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Take Advantage Of The Summer – Eco Garden Lighting

There is only one thing wrong with our summers – they just aren’t long enough. Just a few weeks of sunshine and then it’s all over for another year – so its worth trying to make the most of the summertime when you can.

While you can’t extend the number of months the sun shines, or prevent the clouds and rain from scuppering your barbecue, what you can do is extend the amount of time you can spend in the garden during the warmer weather.

Garden lighting enables you to sit out well into the evening during the summer when normally the darkness would force you inside.

But as lighting makes up a large part of our electricity consumption, adding lighting to your garden will not only increase your bills but will also add to your carbon footprint, but it doesn’t have to because while all garden lighting requires power there is an eco-friendly and carbon neutral way of lighting your back garden.

Solar garden lighting is available in various forms from solar shed lights to solar powered garden post lighting. And they work really well too with some garden lighting producing equal luminosity to regular forms of lighting.
And while solar lighting may sound like an

Consumer Goods, Home, And Garden: North America Industry Guide

Consumer Goods, Home, and Garden: North America Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the North America Consumer Goods, Home, and Garden industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis with distinct chapters for Furniture & Floor Coverings, Gardening & Outdoor Living, Home Improvement and Homewares

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation for Furniture & Floor Coverings, Gardening & Outdoor Living, Home Improvement and Homewares

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes five-year forecasts for Furniture & Floor Coverings, Gardening & Outdoor Living, Home Improvement and Homewares

Highlights

* The North American furniture & floor coverings market generated total revenues of $127.2 billion in 2008, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% for the period spanning 2004-2008.

* The North American gardening and outdoor living market generated total revenues of $57.9 billion in 2008, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.2% for the period

Install A Sod Lawn And Transform Your Yard

Do you dream of having a lush green lawn, but haven’t gotten around to landscaping your lot yet? Installing nursery sod is the quickest way to transform a sand lot into a lush and inviting lawn. Is it labour intensive? Yes. But the transformation is amazing and fast.

Before you get started, you will need to calculate how many square yards that you want your new lawn to cover. This is where a long measuring tape will come in handy. Simply measure the length and width of the area that you want to cover and multiply the two numbers to get your square yardage.

For example: if the area you want to cover is 30 yards long and 20 yards wide, your square yardage is 600 sq yards. If your yard is an irregular shape, simply break it down into smaller areas and measure them individually–then total the areas for your overall sq yardage.

Once you have determined your total sq yardage, its time to order your topsoil. You can look in your local yellow pages to find the nearest supplier of topsoil, or check with your local landscaping company for suppliers. You will need enough topsoil to provide a layer at least

Types Of Trees To Consider When Planting A Tree In Your Yard

Arbor Day falls on April 30th this year, which gives you some time to prepare for planting a tree in your yard.  With so many different purposes for trees to serve, you can’t go wrong with celebrating the holiday to plant a tree of your very own. However, you want to make sure to do your research and plan out what type of tree you are going to plant. Trees will, with proper care, live a very long time, so make sure you pick a tree that suits your needs.  Whether you’re considering planting a tree to celebrate Arbor Day, or you have a specific purpose in mind, consider the following trees for your yard.

Agricultural Trees
You can save money on grocery expenses by growing your own fruits, and since San Diego’s climate is mild like the Mediterranean, you shouldn’t be very limited on the types of fruit trees available for growing. You can plant one of several types of citrus trees like lemons, oranges, limes, kumquats and tangerines, or save money by growing your own avocados.

With the price of avocados sometimes exceeding a dollar each, you can save money each time you make home-made guacamole by avoiding the grocery store

Woodburning Fireplace Safety Tips

One thing we all look forward to when the chilly weather sets in is a nice roaring fire to light up the room. Your fireplace is not only a great source of natural heating, but brings a crackling snap to the ambience with that distinctive fireplace aroma. Enjoy your fireplace, but be sure to follow the basic rules for a safe and happy hearth.

1. Be sure you have your chimney inspected if you have not used your fireplace in a while. There may be a dangerous blockage from debris lodged in the chimney, and small animals may have found shelter with a nest. To keep all creatures safe and sound, have your chimney inspected regularly.

2. Never use a chemical fire accelerant to jump start your burning logs. Flammable liquids such as kerosene, lighter fluid and gasoline can cause a dangerous flash and ignite the area outside of the fire pit.

3. Keep all combustible fluids far away from the fireplace flames and heat. This includes seemingly harmless liquids such as nail polish and nail polish remover, which contain highly flammable chemicals.

4. Protect your fireplace with a security screen, one which is properly sized to cover the open fire pit. In