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Front Yard Landscaping Ideas

by CoolGarden February 17, 2020 No Comments

Front Yard Landscaping Ideas – Front yard landscaping is a fun expression of yourself and your home. If you are looking for a way to say, ‘welcome to my home’ then you may want to start thinking about redesigning your front yard. If you were coming to visit your house, would you want to knock on your front door? If you are not sure about that answer, then you may want to start thinking of ways to spruce up your front yard. To help you get started, here are some fresh front yard landscaping ideas:

1. Add some flowers to your front yard

Your home is a stranger’s first impression of you. To make your home look friendlier, add some flowers to your yard. Flowerbeds are great and simple ways to accent your front yard.

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Landscaping With Edible Plants

by CoolGarden February 13, 2020 No Comments

Landscaping With Edible Plants – The edible garden is one of the hottest landscaping trends today. Vegetable gardens, herb gardens, fruit trees, berry bushes – all are items that a landscaping company can use to transform a garden into a place where kids don’t just go to play, they go to eat. Parents benefit too; they can save on grocery bills by making dinner from ingredients grown in their garden.

Perfect spots for edible plants. Most yards contain a mixture of sunny spots and shady spots. Few edible plants will grow in the shade, but sunny areas can prove very useful.

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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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Planning A Kitchen Container Garden

by CoolGarden January 23, 2020 No Comments

Planning A Kitchen Container Garden – The first thing any gardener has to do when planning a garden is to measure the space there is available. This is particularly important when planning a kitchen container garden for when space is limited greater care has to be taken to make sure every bit is used to the best advantage.

Whether the space is large or small two fundamental rules apply:

1. All the elements of the garden must be easily reachable;

2. There must be a clear plan to the area.

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Annual Flowers In Fall Garden

by CoolGarden January 6, 2020 No Comments

Annual Flowers In Fall Garden – These are the easiest to grow and most popular annual plants for the fall garden. Try them yourself: ageratum, alyssum, antirrhinum, calendula, centaurea, clarkia, cosmos, larkspur, pinks, godetia, gypsophila, helichrysum, impatiens, linaria, lobelia, nasturtium, nemesia, nicotiana, phlox, poppy, salvia, stock, sweet pea, tagetes, verbena, viola and zinnia.

– Wait until all risk of frost is past before you buy summer bedding plants, unless you can keep them under cover. Plant them out when you see your town parks department put theirs out.