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Spring Home Improvement

· Visit a thrift shop or flea market. Spring cleaning can progress, notes that there’s much to learn about the many Tired of ...
serve as the catalyst for people to put items on sale. One products that find their way into recycling bins and recycling
person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Spring can be a centers every day. Not getting someone out
great time to shop for antiques as well. · Residents of the United States discard 2.5 million plastic
· Go horseback riding. Enjoy the scenery on the back of a bottles every hour. Recycling just one ton of plastic bottles to give you an estimate?
majestic mare or spectacular stallion. saves the same amount of energy as a single two-person
Spring is a perfect season to enjoy various activities. household consumes in an entire year. Despite that, the U.S. LAND
Techniques to revitalize Environmental Protection Agency estimates that only around CALL
three million tons of plastics were recycled in 2018.
· Recycle Across America® notes that every three months WORKS
a lawn after a long enough aluminum is deposited in landfills to build the entire
commercial air fleet of the United States.
winter to power a television for three hours. Spring Clean-up 30 Years Experience
· Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy
Pristine, snow-covered landscapes can be wonders to be- · According to Recycle Across America®, the amount of Specials! No Job Too Small!
hold. While that blanket of white is idyllic, a lawn’s delicate office paper discarded each year in the United States is
blades may be paying a hefty price beneath the cold, heavy enough to build a 12-foot-high wall from Seattle to New York. Landscaping
piles of snow. · Recycling paper is highly effective, as more than 37 per-
Snow plows push salt and sand up on the grass while sub- cent of the fiber used to make new paper products in the Lawn & bed care, clean-ups, edging,
terranean animals like mice and moles dig burrows beneath United States comes from recycled sources. mulching & plantings
piles of snow as they try to find food and stay warm. Such · The Empire State Building in midtown Manhattan is one Excavating
conditions are not favorable for thriving landscapes. When of the tallest buildings in the United States. Two Empire State Drain tiles, grading & retaining walls
the spring thaw arrives, lawns may be in dire need of some Buildings could be filled every three weeks with the glass
TLC. The following techniques can mitigate winter-related bottles and jars that end up in American landfills every year. Hardscape
lawn damage. · The Steel Recycling Institute reports that recycling steel Pavers, patio walks, firepits
· Clear out debris. Remove any scattered leaves, branch- saves enough energy to provide electricity to 18 million
es and other debris that has been strewn across the property homes for a year. FREE $50 Petitti’s gift card for $500 bid
due to storms or snow-laden trees. This will give you a clean · Recycle Across America® reports that one ton of recy-
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· Dry out snow mold. The Family Handyman says snow notes that 70 percent of commercially shipped cardboard
mold is a cold-season fungus that causes gray-colored cir- boxes are recovered for recycling. Increasing that percent- CALL 440-452-9353
cles or patches on the lawn where there has been snow. To age could conserve even more oil.
alleviate snow mold, rake the lawn to loosen matted grass
and facilitate the drying-out process.
· De-thatch the lawn. Heavy snow can compress the grass
and cause some of it to die off. De-thatching helps to remove
dead grass blades and separate any matting. This enables
water, nutrients and air to reach the lawn’s roots more effec-
tively. Thinning out old organic matter also helps encourage
new growth.
· Aerate the soil. Coupled with dethatching, aeration in-
volves loosening the soil or poking holes to allow nutrients to
move freely to the roots.
· Kill weeds before they spread. Weeds may be the first
to start growing when the weather begins to warm. Address
them promptly by manually pulling them or applying an her-
bicide.
· Overseed the lawn. Chances are there are some bare
spots that have formed over the winter. Overseeding can
help to fill in the lawn. Make sure that frosts are largely a
thing of the past and soil temperature is around 50 F to 60 F
before seeding. Water daily until grass fills in.
· Apply nutrients. Fertilizer and compost can restore nu-
trients to the lawn that may have been used up over winter.
A soil test at a nearby horticultural center can tell you which
nutrients are needed, according to the Chemistry Cachet, a
guide to using chemistry secrets for healthy living, beauty,
cleaning, and gardening.
Lawns can be restored to their pre-winter glory after some
sweat equity and about five to six weeks of consistent sun-
shine and warm weather.
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