Fire becomes popular backyard feature
Fire fascinates. Since time began, humans have been drawn to dancing flames, an attraction that has made fireplaces a sought-after feature in homes long after they lost their primary value for heating or cooking. There also is the cozy communal appeal of sitting around a fire with other people.
Mosquito clouds follow rain clouds
Burlington Free Press - Destroy mosquito breeding grounds and reduce their numbers by emptying water from flower pots, barrels, tires, swimming pool covers, clogged roof gutters and other containers. Change the water in bird baths and animals’ water dishes at least twice a
Helpful tricks to avoid summertime bug bites
Citizen Online - out of your home. Remove mosquito breeding grounds around your home and work. Mosquitoes can breed in the smallest amounts of standing water like that found in flower pots or any kind of container, clogged rain gutters, swimming pool covers and bird
Mosquito season heats up
Reno Gazette - At least once or twice a week, empty water from flower pots, pet food and water dishes, birdbaths, swimming pool covers, buckets, barrels, and cans. *Check for clogged rain gutters and clean them out. *Remove discarded tires, and other items that could
Reward the water wise
Brisbane Courier-Mail - Rebates would also be offered to Queenslanders who purchased other water-saving devices such as AAA-rated showerheads, water-efficient washing machines, swimming pool covers, dual-flush toilets and water flow regulators. The Opposition estimates
“New Orleans Artists in Exile”
When the military blockade was lifted this past October, Steve Martin returned from Nashville to his Julia Street studio in New Orleans’s Warehouse/Arts District unsure of what, if anything, he would find. It had been more than a month since Hurricane Katrina mauled his city, and survival was the …
Mosquito clouds follow rain clouds
Weeks of rainy Vermont weather are coming back to bite in the form of unforgiving clouds of mosquitoes. Mosquitoes breed in standing pools of water. The more water, the more mosquitoes.
Unkempt Abington house draws attention
ABINGTON An empty camper sits in the driveway of an empty house on Beaver Lane, and the unkempt yard stands out from neatly mowed lawns that line the street.
Pool safety 101
Bakersfield Californian - Neither fencing nor pool safety covers, swimming lessons nor inflatable devices are 100 percent effective at preventing drownings. Never leave children alone in or near a pool, even for a moment. American Academy of Pediatrics SWIMMING LESSONS IN
Concerned family helps ducklings dodge disaster
Some Carrington Farms neighbors are happier today after feeling a little down on Thursday when some baby ducklings fell through a storm sewer grate.
Lady Eco to speed up cleaning of the river
New barge will pick up trash, won’t help the water quality.
Lady Eco to speed up cleaning of the river
San Antonio Express (subscription), TX - 1 hour ago… foliage to foam cups. “Normally the way we clean the river is with pool nets,” explained Lincoln St. George, river operations supervisor …
Pet persuaded her it didn’t need rescuing
Charlotte Observer, NC - May 29, 2006… No, she’s not. My neighbors and I got pool nets, fishing nets, and my kayak together for “Operation Turtle Rescue,” but Tank didn’t want to be rescued. …
Battered but Unbowed
Miami New Times, FL - 22 hours ago… Click. The body of a nearly nude man bobs in the water outside Baptist Memorial Hospital. A child’s inflatable swimming pool covers his head. Click. …
Rockland mosquito patrol goes on offense after rain
The Journal News.com, NY - Jun 7, 2006… Health officials are warning residents that they have to do their part to get rid of tires, containers, poorly kept swimming pool covers and other places where …
How to protect yourself against West Nile Virus
Canada.com, Canada - Jun 8, 2006… As part of your spring and summer lawn cleanup, regularly (twice a week) drain rain barrels, bird-baths, swimming-pool covers, eavestroughs, flowerpots, and …
West Nile reported in Cape Girardeau County
Southeast Missourian, MO - Jun 12, 2006… Flower pots, pet water dishes, birdbaths, swimming pool covers, buckets and barrels should be emptied at least once a week, she said. …
Looking at backyard pool dangers
Toronto Star, Canada - 15 hours ago… Learning first aid and CPR, investing in an approved pool-safety cover and staying close while maintaining visual contact with youngsters - particularly around …
How to protect yourself against West Nile Virus
Canada.com, Canada - Jun 8, 2006… As part of your spring and summer lawn cleanup, regularly (twice a week) drain rain barrels, bird-baths, swimming-pool covers, eavestroughs, flowerpots, and …
Rockland mosquito patrol goes on offense after rain
The Journal News.com, NY - Jun 7, 2006… Health officials are warning residents that they have to do their part to get rid of tires, containers, poorly kept swimming pool covers and other places where …
West Nile reported in Cape Girardeau County
Southeast Missourian, MO - Jun 12, 2006… Flower pots, pet water dishes, birdbaths, swimming pool covers, buckets and barrels should be emptied at least once a week, she said. …
Mosquito season heats up
Reno Gazette Journal, NV - Jun 2, 2006… At least once or twice a week, empty water from flower pots, pet food and water dishes, birdbaths, swimming pool covers, buckets, barrels, and cans. …
Mid-Daily Items: Campaigns hitting Valley Saturday
Sunbury Daily Item, PA - Jun 7, 2006… Clean and chlorinate swimming pools that are not being used. Mosquitoes may even breed in water that collects on swimming pool covers. …
How to protect yourself against West Nile Virus
Canada.com, Canada - Jun 8, 2006… As part of your spring and summer lawn cleanup, regularly (twice a week) drain rain barrels, bird-baths, swimming-pool covers, eavestroughs, flowerpots, and …
