February

Save Your Plants from Frost Burn

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Parts of the US are experiencing the worst bitter cold and snow in many years.  Here in Phoenix, Arizona, overnight temperatures can occasionally get close to freezing, which is bitter for this part of the country and requires a little homeowner landscape maintenance. 

To keep your plants from being burned by the overnight frost, make sure to cover them lightly with a sheet or other light draping material if the temperature turns much lower than 40 overnight.  Remember to remove the draping during the daytime when the sun is out.

Use Carpet Cleaning to Freshen Your Home

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Even though our Arizona weather has been mostly moderate this winter, chances are good that your home has spent more days closed up than open recently.  This can tend to create a humid, musty, stale smell, which will be even stronger if your home has children or pets.  Opening the windows goes a long way towards fresh air, but the closed up smell returns as soon as the windows are shuddered again.  It is time to have the carpets professionally cleaned.  The stale air that was trapped in your home has worked its way down into the carpet, and a good thorough cleaning should brighten up both the look of your carpets and the quality of your indoor air.