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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After a natural event like Hurricane Mathew there is a great deal of angst going around because the storm does damage to the yards people have put so much effort into. There is a feeling of ‘oh no, I have [...]
Bamboo is an increasingly popular choice as an exotic looking plant for people’s yards to give them a tropical feel. It is resilient, fast growing, self-repopulating, and . . . . a grass, not a tree. Yes, you heard us right; [...]
I just spent a day undoing a previous lighting system so I can install a new low voltage LED landscaping lighting system. The previous system was installed by the home owner and featured a more eclectic approach to lighting. They [...]
We’ve had some people ask us about the AMA warning about high intensity LED lighting being bad for nighttime lighting in cities. People are concerned that a LED Lighting system might be bad for them. The systems we install are [...]
If you are planning to have container gardens on your property, you might want to check out the book Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening by Louise Riotte or another like it. The idea is that [...]
Most people think that a motion activated spotlight will chase away unwanted wildlife. This is true for the first encounter, but after that most Florida animals will adapt. Raccoons will react and run the first time they encounter it, but [...]
