When I first became a homeowner I had a million ideas I wanted to apply to my yard concerning garden beds, decorative features, and basic maintenance. What I hadn’t first considered was the cost of it all as I drew up my plans and made lists of materials. My tight budget was hardly going to …
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Living in a temperate climate dictates that my garden grows for nine months out of the year. I kid you not that I begin dreaming about deep freezes and mountains of snow after about my third month of harvest. I was still stockpiling tomatoes in November of last year while were were picking the last …
Whether you want to make the most of an area in your garden that is difficult to maintain, or you just want to spice up your front lawn or backyard, rock gardens are a great way to do so. Usually, when you think about a garden, you generally think of green foliage, flowers, and bright …
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Inground sprinkler systems are fairly inexpensive to install, maybe not quite as cheap as above-ground sprinklers, but also very simple to use. They also require very little maintenance other than making sure your lines are clear from water each fall before the ground begins to freeze. The convenience they lend to keeping your property watered …
What is The G8LED 240 Watt Grow Light? Plants obviously have basic needs to flourish, and light is one of those. Proper light is important to promote photosynthesis. As a grow light the G8LED 240 Watt has a solid claim of providing specific light wavelengths that both influence and promote vegetative growth and plant production. …
You may have always admired the simplicity of a Japanese Garden landscape design, and wondered how such clean lines and sparse vegetation exudes such elegance and complexity to the visitor of such a space. Japanese landscaping focuses on the gardeners relationship with the design, as well as what personal relationship each visitor has with the …
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When I’m home my yard is very much a part of the household and serves as an extension of our living area. We move between the lawn, porches, and garage multiple times through the day, and like most households with children, shoes are removed at the door to help minimize dirty floor build up. In …