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Keep the Great Outdoors Outside ... But Within View!

There’s nothing better than to throw open the doors and windows on an unseasonably cool summer night. Door and window screens let the fresh air in while keeping bugs at bay.

Fight Back Against Fraudulent Contractors

Like gnats and mosquitoes, you can count on summertime bringing out another warm-weather pest: fraudulent contractors. Scam artists and unscrupulous repairmen cruise neighborhoods, most often in summer, looking for people to rip off. Don’t become one of their victims!

When It Comes To Pruning, Timing Is Everything!

July feels like the whole world is alive and growing, with the lawn and shrubs full of green foliage. But before you get the urge to prune those gangly shrubs you’ve been meaning to shear, be sure that summer is the right time for pruning.