Planning Your Decks
Theres 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 floors of outdoor rooms and passageways. But unlike paving, decks give you the option of building above ground and grading is rarely necessary.
Finding Location
Access, comfort and privacy are...
Landscaping Water Feature
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 want to add the sound of water to mask outside noises and enhance privacy. Look for spots that need focal points too. Some water features, such as garden ponds, can add a contemplative...
Arbors
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 the yard and set it apart from other areas? An arbor can mark a special place in the yard and frame whatever is behind it.
Adding an arbor to your garden can also give it presence and style....
Planting Your Lawns
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 some turfgrasses. No matter how you plant, lawns wont grow unless the soil beneath them is reasonably healthy
Soil preparation
Improving the soil for lawn growth is as important as it...
Brainstorming Your Landscape Design
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 need to make some several lists, first a list of things you've always wanted in your landscape. Second, you'll make a list of those things you really need in your landscape. You'll...
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