Outdoor Activities the week of Thanksgiving.
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Research reveals that spending time outdoors actually makes you smarter! "In recent years an emerging body of research has begun to describe the restorative power of time spent in the natural world. While the study of the relationship between mental acuity, creativity, and time spent outdoors is still a frontier for science, new data suggests that exposure to the living world can even enhance intelligence," says Richard Louv, author and co-founder of the Children & Nature Network. Read the full article here. Show off your smarts to family and friends by planning outdoor activities during the week of Thanksgiving. Here are a few activities to consider: The Sky Tonight, Saturday (Nov 23), 11am. Technically inside the planetarium and the Saturday BEFORE Thanksgiving, a Fernbank astronomer guides you through the constellations, planets, and events of the current evening sky. Impress your guests after the sun goes down on Thanksgiving by naming the stars you see in your backyard sky. Find out more. Snow Mountain opens Nov 25th at Stone Mountain Park. Spend a fun-filled day playing across five football fields of frosty joy. Zoom down the 400-foot hill all together in our family-sized tubes, or go it alone as a single rider. From snowman building to snowball shooting, tubing to togetherness, enjoy all the moments that will make for the perfect snow day. Find out more. The Macy's Great Tree Lighting at Lenox Square is free on Thursday night (Nov 26). Pre-show starts at 6:15pm. Find out more. Ice Skating in Atlanta! Ice skating at The Southwest Rink at Park Tavern is open November 28th through February 17th. The rink is closed for private events on some days. The first public skate day is Saturday, Nov 30th. Skate all day in the a heated garden tent with music and rink-side dining. Find out more.
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During this month of Gratitude, we are grateful for you!
 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Solterra Landscape.
Most Thanksgiving holiday traditions include yummy things to eat. There's something for everyone in this special collection of 83 Thanksgiving side dish recipes. Find familiar favorites, along with tempting new creations to try on your Thanksgiving menu.
Before and after all of that Thanksgiving feasting, Come Alive Outside.
Solterra Landscape is a prou d member of the Come Alive Outside movement. The great outdoors is a perfect place to enjoy a sense of community with friends, neighbors and coworkers. The movement encourages individuals, families, businesses and communities to start finding ways to spend time outside.
In the side bar on the left, see a list of outdoor activities that you may want to participate in with family and friends during the week of Thanksgiving.
As always, we appreciate your support of Solterra Landscape and your confidence in us.
Peter and Dixie Speck
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Plant of the Month
Unusual Daffodils Add Variety to Your Spring Landscape
With our milder winter temps, spring bulbs can be planted through December. Wholesale bulb retailer ColorBlends.com has a southern recommended page on their website with spring bulbs that do well in the Atlanta planting zones of 7b and 8a, as well as special instructions. Here are unusual daffodils that perform well to warmer southern climates and are still in-stock. - Hawera: A tiny lemon-yellow daffodil that makes up for its size by producing 6-8 flowers on each stem. Exceptionally fine for perennial beds or a rock garden. Plant 8-9 bulbs per square foot.
- Geranium: A multi-flowered daffodil that bears 2-6 deliciously fragrant blossoms per stem. Petals are white, the tiny cups orange. Plant 4-5 per square foot.
- Kedron: Kedron calls attention to itself, drawing first the eye and then the nose. The petals are a hard-to-describe apricot-yellow. They frame a small orange cup.
Solterra is happy to order the bulbs you want and install them for you... or you can order and we'll plant.
Contact Meg if you want to discuss how daffodils can be added to the seasonal color in your landscape. meg@solterralandscape.com
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Maintenance Focus
Leaf Removal for a Healthy Lawn
It's best if fallen leaves are removed weekly from your lawn. Here are a few reasons why: - Let the sun in. Even dormant grasses need sunlight on the base of the stalks and on the roots.
- Prevent root rot. Allowing leaves to remain on the grass traps moisture which can lead to root rot and other diseases.
- Raking versus mulching. It is better to rake leaves than to mulch them with your mower. Ground up leaves create thatch, keeping water from reaching roots of your lawn and harboring lawn pests.
- Burn calories. A person who is 160 lbs and rakes for 60 minutes will burn 288 calories. For those of you with leftover Halloween candy, that's 3.5 fun size Snickers bars!
Solterra provides leaf removal for our maintenance clients. Contact Jason to learn about our maintenance programs. jason@solterralandscape.com
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