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Desiging your own healing garden
I first wrote about landscape designer Michelle Riley back in the spring of 2019 when my wife and I lost three massive spruce trees to disease and needed help designing a garden to fill the large, empty bed. Michelle put together a creative plan that included many different plant species along with details about the proper care of each. But...
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Keeping your gutters clean can be a real challenge, but The Gutter Boys can keep your gutter system flowing freely
Unless you’re a meteorologist, you probably don’t think much about how Lake Erie affects Northeast Ohio weather. It does so in two big ways. First, because the lake warms and cools more slowly than the land, it delays spring and fall. That’s one reason why late April can be so cold and early October can be so warm. Second, Lake Erie...
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A Final Thought: The Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday. It’s pure celebration without any kind of moral obligation attached to it. Contrarily, while grilling out on Memorial Day, we should be thinking about all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. On Labor Day, we should be honoring all of the hardworking men and women who built (and...
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A Final Thought: The Best Laid Plans
My wife is a strategic planner by both vocation and genetic predisposition. She’s always ready with a Band-aid or one of those tiny screwdrivers to open the battery compartment of a grandchild’s toy. So I was shocked when she agreed to drive south with me for a belated spring break vacation with no plan—not a single hotel or dinner...
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Northeast Ohio is experiencing a bumper crop of spring debris, including oak catkins and maple seeds, destined to clog the area’s uncovered covers
Whether you call them curly Qs or cat tails, the pollen-filled catkins that fall from oak trees are on their way. So are maple seeds, whether you call them spinners, whirly-birds or helicopters. And this year, look for a bumper crop. “The past couple of years have been mild for maple seeds, but not this year,” says Anthony Alberino,...
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