Are you ready for a freeze?

With the cooler weather, it's a good reminder that these babies should be wrapped. 

This way when we get a hard freeze they won't crack and cause a huge mess!

We know from experience ;) We've replaced lots of anti-siphon parts after a hard freeze before.

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Can you see it?

Do you like those games where you have to find the hidden items in a picture?

Well, if you do see if you can find the scorpion in this one:

Did you find it?

OK. How about another one?

What can you find in this picture?

Did you get it?

This time of year it is really important to be very careful when looking in valve boxes, timers, ground cover, etc. You never know what you might find!

I don't know about you, but I don't like scorpions, snakes, black widows or the like.

Bonus tip for the day: Keep your vegetation nice and tidy where snakes are less likely to hide. 

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Can talking to your plants be good for them?

I recently read an article about this. 

The original  study came from the MythBusters. You can read it here.

These MythBusters, Adam and Jamie test urban legends and beliefs by scientific testing. 

So this time, they took an old wives' tale of talking to your plants to encourage healthy plant growth. 

They got some pea plants and separated them into 3 groups.

Group 1 was separated and played a soundtrack of "loving praise".

Group 2 was separated and had a soundtrack playing of "cruel insults".

And the 3rd group sat in silence. 

What they found was that the 3rd group did the poorest, but there was no clear difference between the group that heard "loving praise" or "cruel insults". 

So, even if you don't have anything nice to say I guess it wouldn't hurt to talk to your plants!

What do you think?