As the Calgary winter starts to wind down, many homeowners across the city start to dream of their big spring projects in the garden. It’s hard to describe the excitement of seeing the first blades of grass burst through the melting snowpack, and it’s fun to examine the buds on trees and shrubs and imagine the leaves and flowers that …
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 …
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 …
Give Your Yard Some Post Winter Love
Get Back Outside This Spring While most respond immediately to the arrival of Spring weather and welcome the extra hour of daylight, others need a nudge to come out of winter hibernation. Did you know that it’s easier for your body to get into a relaxed state when out in nature? Time outside allows the prefrontal cortex of the brain …
Simple, Effective Spring Cleaning Tips
Simple, Effective Spring Cleaning Tips So it’s time to put some elbow grease into your dreaded, possibly intensely-procrastinated house cleaning tasks. Cinderelly, wash the dishes, Cinderelly, do the laundry – we know the drill. We also know the time restraints that these thorough cleans can put on your schedule, which is why we have created this easy-to-follow deep clean checklist …