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Does Your Dog Snore? It Could be Seasonal Allergies
The same pollen and allergens that keep you from enjoying your garden come the warmer weather could also be affecting your pet. Now that more dogs spend time snuggling up to their pet parents in bed or share the same room at night, many people are discovering that their pooch has a snoring problem. Dogs [...]
Reference Guide for First-Time Flag Owners
Many homeowners have decided that there is no better way to show their American pride than to proudly display a US flag in their yard. The flagpole experts at EZPole Flagpoles, a manufacturer and distributor of 100 percent American-made flagpoles, discuss some items to consider before flying the Stars and Stripes. Choosing the Right Flagpole [...]
Create a Tranquil Feature With a Koi Pond
Dig a hole, fill it with water and watch your koi grow. That’s the secret to your koi pond, right? Actually, much like a pool or indoor aquarium, koi require some work. In fact, koi are quite sensitive fish that require a carefully maintained environment for optimal health. Koi are colorful fish that go by [...]
Native Ohio Plants – Daisies
Daisies (Leucanthemum Superbum) This remarkably cheerful (and cheering) plant has layers of white petals surrounding a bright, golden-yellow center; the foliage is an attractive green. Daisies will always draw the eye and will re-bloom if dead-headed.
Valu-Rooter of Elyria Offers a Wide Range of Services
Valu-Rooter of Elyria, Ohio offers a wide range of plumbing repair and replacement services for sump pumps, toilets, faucets, sinks, tubs, water heaters, backwater valves and garbage disposals. We also offer sewer and drain cleaning. We use traditional cable machines and high pressure jets, depending on the job. When you are in need of professional, [...]
Native Ohio Plants – Sunflowers
Sunflowers While the seeds you will purchase in the store are not the same as the native Ohio sunflowers, they are derivatives and are well-suited to our soil and our summers. As stunning borders or startling accents, they can’t help but make you smile. And when their season is done, they are great favorites with [...]
If You Want to Go Green… You Have to Grow Green!
4 EverGreen Grow Shop, located at 1444 Lowell St. (same building as Patriot Surplus), is Elyria’s newest source for your gardening needs. Co-owners, Chris and Chuck Riddick and Jim Clark, invite you to stop in to check out their full line of organic gardening products and supplies, including the BEST soils you can buy. (They [...]
Tree Huggers – Dogwood
Ever the “ingenue”, the Dogwood begs for attention while hiding its show behind bigger pushier trees in the woods. In your yard it will be happy to give a great early-spring performance and then fade into the background as a lesser player for the rest of the season. A couple of weeks of flowers (tasteful [...]
Tree Huggers – Willow Tree
Returning to popularity, the Willow tree is the drama-queen of the landscape. Long leaves hang low to brush a brow or catch the slightest breeze, making a production of it. Shunned for being “dirty”, dropping leaves, seeds, branches and all manner of detritus on a lawn, landscapers are learning how to place the willows where [...]
How Does a ‘Green’ Garden Grow?
Whether you’re a gardening guru who has acres of perfectly landscaped greenery, or you’re short on space and potted petunias on the patio are your idea of gardening bliss, it’s possible to change your habits and really embrace a ‘green’ thumb. Gardening green involves using all-natural products and nixing those chemical-laden ones that are commonly [...]
The Dandelion
(Taraxacum Officinale) The scourge of the suburban lawn; the stumbling block to perfection. They have deep (DEEP) root systems that are designed for survival. They have fluffy (FLUFFY) seed heads that are determined to propagate. They are the sunny, yellow dots of color amongst the spring-green blades of grass. They are the “interlopers” who have [...]
Plant Up a Garden with a New Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile
If the thought of growing a lovely vegetable garden is appealing but you’re overwhelmed and intimidated by the thought of starting your own garden, set your fears aside and get on the gardening bandwagon. Recent studies show an influx of new gardeners. The Garden Writers Association Foundation researched trends in edibles gardening and found over [...]
Keep the mess at OUR house… Thome Farms
Thome Farms invites you to try ‘The Potting Bench.’ Plant your purchases here in your pots (or ours) and keep your home mess-free. Don’t want to get your hands dirty? No problem! We can also plant your flowers for you! Thome Farms can help you create huge, gorgeous baskets to beautify your porch, deck or [...]
Container Gardens the Ideal for Apartment Dwellers
Well-planned container gardens allow apartment dwellers to maximize on the space they may have on a small patio or balcony and turn it into a lush, green space. Containers enable gardeners to maintain control of plants when there is no available ground for planting. Also, you can move the containers to get the best sun [...]
Solar Fireflies
Light-up your garden with a “flight of fancy”. Solar lighting has made great strides, in recent years, producing all manner of outdoor lighting and decoration. Use your imagination to create a “wonderland” of your own
Maggie’s Greenhouse
You’ll find a large selection of cheery hanging baskets and bags, flats of flowers and veggies, perennials, annuals and herbs at Maggie’s Greenhouse in Amherst. Maggie’s is a family-owned and operated business that opened in 1997. The prices are very affordable and Maggie’s is easy to find … a mile and a half north of [...]
Quality Security Door Co.
Located in Lorain, Quality Security Door Co. has been family-owned and -operated since 1976. The wrought iron security doors, decorative trim and railings are locally manufactured so we cut out the middleman. And now we offer screen and glass repair. Our showroom is located on Broadway in Lorain (between 18th and 19th Streets) with ample [...]
Feeding the Birds
They provide sustenance for the birds and entertainment for the homeowners. From a pinecone, smeared with peanut butter and rolled in bird seed, to a grand birdfeeder, with columns and class, it is rare that so little labor can produce so much joy.
Tree Huggers
Maple trees are very common in this area (Lorain County) and vary in size by species. Maples come in many colors and hues, each more beautiful than the last. The seeds fall, spinning toward the ground like a helicopter. Maple trees have many uses but perhaps the best is the shade under which one [...]
Manage a Backyard Bird Habitat
For many nature enthusiasts, there’s nothing more rewarding than seeing wildlife right in your own backyard. Birds are often welcome outdoor visitors, and homeowners look for ways to entice birds to take up roost in their landscape. Providing several different types of foods can be the first step to welcoming a variety of birds to [...]
Breathe Free Plant a Tree
We need trees in order to survive. Trees supply the oxygen in the air we need to breathe. They keep our air supply fresh by absorbing carbon dioxide. Each of us is responsible for over 4,600 pounds of carbon production per year. In one year, a single tree can absorb as much carbon as is [...]
Veggies ROCK
Even though flower-gardening may be your “thing”, consider putting in a nice variety of vegetables. Studies show that vegetable gardening with your kids (and grandkids, and next-door neighbors’ kids) produces not only good food, but the kids that will eat the good food! Being active participants in a vegetable garden goes a long way towards [...]
Good to Grow – Annuals and Perennials
Annuals Annual flowers are those that complete their lifecycle in just one growing season. In other words, you plant a seed (or a seedling plant), it grows foliage, then flowers, seeds and then the plant dies, all in the same year. Annual flowers tend to bloom from spring until autumn frost. Although they must be [...]
Looking for Some Green This Spring?
Turn Your Gold into Cash at Elyria Jewelers Bill Piorkowski, owner of Elyria Jewelers, invites you to stop in at their new location (486 N. Abbe Rd. in Elyria). Bring in your gold, platinum and diamonds to Elyria Jewelers. The commodities market is at record levels making this THE time to sell! If you have [...]
Top Interior Improvements to Get Your Home Sold
Real estate industry experts say there may be a light at the end of the tunnel with respect to home sales. Declines in home sales over the last year have led to a number of foreclosures and homes on the market. First-time buyers are finding they can finally get the house of their dreams — [...]