Your yard’s trees are a huge part of its landscape and provide a great natural addition to the exterior of your home. However, as living plants, trees are susceptible to certain kinds of damage and infestation that can turn them into a hazard for your home, yard, or even other plants. Understanding the warning signs of a tree that has reached the end of its lifespan, or that now poses a threat to your yard, can help you have that tree removed before it becomes a serious issue. Read More»
One of the many valuable services that your local landscaping company can provide is the construction of steps in an area of your yard in which they’re needed. Whether you have an old set of steps that is a crumbling eyesore or your yard is sloped and difficult to navigate, a set of new steps will boost the functionality, curb appeal, and even the value of your property. Talk to a few landscaping services and ask about past step-building projects to assess the best professional for your project, and then consider having steps built in these areas of your yard: Read More»
Living on a rural lot can make it hard to give your yard the kind of definition that city lots have. Rural property can be vague and ill-defined, and it may suffer from unusual terrain challenges. If you face this difficulty, here are 4 ways to give your yard some needed structure:
Build Upward
Use visual “walls” of landscaping to define the outside edges of your yard. You could build up a berm with extra soil, then plant it with tall grasses, boulders, and colorful plants. Read More»
Growing food in your yard is a great way to supplement your good diet no matter where you are located. Though some may be convinced that living in the city means that you give up the ability to have a garden, you can grow fruits in the suburbs and in the city. Here are a few ways to set up your herbal garden on the patio or in your microscopic balcony in the city. Read More»
Need to grow grass on your yard? Hydroseeding can be a viable alternative to traditional grass seed and sod. It combines mulch, fertilizer, water, and the seeds into a slurry that is forced into the soil. If your lawn is quite large and you need to add more grass seed to it, hydroseeding is something you should look into for these reasons.
Coverage
The coverage of grass from hydroseeding will be uniform and thick because of the technique used to force the seeds into the ground. Read More»
