One of my favorite times of the year is the transition from summer to fall. The cool, brisk breeze combined with the beautiful colors of nature always makes my heart skip a beat. However, one thing about the transition that I don't look forward to is the challenge of keeping my yard in good shape among the piles of leaves that fall. Below are a few helpful fall lawn maintenance … [Read more...] about Eco-Friendly Fall Lawn Maintenance Tips
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Easy Flower Bed How To Tips
Is there a spot in your yard that you often walk by and think "this spot is pretty boring" or "it would be nice to add a little something here"? Well, that happened to me recently and I am loving the small flowerbed that I designed and have now planted flowers in. There are so many outside plants and flowers to choose from...something for everyone. If the word "gardening" makes … [Read more...] about Easy Flower Bed How To Tips
Mid-Winter Care For Your Yard, Garden, and Lawn
It seems as if winter has been here forever, but we’re barely halfway to spring. Whether it’s been snow, rain, or just colder temperatures where you live, winter weather can wreak havoc on your yard landscaping. Taking some time now to see how everything is holding up, and resolving any problems before they get worse, will get starting on curing your cabin fever with springtime … [Read more...] about Mid-Winter Care For Your Yard, Garden, and Lawn
Native Plants Landscaping- Benefits And Tips
I spent nearly four years landscaping with native plants in a state park. Essentially I was just transplanting wild native plants and flowers into the park's native plants landscaping area to attract beautiful species of birds and butterflies and even frogs, toads and lizards. Attracting wildlife to your yard is relatively easy to do and you can create your own native plant … [Read more...] about Native Plants Landscaping- Benefits And Tips
Basement Window Wells DIY Natural Splatter Guard
In life, it starts to become evident that God (nature) has a way of solving things with ingenious solutions which naturally use the least effort and produce the optimal results. When ever this happens in my gardening and landscaping, I do not take credit for coming up with ingenious ideas, rather wisdom has pointed out to me that if I give credit where is credit is due (the one … [Read more...] about Basement Window Wells DIY Natural Splatter Guard
Make A Moss Rock Garden: A Primitive And Ancient Wonderland
Considering a moss rock garden? You may be entering into the intriguing, highly creative, imaginative and even surreal “Garden of Bliss and Intellect.” Moss, Lichens, Ferns, Quillworts and Liverworts, Horsetail, are amongst some of the interesting plants which you can cultivate in this highly fascinating, educational and conversational garden! Here are lots of fun moss rock … [Read more...] about Make A Moss Rock Garden: A Primitive And Ancient Wonderland
Expert Landscaping Design Tips
My yard needs some work. I really want to do more landscaping in both the front and the back yard so I thought I would solicit some landscaping design tips from the experts and share them with others who want to know just how to spruce your landscaping! Several experts have shared their design expertise covering all sorts of landscaping design tips from landscaping design for … [Read more...] about Expert Landscaping Design Tips