duties.
About Molly Maid Molly Maid, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is one of three service companies under Service Brands International. The residential cleaning franchise cleaned more than 1.8 million homes last year alone. Molly Maid was founded in 1979 and began franchising in 1984. Currently, more than 450 Molly Maid units are operating in the United States alone, with an additional 200 operating throughout Puerto Rico, Canada, Japan, England and Portugal. Molly Maid has consistently ranked high in Entrepreneur magazines Franchise 500 rankings and has been the recipient of numerous awards for entrepreneurship, software innovation and support for victims of domestic violence through their Ms. Molly Foundation.
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MIAMI Carlos Ruiz de Quevedo worked nearly two years to design and build a "green" home in a gentrifying section of the Little Gables, a labor of love for the architect and Realtor, with energy-saving features like energy-efficient impact windows, a solar-ready electrical system, and highly insulated walls and roof.
The two-story house has environmentally friendly details like cisterns that collect rainwater and air-conditioner runoff for watering the lawn, and it's wired for an electric car charger.
So when Ruiz de Quevedo listed the three-bedroom, three-bath house at $625,000, aiming to tap into the peak spring/summer house-hunting season, he hired a home staging company to furnish the place.
"They even put in a make-believe family to live in the place," said Ruiz, who bought the property in June 2012 with a run-down coral rock cottage that was beyond saving.
"There is a lot of competition, so you want your house to stand out," said Marisa Salas, who owns the South Florida franchise of Showhomes. "We stage all the rooms so people can envision how spaces are meant to be utilized."
In the current strong housing market, Salas said, her company is seeing growing demand for staging services. She furnishes the homes, places art on the walls and adds homey touches.
When Salas started out in the business during the downturn, "there were a lot of vacant properties," which made home-management services particularly appealing to owners. Besides staying on top of maintenance, the property manager helps ensure that squatters don't move in.
Staged homes fetch 5 percent to 15 percent more than those left vacant, according to Salas. The staged homes also sell faster than those that aren't, she added.
"We create the emotional aspect of a house. When people walk into a vacant house, they don't really appreciate anything," she said.
Home sellers tap "stagers" primarily for higher-end homes, in "the $1 million to $3 million range," Salas said. Fees typically run $3,000 to $10,000, depending on the home.
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The Hanley's David Lownds and exhibitor Diane Hackney, from Muffin Tops, at last year's event.
People looking to sell, move, improve or extend a property inside or out are being urged to attend the second Sentinel Home and Gardens Show being staged this Sunday.
The free family day out is being held once again at The Moat House hotel on Festival Park between 11am and 4pm and has attracted dozens of firms offering a variety of goods and services in the property sector.
The range of exhibitors covers everything from estate agents and finance experts to talk about mortgages, to DIY suppliers such as B&Q, double glazing manufacturers, interior designers and furnishing specialists, security firms who can advise on the latest home protection systems, lawn treatment experts and many others.
The event was run for the first time last year and was declared a resounding success by exhibitors, many of whom signed up on the day to attend this Sunday's event and which once again is being sponsored by the Hanley Economic Building Society.
David Lownds, The Hanley's head of operations (senior manager), said: "I'm delighted that The Hanley is partnering The Sentinel in the 2014 Staffordshire Homes Show. We are keen to build on the success of the first show last year which saw more than 30 businesses and 1,200 visitors attend the event.
"The Hanley will be on hand to talk to visitors who are looking to get on the local property ladder and to those people who are looking to remortgage to save money. As a big supporter of the local business community it's really good to be able to support an event that brings together a wide range of local businesses.
"I can say after last year's event it is a great day out for all of the family and it really is a one stop shop event for everything to do with homes and gardens."
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Dear Neil: I have access to a lot of shredded paper. We normally send it to recycling, but I've wondered if I could use it in the compost?
A: I send ours to recycling. It is organic matter, so, yes it could be put into the compost. However, normal life byproducts like shredded tree leaves, grass clippings, animal manure, finely chipped wood and others are better things to put into the compost. If you do use the paper, most authorities will suggest that you not use pages with colored ink, partly because of odor and partly because the vegetable dyes may attract insects you wouldn't normally have. Paper breaks down very quickly, but you'll need to wait on the other types of organic matter to decay before you can use the compost.
Dear Neil: Can I root cuttings of my boxwood plants in water?
A: Yes, probably so, but that's not the best way. Roots that develop in water are accustomed to having limited oxygen, and when they're transplanted into potting soil, they often wilt away. It's better to use a mix of equal amounts of sphagnum peat moss and horticultural perlite. Water it thoroughly before you start sticking the fresh cuttings. The cuttings should be 3 to 4 inches long. Strip off the bottom leaves, and dust the stems in rooting hormone powder. Use a small stick to make each insertion hole so you don't wipe off the powder. Water thoroughly, then cover lightly with a sheet of dry cleaner's plastic (not air-tight). Put in a bright spot, but out of direct late morning and afternoon sun. For what it's worth, if there is a lot of brand new, succulent growth on the tips of the twigs, pinch it off. It will draw water out of the cuttings before they have time to form roots.
Dear Neil: Our son lives near Dallas, and he says his pomegranate hasn't sent out any new leaves this year. What would have caused that? Was this winter that bad?
A: It was for some plants in some places. Many specimens of several varieties of crape myrtles, including three popular ones (Natchez, Muskogee and Tuscarora) died back to the ground. They'll have to be retrained, starting with trimming off all the dead stems. Pomegranates would need the same treatment. They do often come back after freeze injury, as do figs and oleanders. Gardenias will not. It wasn't so much how cold it got this past winter, but more the fact that the first freeze in early December was significant, and for many parts of Texas, it was accompanied by ice. Adding to it, the last freeze/frost that happened just a few weeks ago. It was not a good winter to be a tender plant in Texas. Your son needs to see if there are any new shoots coming up from the ground. If so, he needs to nurture those back into being a shrub.
Dear Neil: If I apply sphagnum peat moss for Take All Root Rot, how do I keep from mowing it up right away? I do bag my clippings. Also, how often will I need to repeat the treatment?
A: First, be certain that your lawn actually does have Take All Root Rot. It causes the grass to be lethargic and slow to green up in the spring. It will show up in sweeps and patches, not uniformly over the entire lawn. The peat moss makes an acidic layer on top of the soil, and that discourages development of the fungus. You would need to repeat the treatment no more often than each spring, and sometimes you can go two or three years and never see the disease. Perhaps you should begin by trying a small bale of peat over an affected area. Put a 1-inch layer down and water it in. If TARR is involved, you should see a big improvement in the look of the grass within two weeks. At that point, you could treat all of the affected area. The peat is normally not sucked up by the mower once it has been watered onto the soil surface.
Dear Neil: Can I move one of my mother's Texas mountain laurel shrubs now? She is moving and wants to take it with her.
A: It probably would not survive the move. At this point in late spring, trees and shrubs have expended all of their energy putting out new spring growth. Hot summer weather is soon to follow, and if you were to dig and cut a major portion of the plant's root system, it would just be too much trauma. See if you can arrange to go back in the winter and move it for her. That would allow you to "root-prune" it by severing lateral roots all summer and fall, encouraging new roots to form inside the soil ball.
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APTOPIX Ohio Storms
Roger Dobbins, right, and friend Keith Rose dig through the rubble left on Dobbins' farm Thursday, the day after a tornado destroyed it in Cedarville, Ohio. (Darin Pope, Dayton Daily News via AP)
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Police say shooting of Lorain teen related to argument over girl (Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
Elyria teacher appears on 'Live! With Kelly and Michael' (Lorain Morning Journal)
Ashtabula County city threatens to jail residents who don't mow lawns (Ashtabula Star Beacon)
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Solon Police: Chester Township man had sword, tomahawk, bayonet (WKYC Channel 3)
Elyria man indicted, accused of fondling 11-year-old girl (Lorain Morning Journal)
Lorain County men indicted on robbery, other charges (Lorain Morning Journal)
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