There is no doubt that when landscaping one wants to save money, as well as have an attractive property. Not only can landscaping help you beautify your home, but it can also provide a source of satisfying exercise in the fresh air. When you take care of your yard on your own, it is possible to save
Keeping Soil Healthy
Soil is a composition of weather-beaten rock, minerals, decayed plant materials and other organic ingredients. All this takes a long time to develop, but can be damaged by our action or neglect in a single season.
Build a Rain Garden
There’s a new garden in town. It is (mostly) easy to install, looks good year-round, requires almost no maintenance and has a terrifically upbeat impact on the environment. No wonder rain gardens are such a great new gardening trend!
Care and Repair of Garden Tools
The proper care and maintenance of garden tools and implements will save the risk of injury, as well as time and money.
Curb Appeal Tips and Hints
It has been said that the curb appeal of your property is the difference between a quick sale and a property that may stay on the market for months and months. That is why it is so important to have good curb appeal when selling your home.
Enhance Your Walkthrough Garden With Wind Chimes
Whether oriental in design, or a Southwest festival of color and flora variety, you can enhance your walkthrough garden with the use of wind chimes.
Nothing more perfectly enhances the garden yard decor and stimulates the senses like a quality crafted wind chime that has been precision tuned. Appealing to the eye, and alive with movement, wind chimes catch the wind and harmonize with nature; permeating the surrounding area with a tantalizing yet soothing aura of peace and …
3 Easy Tips for Successful Container Gardening
Here are three easy things to do to guarantee a successful container garden – no matter the plants you’re growing
Add Style to Your Pergola
Pergolas are a shady, garden structure whose beginnings date back to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, and were common features in early Renaissance gardens throughout Europe. Their primary purpose was to provide shade on walkways, terraces, or pools. The earlier versions were often constructed from stone pillars with wooden cross-beams with a lattice roof. It was common to see ivy, grapevines, or other climbing plants winding around the wood, and filling the open spaces between the lattice. Today
Solar Lights for Walkways – Cut Costs
Over the last fifteen years, solar energy has become a highly flexible power source. One of the best ways to use it and cut costs is go with solar lighting for your walkways.
Death of the Windsor Retaining Wall
The Windsor stone is rapidly being replaced by other materials used to build retaining walls. The home owner needs to consider many factors when planning a retaining wall.
Are you or your elderly parents moving to an Apartment from a house? Here’s Help
So you’re moving to an apartment, what do you do with all your favorite things you can’t live without? Are your parents elderly and you’re downsizing them? Sure you can’t take everything, but you probably can manage your/their most valued pieces. Here’s some valueable tips. Not moving? Lots of FREE interior decorating and Interior design articles on my site. Gardening and Landscaping too!
Making Your Own Flower Arrangements
Flowers have long been used to symbolize lifes important events and emotions. Roses are symbols of love, lilies, the flowers of death and renewal, and carnations a sign of appreciation. We use flowers as wedding decorations, Valentines Day presents and Christmas ornaments. No matter what the occasion is, a beautiful flower arrangement is a wonderful way to celebrate life through vibrant colors and rich floral scents.
Florists provide customers with a variety of arrangeme…