It’s common knowledge for any Calgary homeowners that the secret to a happy home is a happy lawn. If you’re planning on staying in your house for a long time, then having a lush green lawn gives your kids somewhere safe and fun to play, as well as giving you space for summer parties and get-togethers. If you’re planning on …
Bloom with Beauty: Flower Pot Design and Garden Bed Tips for Calgary
Spring in Calgary always feels like it’s full of possibilities. The long winter months means that Calgary homeowners have a long time to plan out their new gardening activities, so when the snow starts to melt, it feels like every evening and weekend is alive with potential to change and update your garden. In particular, spring is a great time …
Ways to Save on Year-Round Yardcare
For many young Calgary citizens, owning a house is a typical goal as they enter the workforce and start their journey into adulthood. However, this dream can quickly become a nightmare as they realize the sheer amount of work that is needed to keep their home looking good and functioning well. This can easily become compounded when you consider the …
Why You Need to Maintain Your Property Year Round
“A man’s home is his castle” goes the old English proverb, and in the world of homeownership in Calgary, this means that your ‘castle’ needs to be somewhere that you take care of and protect all year round. While many Calgary homeowners will either have a rigorous cleaning schedule for the interior of their home (or indeed an external cleaning …
Simple Tips for Preparing Your Garden Beds
There’s something to be said for the shoulder season between winter and spring in Calgary. Yes, it can be frustrating to have bitter cold winds one day and then glorious summer-like weather the next, but the overall trend is towards warmth and growth in your garden. This inbetween season is when you need to be heading out and preparing your …
7 Steps to Beautify Your Yard in Spring
There’s nothing quite like the arrival of spring in Calgary. The winter can seem to last forever, but as the snow pack finally starts to melt and the temperatures start to rise, there’s a palpable sense of positivity and hope across the city. For many homeowners, spring is also the time when it’s time to put into practice all the …
Why The Best Property Maintenance Doesn’t Just Start in Winter
Winter always has Calgary homeowners dreaming of new projects and ideas for their property. The long weeks spent inside looking at the snowpack with not much else to do gives everyone time to read, research and make plans for the year ahead. Winter is also a great time to think about looking after your property, but it shouldn’t be the …
What’s Needed for Year Round Property Maintenance in Calgary
Looking after your property in Calgary comes with a whole heap of responsibilities, but also with a lot of satisfaction. There’s something beautiful about watching the seasons change across your grounds and knowing that your hard work and effort has made it look that good. However, each season comes with a list of property maintenance Calgary homeowners need to complete …
Ideas for Garden Beds and Hedge Shaping
As the snow pack starts to melt away from the long Alberta winter, it’s the time of year for all Calgary’s gardeners to start mapping their spring cleanup projects to get ready for the new growing season. There’s always the basic maintenance work like scooping up pet messes, clearing up fallen debris from trees and patching and fixing the walkways, …
How to Clean Up Your Yard in Spring
There’s something exciting about the start of March in Calgary. In most years, it’s knowing that the worst of winter is behind you and you can start to see the snowpack melt and disappear on a daily basis. The days get longer and you’ll feel more warmth in the air, meaning that spring is just around the corner. With spring …
Why we love Spring in Calgary? And you should too…
Every year we eagerly look forward to the arrival of Spring in Calgary. Although all the seasons have their bonuses, Spring is one of our Favorites and here is why… The Color Returns and Wildlife Re-appears Mother Nature wakes up from the winter hibernation. The grass begins to show itself – although mostly brown, it is a reminder of more …