Want a beautiful, healthy garden, but are concerned with using traditional poisons pesticides and salt based fertilizers? We know good, fact-based information is hard to find. The new Saferbrand.com website gives consumers easy online access to products, advice and solutions says Dave Swift, Category Development Manager for Woodstream Corp. Garden enthusiasts, casual gardeners, and homeowners [...]
What is going on this year with the stink bugs? Everywhere I go I see these grey triangular critter climbing up a wall or hanging on a curtain. They are so slow they are almost too pathetic to kill. Do I need professional pest control? They are showing up everywhere. In the kitchen, in the [...]
Ocean City, Maryland developer has engineered a stimulus package in an effort to ignite local slumping luxury resort real estate market. Rivendell Condominiums, their most elegant waterfront condominium community in Ocean City, MD, is kicking off the spring selling season with unprecedented offers specifically targeted to “buyers-on-the-fence.” The developer, Buccini Pollin Group, Inc. has created [...]
The current economic climate and depressed housing market are causing people to spend more on home improvements, according to the latest figures from Sainsbury’s Finance. The lender made an estimated 425,000 loans for home improvements in 2008 – a 53% increase on loans in part or wholly for home improvements compared with 2007. Read full [...]
This article on a recent home improvements show illustrates the trend in the industry. Retailers and contractors need to be aware of consumers perceptions and how those affect their purchase behaviors. While the incomes of most consumers has not changed, their willingness to spend has been severely cut back. This article shows a tendency towards [...]
As the correction in housing continues, the remodeling industry is suffering right along with other sectors. Shrinking home equity is causing many people to scale back or put off home improvements, while other homeowners are struggling just to make their mortgage payments. “Earlier this decade, the ability to borrow against equity created by rising home [...]
Pests are never welcome in any home or working environment; not only are they unsightly, but they carry diseases as well. The summer season creates the perfect environment for an influx of insects such as flies. Many over-the-counter products promise a solution to pests by eliminating the symptoms of infestation, instead of focusing on the [...]
A study of natural pest control on conventional and organic farms in the southwest has found no difference between the two systems. The team, led by Professor Jane Memmott at the University of Bristol and funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has shown that caterpillars are attacked by parasites to the [...]
A squirrel expert, Matthew Vining, from Wildlife Pest Control come out on Christmas eve. He plugged all the holes, leaving a one way door so the remaining inhabitants could make their way out and not return. This service cost $570 but it was quiet up there on Christmas eve. Squirrels and The Hartford insurance: both [...]
Home builders and remodelers are squinting down the tunnel of 2009, looking hard for a bright spot at the end. Exhibitors at the upcoming Milwaukee Home Improvement Show are counting on minor remodeling projects and small upgrades to see them through the year. Read Full Article…Your old house made new – JSOnline.
