Simple Landscaping Ideas – Show Notes

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• Today’s Plant: Creeping thyme
• Front Yard Curb Appeal Ideas
• DIY mailbox installation
• Easy Potted Plants
• Low maintenance lawn care
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Simple Landscaping Ideas for 2019

Easy Landscaping Ideas – Low Maintenance

• Front Entry / foundation gardens
  • Most impactful location
  • Greatest return on investment
    • Financial
    • Emotional
  • Episode 33 – Front Yard Curb Appeal Ideas
• Mailbox Garden
  • Small, easy, low maintenance, inexpensive
  • Saves hassle, increases appeal
  • Episode 49 – DIY Mailbox Installation
• Reduce lawn
  • Less maintenance, adds interest, reduced cost
    • Long term benefits
  • Episode 13 – Low maintenance lawn care
• Front porch
  • Declutter, redecorate
  • Easy, inexpensive, makes big difference
  • Episode 34 – Easy Potted Plants

Today’s favorite plant

Creeping thyme – Thymus serpyllum

• USDA zone 4-8
• 1-3in tall, 1-1.5ft wide
• Full sun
• Dry to medium moisture
• June-July pink blooms
• Prefers rocky, sandy, well-drained soil
• Cultivar: Elfin