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Holiday  How  What?  Who?  Huh?
                                                                                                        December , 2011
 

 

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Do you know what is the leading cause of fires in December?

Well the first thing I thought of would be lights used to decorate, but I am very wrong. It is actually cooking! Isn't one of the things we love most about the Holidays is all the good food? 

It seems that cooks may find themselves distracted with holiday guests and last minute details!

These distractions can also turn into fire hazards all too quickly.  Almost half of the reported fires were directly related to leaving the cooking unattended.

Lets practice safety this Season and make sure your smoke alarms are working and have fresh batteries in them.  Test them monthly.

And do not leave cooking unattended for any amount of time.  Keep loose items away from the cooking area, such as towels, oven mitts, etc.  Also, have a working fire extinguisher nearby.   

 Yes we know most of these safety tips but it always good to be reminded so that we remember to practice what we know and keep our families safe. 
 

  

Each year, more than a half million winter fires cause $3 billion in property loss, 1,900 deaths, and nearly 8,000 injuries.  

    We want everyone to have a Happy Safe Holiday Season!

 
 
Need Help with those Tree's?
Huh? Really? 

 

What will are you doing with your Christmas tree after Christmas is over?

If you're like most Americans, you have resorted to owning an artificial tree and you will just send it back up into the attic to serve another 11 month sentence; however, this article is more about that dwindling group of us who still get a live Christmas tree each year.
 

While there is nothing more that smells like Christmas than a fresh cut Douglas Fir, the question is still the same. What are you going to do with it after Christmas? Will it be going to the landfill like most days after season trees? Oh no, that's not such a pretty picture, but where else do they go? Have you ever thought of using a Potted Tree for Christmas? Potted Tree you ask? Yes, Potted like those found at your local nursery or provided by your neighborhood landscaper. There are many varieties to choose from and you can use them in the landscape for years to come. Now, that is a pretty picture!

A few varieties are:

 Arizona Cypress: This is a great tree with silver blue color and grows rapidly once planted

 Blue Point Cypress: This tree has a blue-green color and makes for a dense hedge or screen

 Carolina Sapphire Cypress: Rapid grower with a light wispy growth habit

 Leyland Cypress: Is green in color and a rapid grower; however, can be problematic in sandy soils do to blight

 Hetzii or Juniperus Chinensis: Slow growing thick dense habit. 

Italian Cypress: Is more for the decorator who needs something 

for a tight narrow area. Their growth habit is fast and narrow.

 

Some other Christmas tree considerations are hollies. Hollies with their dark green waxy leaves and red berries can make attractive Christmas trees and once planted in the landscape provide food for birds such as the Cedar Wax Wing and the Robins. Some varieties that make good trees are: Burfordi Holly: not the dwarf unless you're looking for a table top tree.

Decide which type of tree you want and give us a call - Because we will deliver it for FREE!

850-422-3001

 

So this should at least give you some ideas on Christmas Trees that can be thought of as money well spent and can continue giving all year long. After all isn't that what the season is all about. Giving?

 

  
Red Buckeye
RED BUCKEYE:

The Red Buckeye has an irregular shape with short, crooked branches in its crown. It also grows as a shrub. The smooth bark is grayish-brown to light gray.  The Red Buckeye is native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina south to Florida, west to Texas, and north to southern Illinois and northern Kentucky.

 In Ohio it is planted as an ornamental. Early settlers made a soap substitute from its gummy roots, and they made home remedies from its bitter bark. Native American Indians used crushed branches from this tree and other buckeyes to drug fish in order to make them easier to catch.

   Wouldn't this make a nice addition to your Lawn for the Holiday?

 
Happy Holidays from
Dickerson Landscaping
 
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