Welcome to Cool Hand Carpentry your go-to source for Home Repairs, Handyman Services, Landscaping and Maintenance. My name is Scott Fingal and I spent a lot of years (decades) as a graphic designer. I have also spent that time fixing houses. So I'll bring that designers eye, attention to detail and sense of creativity to your every home repair, handyman, home maintenance, and landscaping project.
Selling Your Home: Call me for that much need curb appeal! Some inexpensive ways to quickly spruce up your house include: Planting, Edging, Mulching, Painting the Front Door, Upgrade your Mailbox, Installing New House Numbers. Installing Flower Boxes, and Power washing. Once your house is sold, I can correct many issues commonly found in home inspections (hand rails, GFCI, peeling paint, etc).
And if your house is still on the market after you moved, I can keep the grass cut and trimmed so you can enjoy your new home. Let us make your yard the envy of the neighborhood! Grass-cutting and Trimming Organic Lawn Care Edging Mulching Bed Planting Building Raised Beds Gardening Starting Vegetable Gardens Trimming Shrubbery Landscape Design Theme Gardens (Butterfly/Pollinator Gardens, Bird Attractors, Cutting Gardens, Shade Gardens).
Selling Your Home: Call me for that much need curb appeal! Some inexpensive ways to quickly spruce up your house include: Planting, Edging, Mulching, Painting the Front Door, Upgrade your Mailbox, Installing New House Numbers. Installing Flower Boxes, and Power washing. Once your house is sold, I can correct many issues commonly found in home inspections (hand rails, GFCI, peeling paint, etc).
And if your house is still on the market after you moved, I can keep the grass cut and trimmed so you can enjoy your new home. Let us make your yard the envy of the neighborhood! Grass-cutting and Trimming Organic Lawn Care Edging Mulching Bed Planting Building Raised Beds Gardening Starting Vegetable Gardens Trimming Shrubbery Landscape Design Theme Gardens (Butterfly/Pollinator Gardens, Bird Attractors, Cutting Gardens, Shade Gardens).
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My name is Scott Fingal and I spent a lot of years (decades) as a graphic designer.
I have also spent that time fixing houses.
So I'll bring that designers eye, attention to detail and sense of creativity to your every home repair, handyman, home maintenance, and landscaping project.
Presently I volunteer at the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry and I am a member of Rodef Shalom Congregation.
I enjoy music, both listening to, and playing the mandolin and the outdoors especially fly fishing and mountain biking.
I have also spent that time fixing houses.
So I'll bring that designers eye, attention to detail and sense of creativity to your every home repair, handyman, home maintenance, and landscaping project.
Presently I volunteer at the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry and I am a member of Rodef Shalom Congregation.
I enjoy music, both listening to, and playing the mandolin and the outdoors especially fly fishing and mountain biking.
You need to understand your growing conditions to plan and install a successful flower garden.
Are you wanting to plant a garden but unsure of where to start?
Or, perhaps, you're feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of beautiful shrubs, flowers, vines and other plants you see on the internet.
A theme garden could be a great place to start.
Theme gardens are designed with a purpose.
Flowering theme gardens can be used to attract butterflies and other pollinators, provide your home with a continuous supply of beautiful flowers (cutting garden), provide food for birds in all four seasons, or simply beautify an area of your property.
Are you wanting to plant a garden but unsure of where to start?
Or, perhaps, you're feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of beautiful shrubs, flowers, vines and other plants you see on the internet.
A theme garden could be a great place to start.
Theme gardens are designed with a purpose.
Flowering theme gardens can be used to attract butterflies and other pollinators, provide your home with a continuous supply of beautiful flowers (cutting garden), provide food for birds in all four seasons, or simply beautify an area of your property.
There are hundreds of wonderful books on gardening, and, of course, the internet, which has thousands of sources of excellent information - mostly free - on every aspect of gardening.
But all that information can be overwhelming if you are just beginning your gardening adventure.
Here are a few simple but important questions to consider before you start digging; answering these questions will be time well spent in the long run.
These are all good reasons, and, in fact, there are no bad reasons for creating a garden; however, the more you understand your motivation, the easier it will be to design your garden and achieve your goals.
But all that information can be overwhelming if you are just beginning your gardening adventure.
Here are a few simple but important questions to consider before you start digging; answering these questions will be time well spent in the long run.
These are all good reasons, and, in fact, there are no bad reasons for creating a garden; however, the more you understand your motivation, the easier it will be to design your garden and achieve your goals.
Here's a typical plan of action I have been recommending for my clients to begin an organic sustainable lawn care program.
1. Less than 2% of the insects found in your backyard are pests.
Most are considered beneficial.
2. Add organic matter to your lawn to build the soil - or spread an inch of compost in the fall, and water it in.
3. Corn gluten meal is natures weed & feed!
It prevents many weed seeds from germinating and benefits grasses by adding valuable nitrogen to the soil.
4. It's easier (and less time consuming) to control a few young weeds than it is to wage war on many large, seed-producing monsters.
1. Less than 2% of the insects found in your backyard are pests.
Most are considered beneficial.
2. Add organic matter to your lawn to build the soil - or spread an inch of compost in the fall, and water it in.
3. Corn gluten meal is natures weed & feed!
It prevents many weed seeds from germinating and benefits grasses by adding valuable nitrogen to the soil.
4. It's easier (and less time consuming) to control a few young weeds than it is to wage war on many large, seed-producing monsters.
Soil is a Living Ecosystem The key to a healthy lawn and garden is healthy soil-a living, breathing ecosystem.
The primary components of soil are minerals (inorganic materials), organic materials, water, and air.
The organic matter improves the soil's capacity to hold water and nutrients, releasing them as needed by plants.
It feeds the microorganisms, which in turn makes nutrients available to plants, as well as improves the soil structure.
Water makes it possible for the plants to absorb those nutrients.
The primary components of soil are minerals (inorganic materials), organic materials, water, and air.
The organic matter improves the soil's capacity to hold water and nutrients, releasing them as needed by plants.
It feeds the microorganisms, which in turn makes nutrients available to plants, as well as improves the soil structure.
Water makes it possible for the plants to absorb those nutrients.
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