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Placing A Wooden Garden Fence

by CoolGarden February 7, 2020 No Comments

Placing a wooden fence around your home or business has many advantages. A fence can be a great way to keep out criminals and burglars. It can also keep children or pets safe as well as maintain privacy from peering eyes.

Fence companies offer many types of garden fences you can choose from. While many people get vinyl or PVC fences because they have a low cost and are easily maintained. However, they do not look nearly as good as a wooden fence.

If you are going to install a wooden fence around your home or business, you want to make sure that you follow all of the right steps and do it correctly. Here are some tips to help you put up your fence:

 

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How To Construct Your Own Raised Beds

by CoolGarden February 5, 2020 No Comments

How To Construct Your Own Raised Beds – Many gardeners are not blessed with rich, tillable soil, or fertile loam that just begs for deep rooted veggies and heavy feeding flowers. In fact, in many regions, there are soil issues galore, that severely hamper or annoy gardeners until they despair of ever being able to grow delicious crops or fragrant flowers at all!

With the assistance of raised beds, gardeners in every location and climate can plant and reap the benefits of their efforts! And even if you do have fairly loamy soil conditions, raised beds can still be a gardener’s best choice, allowing greater control over exactly what your fabulous vegetables and ornamentals are growing in.

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Making A Garden Stepping Stones

by CoolGarden February 3, 2020 No Comments

Making A Garden Stepping Stones – Stepping stones are an essential part of any landscape. They serve two main purposes: they create an attractive visual path, and are also a map leading to different specified areas.

What you will need?

You will need following materials: chunk of recycled concrete, a bag of mortar, powdered cement color (3-5 complementing colors), a large paint brush, concrete, sealer, gloves, goggles, dust mask, clothing that conceals the skin (long sleeve shirt).

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A Sunken Garden Design

by CoolGarden February 1, 2020 No Comments

A Sunken Garden Design – You can make your garden more interesting by providing occasional  changes in level. By raising a garden or lowering a paved area, you can create small enclosures that are ideal as sheltered, outdoor living spaces especially when a retaining wall can double as bench seating. On the other hand, you may want to create a sunken haven for shade-loving plants or an elevated patch of lawn to act as a sun trap.

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Decorating With Outdoor Clocks

by CoolGarden January 31, 2020 No Comments

Decorating With Outdoor Clocks – The garden and patio have become an extensions of our inside living space. We spend a great deal of time decorating both the garden and the patio area where we entertain. As well as all those great furnishings, your yard décor should include an outdoor clock.

You can find all kinds of great outdoor clocks to compliment your garden décor. Thermometers, barometric pressure meters, even weather forecasting stations can all be part of your outdoor clock. They are also available in sizes that range from small to large. The great thing about outdoor clocks is their ruggedness and most don’t require electricity because they run on batteries.

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