For tasks in life that involve a process, getting the order right is often critical if you wish to do the job properly. 
While the "Wordled" version of my Landscaping home page (see picture at right) may be mildly amusing as a piece of funky art, it leaves a lot to be desired, functionally. OK, scratch that: It leaves everything to be desired.
That's because, for practical purposes, the words on this page are meant to be read in a certain order; jumbled up, as in the picture, they don't make sense. Of course, Wordle doesn't care about making sense. This web tool was designed with an eye to entertaining the user. Want to try it out? Just go to the Wordle web site and plug in a URL of your own. The result will be a word collage. It will be a nifty time-waster for you if, like me, you're always looking for ways to raise wasting time to an art form....
But let's return to matters where getting the order right does count for something. Landscaping is one of those matters. The folks at Chinook Landscaping in Calgary list "installing landscaping in the wrong order" as "a surprisingly common mistake in Calgary," stating that "homeowners and even some Calgary landscapers can install their landscaping components in the wrong order. Their yard can quickly become a clutter of landscaping materials strewn all over with no real direction noticeable."
Yikes! I guess Chinook won't have to worry about some of their competition for long, because that sounds like a recipe for disaster. Visit their Calgary Landscaping website and learn the "proper steps to take when installing your landscaping."
Comments
This is most definitely one of the biggest problem issues I have seen in do-it-yourself landscapes. You can see that the person put very little thought into the project or they were hurried and neglected to think things through before they began landscaping. It can cost you a lot of extra money and effort if you don’t do things right to start with.