The end of August is often when you’ll start to see more brown or yellow lawns than lush green grass in front of most homes. Keeping a green lawn during the hottest months of the year can be both difficult and expensive. However, there are some factors which can improve your chances of keeping live…
Before hiring a landscaper, you must first determine what types of projects you want them to handle. While almost all landscaping companies offer lawn and garden maintenance services, there is a big difference in qualifications when it comes to special projects. If you only are looking for someone to mow and edge your lawn once…
Keeping up with your lawn’s watering demands can be a challenge during the hottest months of the summer season. It only takes a day or two of neglect before you can begin to see yellow patches forming in your previously green lawn. The best way to ensure your grass and plants are getting the moisture…
While a wooden fence will give you privacy, it does not compare in beauty to using shrubs or trees to create a wall around your property. There are several varieties which make excellent choices for privacy fences, giving you a living screen between your home and prying eyes. The weather where you live, how tall…
If you have a hill or slope on the edge of your property, you know how hard these areas can be to maintain. Due to erosion and water runoff, it can be difficult to cultivate many plants in these inclined areas. One way to reduce the amount of weeding and landscaping needed on these areas…
While many types of wood products have become increasingly expensive in the last few years, one of the most inexpensive is landscape timbers. Although they are not designed to build a deck or other major construction projects, they are commonly used for edging and building low retaining walls but can be used for many outdoors…
Retaining walls are used for a variety of purposes, including both practical and aesthetic concerns. Ideally, a retaining wall should encompass both, effectively creating a level shelf on a slope or stopping erosion while adding beauty to the surrounding property. When you are striving to create a practical retaining wall, gravity or semi-gravity types are…
A beautifully landscaped yard is always attractive; in fact, it can also be quite attractive to many pests which most homeowners and businesses don’t want flocking to their property. From ants to rodents, there are many pests which can become a nuisance in your yard, and eventually inside your building or home, if you are…
During the hottest months of the year, it often becomes apparent that your lawn is in need of help. Even with regular watering, many lawns become patchy and yellow in the middle of a summer heat wave. If this happens to your lawn every year, maybe it’s time to replace that old, tired lawn with…
There are few additions to your yard and landscaping which can add as much beauty as flowering plants. Whether it is a full flower garden or just potted plants decorating your front porch, these colorful plants can brighten up any home. If you are considering adding more flowering plants to your yard, consider combining both…
