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Home Maintenance Schedule

Regular Maintenance Is the Key
Inspecting your home on a regular basis and following good maintenance practices is the best way to protect your investment in your home. Whether you take care of a few tasks at a time or several all at once, it is important to get into the habit of doing them. Establish a routine for yourself and you will find the work is easy to accomplish and not very time consuming. A regular schedule of seasonal maintenance can put a stop to the most common — and costly — problems, before they occur. If necessary, use a camera to take pictures of anything you might want to share with an expert for advice or to monitor or remind you of a situation later.

By following the information noted here, you will learn about protecting your investment and how to help keep your home a safe and healthy place to live.

Shedding light on new technologies

Lighting is one of the most visible ways you use energy in your home. While a single light bulb doesn’t use much energy, all the lights in your home combined can account for up to 20% of your monthly electric bill. Now you can save energy, reduce lighting costs and help protect the environment. It’s as easy as changing a light bulb. This brochure will introduce you to a whole new generation of energy efficient lighting products and show you how to save energy and money in every area of your home. From living room lamps to landscape lighting, you’re sure to find ideas to brighten your energy future.

Lighting 101
Today’s energy-efficient lighting comes in a variety of shapes, sizes and wattages for virtually every household use. Take a look at the lighting products below, followed by suggested uses and energy-saving tips, and learn how you can light up your home for less–– without sacrificing style, comfort or personal safety.

The Central Puget Sound region is home to some of the most magnificent trees found anywhere. Before development, forests covered much of the region’s land, and even now trees are a very noticeable part of the natural landscape. It is easy to take the trees for granted, but they provide invaluable resources to the people, wildlife, and natural ecosystems of our region.

We find out just how important trees are to the local environment when we remove them. One typical Douglas-fir can absorb 250 gallons of water a day. When the tree is gone, that water may become a problem as increased runoff. Trees also improve air-quality by filtering pollutants and adding oxygen and moisture to the air. One acre of trees can remove about thirteen tons of dust and carbon dioxide each year. Even a single tree has a big impact. If all of the needles are added up on a mature Douglas-fir, there is one acre of leaf surface area that filters and adds oxygen to the air.

ABSTRACT: Turfgrass management since 1940 in the U.S. has been characterized by intensive use of synthetic chemicals including water-soluble fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Conventional practices also generate solid waste (through removal of grass clippings) and hazardous waste (leftover chemicals), and use large amounts of irrigation water, which may be wasted through overwatering or runoff. A review of current science suggests that these practices may be harmful to human and wildlife health, and also negatively impact the turfgrass ecosystem, contributing to significant declines in populations of beneficial soil organisms, soil acidification and compaction, thatch accumulation, and diminished resistance to diseases. Interviews with turf professionals around the Pacific Northwest region and a review of scientific and technical literature indicate that a proven alternative approach exists. It is based on observation of the entire soil and grass ecosystem, appreciation that turfgrasses are sustained by the activities of soil-dwelling organisms, and understanding that this grass community is a dynamic equilibrium among many plants, invertebrates, and microbial organisms. This equilibrium can then be shaped to support the natural vigor of the grass plant and the beneficial soil organisms, and to minimize pest problems, by application of proper cultural practices.

Are you looking for cost-effective yet eye-pleasing ways to lower your energy bills? Planting trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, and hedges could be the answer. In fact, landscaping may be your best long-term investment for reducing heating and cooling costs, while also bringing other improvements to your community

A well-designed landscape will:

• Cut your summer and winter energy costs dramatically.
• Protect your home from winter wind and summer sun.
• Reduce consumption of water, pesticides, and fuel for landscaping and lawn maintenance.
• Help control noise and air pollution.

This publication covers landscaping tips to save money year-round; ways that landscaping helps the environment; important climate, site, and design considerations; landscape planning; and tree and shrub selection. You can get additional information on regionally appropriate species from your local nursery and landscaping experts.

The primary principle when learning photography is to take many pictures. Never take just one. When you think a few is enough, take a
dozen. Traditional photography requires a wait between the taking of a picture and the development of the film for viewing. With digital photography, the ability to immediately view and edit images gives us the freedom to make mistakes and to quickly learn from them. For this reason, digital photography supports the primary requirement for mastering photography, which is to take many pictures.

Another advantage of digital photography is its relatively low cost when compared to traditional photography. Traditional film based photographs had to be processed or sent to the lab which could take days and incur substantial film and processing costs. Polaroid photography offers immediacy but the film is costly so it is not an acceptable alternative for the average photographer. By comparison, digital photo media can be used and reused endlessly which significantly cuts down on the cost. Cost control is the second advantage of digital photography.