Helpful Landscaping & Home Improvement Articles
March 22, 2014
Landscape designer will ensure your McHenry brick pavers patio fits your taste and style
All Posts, Brick Paver Construction, Landscape DesignAfter enduring a McHenry winter such as this, you should reward yourself. But how? A glance out the back window where last year’s lawn was transformed by approximately six-feet of now-melting snow to form a spongy potential mud pit may...
March 6, 2014
Brick pavers – elements of transformation for Northern Illinois homeowners and businesses
All Posts, Landscape DesignAs the snow finally melts, and this endless Midwest winter finally comes to an end, some will step into their backyards only to discover their shoes sinking into mud. Others, in Northern Illinois, will bring out the patio furniture and r...
March 1, 2014
This Woodstock winter begs for…
All Posts, Landscape DesignThis Woodstock winter begs for a brick paver patio solution this spring When the snow in Woodstock finally melts, many residents will find themselves with backyard mud pits where they expected to find their lawns. They can spread some gr...
December 12, 2013
Cal & Shan’s Christmas Tree Farm is a Mahoney Family Tradition
All Posts, Christmas Tree FarmThis is the third year in a row that the Mahoney’s of Wonder Lake have come out to Cal & Shan’s Christmas Tree Farm, 14216 Thayer Road, Woodstock, for their Cut-Your-Own Christmas tree. As with others who come to Cal & Shan’s for t...
December 6, 2013
Hallmark Channel comes out to Cal & Shan’s Christmas Tree Farm Saturday: chance to win a trip to the ‘North Pole’
All Posts, Christmas Tree FarmCome out to Cal & Shan’s Christmas Tree Farm at 14216 Thayer Road, Woodstock, Saturday and you can cut your own Christmas tree. More than that, you might win a trip to the ‘North Pole’ or a spot on the Hallmark Channel. “The Hall...
December 6, 2013
Cal & Shan’s Christmas Tree Farm joins Woodstock Christmas Parade
All Posts, Christmas Tree FarmThroughout most of the year, Cal & Shan’s provides landscaping services or snow removal services. This time of year, however, they join the holiday revelry by providing a traditional cut-your-own Christmas tree tradition. They kicked o...
November 9, 2013
Not just anyone can operate snow removal equipment
All Posts, Snow PlowingNot just anyone can operate snow removal equipment: Is your snow removal company qualified? Driving a snow plow may look easy as though anyone who can drive can operate snow removal equipment. If you share that perspective, you may be su...
November 8, 2013
Does your snow removal company survey or snow plow blind?
All Posts, Snow PlowingWill your snow removal company survey your property before the snow flies? Once your parking lot(s) and drives are covered with snow it’s hard to tell where concrete or asphalt leave off and lawn or garden take over. Just as a snow plo...
November 5, 2013
Does your snow removal company have the right equipment?
All Posts, Snow PlowingDoes your snow removal company have the right equipment and experience for the job?Snow removal is more of a science than many realize. They’ll hire someone who mounted a snow blade to the front of the family pickup truck to make some ...
November 1, 2013
Can You Trust Your Snow Removal Company?
All Posts, Snow PlowingDoes your snow removal company have the right equipment, drivers and ethics? You look out the window in the morning only to discover that Mother Nature has dropped a knee-deep layer of snow outside. There’s no way you’ll shovel the d...