Pollinator Friendly Florida
The endless varieties of flowers can make it hard to choose what you’ll plant in your landscaping. There are so many varieties and colors of plants making a final choice can be hard. Here are a few that you might [...]
Outdoor Kitchen – What’s Cooking?
An outdoor kitchen is great in Florida. It is nice to cook outside when the weather is cooler. It's even better when the weather is warmer and the inside kitchen doesn't heat up the house. From grills to complete kitchen [...]
Just Like The Good Ole Days…
It is now official; tomatoes and other produce have lost some of their flavor. A team of scientists at University of California, Davis1 did a study on tomatoes and flavor and found that tomatoes have lost a significant amount of [...]
Fire Pits – After The Fire
A lot of people have backyard fire pits or fire places in their homes. A nice warm fire is great on chilly nights and can be a great focal point of a gathering especially if you add s’mores to the [...]
Wiping The Clouds Away
With Florida’s hard water sometimes your sprinkler system can build up a film on your LED lights. This is a combination of hard water residue and oxidation on the lens which can dim the lighting effects with a foggy like [...]
Landscape – Spice It Up!
A lot of people think that to grow herbs you must create a specific and dedicated herb garden. While you can do it that way you can also add herbs right into your landscaping as it is without having to [...]
Dramatically Revealing Lights
My last blog post seemed to indicate that white lights were utilitarian only and I wanted to correct that. While different warmth levels of light can create different emotive feels, white light is great for revealing things. This makes it [...]
Shades of Perfect
When creating a lighting system it is important to understand the types of light and the emotional and visual effects they have on people. Light is divided into a spectrum of color groups ranging from warmer red, orange and yellow [...]
Busy, Busy, Busy
Been a little while since we posted a blog. This time of year is wonderfully busy with seasonal people returning and new customers arriving. We hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far. Here are some new pictures [...]
After the Storm – We Should Make a Map!
One thing we run into after a storm such as Matthew or Irma (or any sufficiently damaging high wind) is redoing lighting wiring. Sometimes trees are gone and fixtures are changed. Sometimes you have done several incarnations of your yard [...]