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Start winter cleanup of the lawn when the grass is no longer
sopping wet and planting beds stop being a sea of mud. Rake
your lawn to get rid of dead growth, stray leaves, twigs and
winter debris and let light and air to the soil level, encouraging
the grass to grow.
Re-seed bare or damaged patches of lawn. Scratch up the soil with a
rake first. Mix a shovel of soil with a couple of scoops of grass seed
and spread in the patch you're fixing. Rake level and keep well-watered
until seeds germinate and the new grass establishes.
Transplant any existing shrubs you want to move before they begin
to leaf out.
Weeds start growing vigorously early, so when you spot them, go to it.
Getting on top of the weeding now means a lot less work later. Weeds
are easier to pull out while their roots are still shallow in early spring.
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Start planning now - spring is not far off!
Spring and summer are our busiest months, so plan
to call us with your needs/wants/dreams soon!
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Some Fun Stuff About St. Patrick's Day...
St. Patrick's day is coming up soon - on March 17 - so we thought it would
be fun to offer you some fun tidbits about it - enjoy!
St. Patrick's Day marks the Roman Catholic feast day for Ireland's patron saint,
who died in the 5th century. St. Patrick (Patricius in Latin) was not born in
Ireland, but in Britain. Irish brigands kidnapped St. Patrick at age 16 and brought
him to Ireland. He was sold as a slave in the county of Antrim and served in bondage
for six years until he escaped to Gaul, in present-day France. He later returned to
his parents' home in Britain, where he had a vision that he would preach to the Irish.
After 14 years of study, Patrick returned to Ireland, where he built churches and spread
the Christian faith for some 30 years.
Many myths surround St. Patrick. One of the best known, and most inaccurate, is that
Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland into the Irish Sea, where the serpents drowned.
(Some still say that is why the sea is so rough.) But snakes have never been native to the
Emerald Isle. The serpents were likely a metaphor for druidic religions, which steadily
disappeared from Ireland in the centuries after St. Patrick planted the seeds of Christianity
on the island.
In the United States, it's customary to wear green on St. Patrick's Day. But in Ireland the
color was long considered to be unlucky. Irish folklore holds that green is the favorite color
of the Good People (the proper name for faeries). They are likely to steal people, especially
children, who wear too much of the color.
Colonial New York City hosted the first official St. Patrick's Day parade in 1762, when
Irish immigrants in the British colonial army marched down city streets. In subsequent years
Irish fraternal organizations also held processions to St. Patrick's Cathedral. The various
groups merged sometime around 1850 to form a single, grand parade. Today New York's St. Patrick's
Day parade is the longest running civilian parade in the world. This year nearly three million
spectators are expected to watch the spectacle and some 150,000 participants plan to march.
Chicago is famous for dyeing the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. The tradition began
in 1962, when a pipe fitters union, with the permission of the mayor, poured a hundred pounds
of green vegetable dye into the river. (On the job, the workers often use colored dyes to track
illegal sewage dumping.) Today only 40 pounds of dye are used, enough to turn the river green
for several hours.
So now you've gone beyond the blarney about St. Patrick's Day!
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