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Get your home ready for Fall with these easy tips!

Get your home ready for Fall with these easy tips!

The temperature has suddenly dropped in Atlanta signaling the end of summer and cooler winter temperatures in the near future. Everyone in Atlanta remembers the horrible ice storms of 2014, and we learnt the lesson that you shouldn’t wait for winter weather to find out you have a problem!

Arched, angled windows

When it comes to arched, angled, and odd-shaped windows there is no one simple answer. There are not a wide variety of options for these windows and the products that are available are limited in function and in size. 

Fall lawn maintenance

Lawn maintenance for autumn

The summer months are coming to an end. The cooler days of autumn are upon us. This time of the year is a transition time in the lawn and garden.

Trees and turf grass can be grown together successfully

Trees and lawns can coexist

Trees and lawn grasses growing in proximity to each other compete intensely for the limited amounts of space, water, light, and nutrients available.

What your windows say about your home

What do your windows say about your home? Are your windows covered or uncovered? As a window covering professional, I am always drawn to the window coverings in homes, commercial spaces, and on TV shows!

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas color the summer landscape

As a child, my grandmother had many big leaf hydrangeas planted in her landscape that provided brilliant color every summer. Around her patio, they blended in with pink garden phloxes and provided an attractive view from the dining room.

Allgood cares – Allgood Plumbing and Electric

Allgood cares – Allgood Plumbing and Electric
By Beth Volpert-Johansen

When Melvin and Melissa Music began their plumbing and electric business in 2005, they could not have known where it would lead.

Proper mowing techniques will keep your grass looking perfect

Proper mowing techniques

As the warm weather of spring has arrived, our lawns are actively growing and require proper maintenance. The warm season grasses, such as bermuda, zoysia, centipede and St. Augustine, have come out of dormancy and are green.

Many properties have large infestations of bamboo

Keeping bamboo infestations under control

Throughout the county, many properties have large infestations of bamboo. The plant does have an attractive appearance and can screen out unwanted views. However, bamboo is invasive in nature and can take over an area rather rapidly smothering anything in its way.