As winter fast approaches, you may suddenly come up with an idea to decorate the drab snow-covered yard and driveway after excess snow has been cleared. Since you don’t have a lot of time on your hands, it’s best to seek help from an artistic landscaper who does snow removal in Hamilton. An article on MyHomeIdeas.com features simple yet dramatic suggestions from their resident stylist on how to beautify your winter yard to get into the spirit of the season.

Winter planters may look like any ordinary potted plant, but they excel at one thing: the pots used aren’t your usual terracotta.

Clay is a type of expansive soil, swelling and shrinking depending on water content. Clay pots are one of the most affordable containers around, their porosity allowing them to breathe and provide air to the soil. Under a rainy winter, however, clay will be susceptible to cracking as a result of constant freeze-thaw cycles.

For lawn-loving Canadians who don’t mind the challenges of regular lawn maintenance in Hamilton and elsewhere, fall is the best time to grow a lawn. However, cultivating your lawn from the ground up requires tedious work. Popular Mechanics contributor Joseph Truini shares a few tips to homeowners:

For many homeowners in Ontario’s Hammer City, few things offer better satisfaction than to have a cultivated garden in the yard that offers not only aesthetic draw, but also function and vital plant life. To pull this off for the most part, your best bet would be to hire reputable Hamilton/Brantford landscapers to do the job, but whether you lovingly tend to your garden yourself or hire lawn care professionals, you’ll want to make sure that your own personal touch plays into everything from the layout design to the choice of plant types, colors, size, and textures. Here are some tips to get started:

You think your Steeltown home could use a bit more curb appeal, so you start looking into options for expanding your yard—however, you don’t need to sacrifice a lot of exterior space just to spruce up your garden. Should you choose to simply work with what you have, here are a few efficient Hamilton and Brantford landscaping tips to make a small yard look bigger.

Holiday home exchange has become very popular, thanks to the 2006 romantic comedy, “The Holiday.” In the movie, the characters of Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet go through a trying period in their lives and decide to travel abroad for the holidays, immediately ending up swapping homes for two weeks with the help of an online home exchange site.

Summer is the hardest time for homeowners to keep an eye on the health of their lawns. With the high temperature threatening to dehydrate the grass and turn the verdant turf to a sickly brown, constant watering and fertilization are important. It’s particularly crucial for lawns to thrive during this season because they are the preferred venue for outdoor barbecues, afternoon parties, yard games and other summer activities.

According to a 2012 report by Active Healthy Kids Canada, many children between 6^th and 12^th grade spend almost eight hours in front of a screen, typically TV sets or computers. This is almost four times more than the recommended two hours, and that represents time better spent playing outdoors and interacting with nature─ especially for their physical, mental, and emotional development. So how do you coax your children away from the call of mass and social media?

Summer is here, and with it come the parties you will most certainly be hosting in your very own backyard. If you have the funds to spare, it won’t hurt to liven up your outdoor space, especially through the use of lighting fixtures. Aside from aesthetic reasons, the extra illumination will allow your guests to safely navigate the exterior as well as discourage would-be intruders from trespassing on your property.

Many Hamilton residents have a decidedly chilly opinion of the winter season. Who, after all, enjoys walking on slippery sidewalks, paying costly heating bills, and catching colds or coughs?