April is starting to bloom - time for those spring projects!
FEATURED PROJECT
The Shirely deck and screened porch is a
prime example of how to make the best use of the open-air space at
the rear of your house.
The spacious deck affords lots of room for grilling out, and is enhanced
by the angled steps down to the yard and the built in bench and planter.
When the weather gets too hot, or it rains, then all the fun can easily
move indoors without really going indoors - you will find yourself spending
hour after hour enjoying this combination of outdoor spaces.
An extra bonus was the extra indoor space created above the screened in
porch - creating a new exercise/playroom area!
See this and other great designs built by
Anthony & Company Construction - AnthCo.com
The North Carolina Department of Transportation Wildflower Program
began in 1985 as an integral part of highway beautification. Wildflower
beds are installed and maintained across the state by Roadside Environmental
personnel in each of the fourteen highway divisions. Many of these beds are
marked by the wildflower sign pictured below:
Locally, some of the wildflowers you can expect to see in the coming
months are:
Wake County:
Lance Leaved Coreopsis, Red Corn Poppy, California Poppy,
Ox-Eye Daisy, White and Pink Catchfly, Red Poppies, and Shirley Poppies.
Durham County:
Mixed Poppies, Red Corn Poppy, Pink Catchfly
Alamance & Franklin Counties:
Lance leaved Coreopsis
Did You Know.....?
We reward referrals!
If you refer us to another customer who then
opts to have AnthCo.com build something for
them, you will receive a $100.00 Thank You!
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Print out and present
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$200.00
on any screened porch contract signed in April!!!
Coupon MUST be presented before signing the contract,
and is NOT applicable to any pre-existing contract.
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Some Fun Facts About...Dandelions!...
The dandelion originally came from Asia where it played an important role
in both food and medicine. Arabian physicians, even before the year 1000,
used this plant as a medicine. The Dandelion has not established itself in
the wild in the Southern Hemisphere. Dandelions made their recorded appearances
in Canada with the French in the 1700’s where it was used in salads and as a
health remedy.
This plant also appeared in New Mexico, USA when Spanish people brought it over
for a medicine and food source, they called it chicoria. Germans brought the
plant to Pennsylvania in the 1850’s and used it as an early spring infusion of
nutrition and vitamins. The English also brought the plants over to cure liver
problems and other illnesses. Native Americans soon started to see benefits from
the plants and started to grow them for the same uses as others. The plant is grown
in India and is used mainly for a remedy for liver problems. Most recently the
dandelion root is being grown and exported to Russia for use in medical remedies.
The word Dandelion comes from the French name for the plant dents de lion. This means
teeth of the lion and refers to the jagged edges of the leaf of the plant. The other
French name for this plant is pis-en-lit, in English this means wet the bed. Dandelions
deserve this name because their greens, when eaten, remove water from the body. So
eating the greens could cause someone to well… you can guess the rest. Not recommended
for a bedtime snack.
The dandelion first came from Asia but it now calls the entire planet home!
Each year fifty-five tons of coffee substitutes made from roasted Dandelion roots are
sold in England, Australia and Canada.
The Dandelion provides an important food source to bees. The pollen from this plant
helps bees out in the spring because it flowers early and the flowers continue through
to the fall providing constant food. In fact no less then 93 different kinds of insects
use Dandelion pollen as food.
The Dandelion seeds are important food to many small birds.
And you thought it was just a weed!!
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