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Planning Your Decks

Jul 6th, 2008 | By Alexie | Category: Gardening

There’s nothing quite as versatile as a deck. You can add out door living space adjacent to any floor of your house, over slopes and ravines, nestled in the trees, or right at ground level. A deck can make the most of views, summer breezes and winter sunshine. Like paving decks and boardwalks form the [...]



Landscaping Water Feature

Jul 6th, 2008 | By Alexie | Category: Gardening

For adults there are two main types of water features, water you look at and water you get into. Children frequently and willfully fail to make the distinction. Make any water feature both pretty enough to admire and safe enough for everyone to enjoy.
Study your master plan and site analysis to see where you may [...]



Arbors

Jul 5th, 2008 | By Alexie | Category: Gardening

Arbors represent doorways and ceilings in the outdoor world. Compare your master plan to your concept diagram. Do you need more delineation between zones of use? An arbor may be just the thing you need to suggest a passageway from one area of your yard to another. Would you like to highlight a portion of [...]



Planting Your Lawns

Jul 4th, 2008 | By Alexie | Category: Gardening

Tips on how to start planting you lawns
You can start a new lawn from seed,sod,sprigs or plugs.Sod is the best for lawn if you are in a hurry, seed is cheaper, less labor intensive and offers the greatest choice of turfgrass varieties. Sprigs and plugs small tufts of established grasses are the only choice for [...]



Brainstorming Your Landscape Design

Jul 3rd, 2008 | By Alexie | Category: Gardening

A good landscape lets you express your style and meets your needs through the skillful use of materials, shapes, color and plantings.And now it’s tie to learn more and to do some serious thinking to transform the results of all your research and ideas into the steps that will make the landscape work for you.
You’ll [...]