Call before you dig this spring
Thanks for letting me post here, Michal! I just wanted to remind all the handymen and women out there that April is National Safe Digging Month across the country. National Safe Digging Awareness Month is dedicated to informing gardeners and DIYers about the importance of calling 811 to have their buried utility lines marked before they dig. An underground utility line (think natural gas, cable, fiber optics) is accidentally struck once every TWO minutes in the U.S., and these accidents can cause community power outages or, even worse, serious personal injury or even death. If you’re planning any outdoor digging project whether it be building a deck, installing a mailbox or plant...