Next to fall, early spring is the best time to plant in San Diego gardens. Plus, you’ll find nurseries well stocked with blooming perennials. Here are some March gardening tips for a beautiful spring garden.
San Diego Garden Tips March 2022
San Diego Garden Tips February 2022
Spring starts early in San Diego gardens. Fall planted bulbs are flowering. Native plants are blooming. Many plants are growing and fruit trees are starting to show blossoms. Here are some February gardening tips for a beautiful spring garden.
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Double-pane windows have lots of great benefits and will increase the value of your home. But they also have drawbacks that window companies fail to mention when promoting them and touting their energy savings. As a REALTOR, I get to see how they function (or sometimes don’t) in homes.
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January can be a busy time in San Diego gardens. It’s bare-root planting time. Plus you can still plant winter annuals and cool-season vegetables and start planting summer bulbs. Here are some January gardening tips for a beautiful yard year-round.
20 Unique Home Gifts
Every year, it seems the holidays sneak up on us. And every year, that brings with it the dreaded last-minute gift panic. Finding a present that hits all the right notes can be surprisingly stressful, even when it comes to people you’ve known for years.
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San Diego gardens grow year-round. Compared to so many parts of the country where gardens are dormant this time of year, we can still see flowers blooming out our windows. Here are some December gardening tips for a wonderful holiday season and a beautiful winter garden.
Continue reading San Diego Garden Tips December 2021Zillow Offers Failure Shows Value of Real Estate Experts
Zillow announced earlier this month that it was shutting down its Zillow Offers iBuyer program. Zillow’s failure illustrates the limitations of technology in the real estate market. Technology is helpful, but it still takes a real estate expert to understand the nuances of the market. And understanding the market allows real estate professionals to help buyers and sellers by properly pricing and selling homes.
Continue reading Zillow Offers Failure Shows Value of Real Estate ExpertsNew Construction or Existing Home?
Homebuyers today are facing a huge dilemma. There simply aren’t enough homes for sale.
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November is still a great time to add plants to your San Diego garden. Our seasonal rain has started, so you might want to adjust your irrigation. The trimmings and fall leaves you’re cleaning up can also make beautiful holiday decorations.
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Not sure how you are going to decorate for Halloween this year? Looking for some creative ideas? Here are 15 unique Halloween homes that might help clear those cobwebs from your head.
BATS IN THE BELFRY
Okay, not in the belfry, but all over the front door. Just cut out your bats with black poster board and attach them using damage-free poster strips.
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