Dallas Real Estate News

Now I Know Why They Call It a Weeping Willow Tree: Icemageddon 2013

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2013 /

This is the sad news about trees during a Texas ice storm: some of them cannot handle the weight of the ice. I went out to try and save this little Weeping Willow tree, thinking maybe I could plug in a hairdryer and melt the ice, but I think I would need one the size…

Do You Have Power? 240,000 Without Power in Dallas and Collin Counties. And The Poor Trees…

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2013 /

Icemageddon 2013 has left around 240,000 people without power, according to Oncor. The largest numbers of outages are concentrated in Dallas and Collin Counties, they said. And a large number of people in Tarrant, Denton, Ellis and Kaufman counties also do not have power. Freezing rain turned to ice overnight, accumulating on tree limbs and…

Is Your Landscape Ready For Icemaggedon? Harold Leidner Offers Tips to Weather Winter Storms

By Joanna England / December 5, 2013 /

With “Icemaggedon” hitting soon, and the cold weather officially upon us, it’s time to keep an eye out on protecting your plants from the freezing temperatures. We’ve asked noted landscape architect, Harold Leidner, to provide some insight and suggestions for protecting those plants from the cold temperatures. Freeze Protection Methods One of the essential freeze protection…

Home Tour Update: Holiday in the Highlands and ABPA Homes For The Holidays Tours Address Inclement Weather Plans

By Joanna England / December 5, 2013 /

Update: the ABPA Home for the Holidays Tour was cancelled. Stay tuned for any updates here at CandysDirt.com Wouldn’t it be great if the homes for tomorrow’s tours looked like that? Still, we all need to plan for the weather, whether it turns out to be nasty or nice. If you’ve got tickets to either…

McKinney, TX, Ranks Second Among Top-Searched Zip Codes in the U.S., Says Realtor.com

By Joanna England / December 5, 2013 /

There’s a lot to love about McKinney, the North Texas town that brands itself as “unique by nature.” Looks like more people are finding the unique and natural in McKinney, as the little suburb that could ranked No. 2 in Realtor.com’s report of the most-searched Zip Codes in the nation for 2013. McKinney was beat…