David's Landscaping Blog February 2004 Archive

Landscape Design for Hummingbirds
Attracting hummingbirds with plants doesn't entail placing great restrictions on your landscape design options. Hummingbird watching goes hand in hand with enjoying beautiful flowering trees, shrubs and other plants that ... Read More

Sunday February 29, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Drought-Tolerant Shrubs and Bushes
Let your mind drift for a moment. It's no longer winter. In fact, it's a real scorcher outside. Are you afraid your bushes and shrubs will be damaged by the ... Read More

Thursday February 26, 2004 | permalink | comments (1)

Rotary Tillers and Cultivators - Get Ready for Spring
Perhaps you plan on expanding the cultivated area in your landscaping this spring? And perhaps you'll need mechanical help, but aren't sure about the specifics? This feature tells you the ... Read More

Wednesday February 25, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Poisonous Plants in Your Landscaping - Spring Flowers
Did you realize that some of our best-loved spring flowers contain poisonous elements? Included on the list are scilla, star of Bethlehem, lily of the valley, tulips, narcissus and ... Read More

Tuesday February 24, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Landscape Design With English Lavender
Landscape design uses of English lavender include use in rock gardens, border plantings and cottage gardens. If your landscaping requirements call for a decorative border, lavender’s height makes it suitable ... Read More

Sunday February 22, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Landscape Design Joy Early - Forcing Forsythia
You may have flowering trees and shrubs that will be the talk of the town come spring, but that does you very little good right now. But you can prune ... Read More

Saturday February 21, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Landscape Design and Container Gardening - Clematis
Landscape design plants aren't restricted to areas with soil. Not if you practice container gardening, which grants you much more freedom in plant location. Patios and decks can be greatly ... Read More

Friday February 20, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Garden Water Fountains in Landscape Design
A whirlwind tour across continents and time periods, illustrating how garden water fountains have enhanced landscape design. A nice mental detour on a late winter's day! From the builders of ... Read More

Wednesday February 18, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Greening Up Your Landscape Design - Garden Fertilizers
As Mary Robson states in this article on garden fertilizers, "Standing in a garden center looking at fertilizer packages can be confusing. What to apply? When to apply it?" It's ... Read More

Tuesday February 17, 2004 | permalink | comments (1)

Sample Contract for Tree Removal - Tree Service Contract
How many times during the course of this winter have you worried about the potential damage that a large old tree in your landscape design could cause? One good wind, ... Read More

Monday February 16, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Rites of Spring - Picking Pussy Willows
Don't you wish you could somehow force spring to come early? Well, you can -- sort of. Picking pussy willows is one of the time-honored rites of spring, even though ... Read More

Sunday February 15, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Romantic Landscape Design With Sweet Pea Vines
I know that those of you out there who are both romantics at heart and landscaping enthusiasts are contemplating romantic landscape design ideas this Valentine's Day. If you have never ... Read More

Saturday February 14, 2004 | permalink | comments (1)

Landscape Design to Prevent Soil Erosion
Have an area in your landscape design subject to soil erosion? Steve Jones, the Plant Man, suggests some plants to grow in such areas. The plants will not only minimize ... Read More

Friday February 13, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Landscape Design Enemies - Japanese Beetles
Over the past weekend in the U.S., many radio stations marked the 40th anniversary of the "British Invasion," when the Beatles came to the States. As Steve Jones, the Plant ... Read More

Thursday February 12, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Landscape Design History - Lawn Jockeys Revisited
Lawn jockeys are part of the history of American landscape design. But many of the people who rail the most against these controversial landscape design elements are utterly unaware of ... Read More

Tuesday February 10, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Roses for Valentine's Day and Landscape Design
Learn how to send the right message to recipients of Valentine's Day roses, by following a time-honored formula that assigns specific meanings to roses, based on color. Followed by an ... Read More

Monday February 9, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Time to Prune Wisteria Vines
It's time to get around to the first of 2 annual prunings of that landscape design favorite, wisteria vines. Pruning wisteria vines is simpler than you might think. And the ... Read More

Sunday February 8, 2004 | permalink | comments (3)

MTD Electric Snowblowers
This winter you've finally become fed up. You've decided that from now on you're giving up snow shovelling and will buy a snowblower (or snow thrower, depending on your preference ... Read More

Sunday February 8, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Romantic Landscape Design - English Cottage Gardens
The English cottage garden is often the landscape design style of choice for the true romantics at heart. This site explores English cottage gardens in terms of both mystique and ... Read More

Saturday February 7, 2004 | permalink | comments (1)

Landscape Design Preparations - Soil pH Tests
Steve Jones, the Plant Man, tells us how to begin our landscape design work from the bottom up with this look at soil tests, including soil pH tests. Landscape design ... Read More

Friday February 6, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Irrigation for Your Landscape Design - Sprinkler Systems
Sure, providing irrigation for your landscape design may be the furthest thing from your mind right now. But in a few months, it will be a different story. While it's ... Read More

Thursday February 5, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Vines for That Shady Corner
Here's a list of climbing vines that will do well in that shady corner of your landscape design. Finding a suitable vine for shady areas is a common landscaping problem.

Wednesday February 4, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Landscape Design 101 - Bird's-Eye View of Landscape Design
Sometimes it's beneficial to take a bird's-eye view. The study of landscape design is no exception. Here's a Web site that provides something of a Landscape Design 101 lesson -- ... Read More

Tuesday February 3, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)

Landscape Design Alaska-Style With Igloos
After the winter we've had so far this year, many of us feel like we're living in Alaska. So why not have some fun with the kids and see if ... Read More

Sunday February 1, 2004 | permalink | comments (0)