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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 |
We all liked to have a landscaped lawn or backyard to enhance and compliment the beauty of our home. Designing a landscape is no mean feat and some will have to resort to hiring professionals to do it for them especially if they have a large area to landscape. The landscape market is booming nowadays and along with it is the market for softwares that helps in designing your dream lawn. These softwares are easy enough to use and manipulate to suit your needs. You don’t need a professional to help you.
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009 |
Birds are very resourceful when it comes to looking for their food. They can find it in their natural habitat but in extreme circumstances, they can only manage to find enough to live. But there are birds that rely on what your bird feeders can offer especially to tough months like the winter months.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009 |
You are very satisfied with how your new garden grows except for that spot where no matter what you plant, it won’t prosper and grow. Now, what will you do with that spot? The answer is to put a hardscape on that spot. But what is a hardscape? A hardscape refers to paved areas like sidewalks for housing developments but in your case, this will refer to the brick patios, sidewalks, retaining walls and water features. Hardscapes are placed in areas where human traffic is allowed to flow and in areas where there is barren earth.
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 |
Maintaining a green lawn can be a daunting task and the first thing you face is the dilemma of using synthetic fertilizer or going organic. Going organic is not that difficult, all you need is a little bit of patience and elbow grease. Organic lawn care can be done in easy and manageable steps.
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Friday, May 1st, 2009 |
Perennials are herbaceous plants that come back year after year and some even becomes a permanent fixture in your garden. Some examples of perennials that are long-lived are peony, hosta, bearded iris, Siberian iris, daylily, hellebore, euphoria, red-hot poker or torch lily, monkshood, bugbane, gas plant, balloon flower, balloon flower, false indigo, lily-of-the-Nile, astilbe, purple coneflower, black-eyed Susan, Helianthus, butterfly weed, goldenrod, bee balm, goatsbeard, ironweed, Joe-pye weed, sneezeweed, sedum and trillium.
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