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Not only should you keep your lawn watered during the spring and summer months, but you should also keep it mowed. Mowing every 10 days is best for St Augustine type of lawns.

Please mow yourself, contract a local neighborhood lawn boy, or hire a lawn service for infrequent or scheduled mowings.

Please consider Lawn-Mat Lawn Care Services a schedule your next mowing and getting on a 10 day mow schedule.

Keeping your lawn healthy and well groomed

Lawn mowing, although often overlooked, greatly effects your lawns appearance and general health.

Mowing Tips

• Don’t cut your grass too short, particular for cool season grasses. Higher heights usually provide for a deeper root system, looks better, and is less likely to have weeds invading, particularly crabgrass.
• Don’t remove any more than one third of the grass leaf at any one cutting. If circumstances arise that a lawn gets too tall and you just have to lop off a bunch to get caught up, bite the bullet and break it down into several mowings to get caught up with 3 or so days between cuttings.
• Try to avoid mowing when the grass is wet.
• When mowing only a third with each cutting, you can safely leave clippings that will quickly decompose and add nutrients back into the soil. Contrary to popular opinion, grass clippings do not add to thatch buildup. Grass blades are made up of about 75% water.
• Mow your lawn in a different direction with each mowing, especially with lawns of shorter grass types. Altering the direction ensures a more even cut since grass blades will grow more erect and less likely to develop into a set pattern.

Although, not in the Mayor’s Book Club list for ‘10, Keep Austin Weird – A Guide to the Odd Side of Town by Red Wassenich is a good read for Austinites or just anybody who likes to read a book with lot’s of pictures!

I checked this book out from the City of Austin Library last night. The library is great, you can use it like Netflix or Blockbuster online movie rental account. You have a queue in which you can fill up with movies, books, or music. They transport your requested items from all of the city to a local location for pick up. You can have the items out for three weeks and up to five movies out at a time! Why not use it, you pay for it in tax money!

I couldn’t stop reading this book last night, it was great!

Get your copy of Keep Austin Weird – A Guide to the Odd Side of Town by Red Wassenich on Amazon, today!

And how appropriate, today another Austin landmark is slated to close. Jaime’s Spanish Village will be closing July 30, as reported by the Statesman. realbeer commented, “Actually, Austin’s slogan changed some time ago from “Keep Austin Weird” to ‘Keep Austin Corporate’”. Seems so true.

I would like to offer, Keep Austin Free, Man!

Keep Austin Free, not related to, but although cool site about all that is free and keeping it that way, in Austin, Keeping Austin Free

Proposed Amendment to Austin’s Land Development Code
McMansion Amendment spreads South
Expanding the boundaries to include the following: north of William Cannon, south of Ben White Boulevard, east of Manchaca Drive, and west of Interstate Highway 35.

Current McMansion regulations (Subchapter F, Land Development Code).

A surprise letter came today for a meeting and vote on Thursday. They plan to further tell us what we can do with our own land that we pay property taxes for. Further restrictions, more limitations, and more control is what they are after. Vote NO! on this proposal that they are attempting to shove down our throats at the eleventh hour. I don’t particularly love “McMansion” type of large gaudy shoddy home development. There is a large condo style fourplex just a few doors down from 4408 Hank Avenue sprawling over two lots. Yet, these developers/investors own the land, although probably temporarily, more than likely defaulting back to the almighty greed hungry bankers, they too have control on what they can build on the property.

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Be sure to protest your property tax this year.

Austin real estate property appraisals have decreased another 4.8% average in 2010, yet due to budget restraints Travis County property taxes are increasing an average of 4.8 % this year. (These are close to the same figures as in 2009.)

Freeman Properties endorsed vendor, Texas Pro Tax.

Former endorsed vendor O’Connor & Associates.

Also, you can always protest yourself, be sure to bring a good argument, photos, and good reasons why your property should be devalued per Travis County appraisal.

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Let us handle the day-to-day needs of your property. We can minimize vacancies and maximize your bottom line. We will market your property, make your property accessible through this website and website resources across the internet. We will thoroughly screen potential tenants so owners gets a quality tenant to fill their vacancy.

We have decades of experience and knowledge to help you optimize your real-estate investment. And we are familiar with state and local laws and Homeowner’s Association guidelines. Help can also be provided to evict a problem tenant.

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Way to go Willie!! I bet that felt incredible, liberating, and cool to cut off your trademark pig tails! I loved ‘em, but I didn’t have to wear them. Maybe you can start growing them back, but I subscribe to the WWWD What Would Willie Do mantra, so do what you do.

Willie is most deserving to have a high profile street in Austin named in his honor. And always better now than later. Although Austin was a few weeks shy of being the first in the area to honor him. The cross streets of both Willie Way and On The Road Again appeared at the new Backyard in Bee Caves.

At least there is not a Willie Toll Road as proposed a few years ago. Willie declined and saying that “I’d rather have an electric chair named after me”

I and others that I have spoken with think Congress Avenue renamed to Willie Nelson Boulevard would have been more appropriate, than Second Street. Since Second Street is the avenue more closely related to our city governance.

4405 Hank Ave Leased

This house on Hank is no longer available.

Available May 1, 2010

The house at 4405 Hank Avenue is available for lease on May 1, 2010.

Contact Roger or Thomas at 512.445.0814

This is a newly completely remodeled house in an upcoming neighborhood. Although it remains a great family neighborhood, it is also become a trendy area for young hipsters. The old South Austin neighborhood is being transformed into a neighborhood with downtown urban appeal and lifestyle. It is transforming before our eyes. Many houses are being renovated, moved or leveled and brand new houses are taking their place. Many streets are evident of this change, but none as much as Hank Avenue. Where most houses have already been renovated and this street boasts the newest wildest double lot two-story four condo expansion in the neighborhood. The bold neighborhood extension near Clawson and Crown is the only other that rivals this expansion.

It is a working class neighborhood with very eclectic neighbors. Many artists and musicians choose this area to live. 78745 is becoming the new 78704, as the high rents have forced out working artists. With the good people, shady trees, quite and low traffic streets, many are proud to call this home.

This house is close to daycare, public schools, parks, and libraries. There is a church and a hospital within walking distance. Great places to eat, like a plate of Huevos Rancheros to sit down and eat or to go from Taqueria La Tapatia, shopping at Southwood Mall and Shopping Center, and fun at Blazer Tag Adventure Center for the kids and the kid in all of us. And a short bike or drive to Central Market South and Sunset Valley Farmers Market for farm raised good food on Saturday mornings.

Available for showing by appointment only. To schedule a time please contact us or Call 512-445-0814, but be sure that you mention that you read about the house at FreemanProperties.com

Please print and fill out a Rental Lease Application when meeting to view the house.

As seen on Postlets.com via Craigslist.org and Oodle.com.

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