These articles contain landscape design information. Information on maintenance and other considerations are also included. The landscape design information here comes from articles that were written in March-April, 2004.
4/26/04 - Landscape Design Information on Drainage
Backyards and front yards overly saturated with water need better drainage. A popular solution to this problem is installing French drains.
4/21/04 - Push Reel Mowers
Want to improve the environment? Then buy a push reel mower! The benefits of using push reel mowers, however, can go beyond the environmental ones. This review also discusses some of the more selfish benefits you can derive from using them.
4/19/04 - Landscape Design Information on Erosion Control: Retaining Walls
When you have slight slopes to tame in front yards or backyards, mortar-less stone retaining walls are an easy and attractive option.
4/12/04 - Overview of Options When Buying a Lawn Mower
With the variety of decent lawn mowers on the market now, selecting a lawn mower may largely boil down to your own tastes. There's a lawn mower out there to suit just about anybody, whether your priority is mowing in comfort or saving the environment.
4/05/04 - Landscape Design Information -- What Makes the Best Fence?
Overview of fencing materials, choosing a fence style and building fences. Wood, vinyl and chain-link all have their strengths, and all three are considered as potential fencing materials for your backyards and front yards. A good place to begin for the inexperienced who wish to explore their options for building a fence or having one professionally installed.
4/04/04 - Grass-Growing Tips
A quality lawn in your backyards and front yards can increase real estate value and personal enjoyment. Having lush green grass begins with practicing effective weed control, having the right mower and using that mower properly. As preliminary considerations, I look at selecting grass types, watering and perhaps my least favorite grass-care chore: removing thatch.
3/28/04 - Lawn Mower Maintenance FAQ
If your mower is having trouble starting up, you may need to nurse it back into tip-top shape. This lawn mower maintenance FAQ geared to the beginner will give you some information to get started..
3/14/04 - Landscape Design Information to Please Eyes and Taste Buds Alike -- Apple Trees
Ornamental flowering trees such as dogwoods are often the prized specimens in backyards and front yards. But a flowering tree doesn't have to be merely "ornamental." With new disease-resistant varieties of apple trees, for instance, it's time for homeowners to take a second look at fruit trees as specimen trees. Please your eyes and taste buds simultaneously!
3/08/04 - Landscape Design Information for Spring -- Forsythia Shrubs
Forsythia shrubs don't simply announce spring's arrival with their blooms -- they positively scream it out with their dazzling yellow displays.
3/07/04 - Landscape Design Information for Summer -- Crape Myrtle Trees
Crape myrtle trees are a favorite in the South, because these heat-tolerant beauties bloom even in the midst of the intense summer heat, when little else will bloom. Further North (in zone 6, say), crape myrtle trees may die back to the ground in winter, then re-emerge in spring as a shrub.
3/01/04 - Moss as a Lawn Alternative for Shady Areas
Often despised as a lawn weed, moss is starting to get some good press these days. Even Paul James of HGTV has good things to say about moss. If your property is plagued by shade, consider growing moss as an alternative to recalcitrant lawn grass.
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