The Easiest Best Garden Plants in the Midwest

2020-04-29T17:50:24-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

Get your easy plant today

Do you want a plant you can get NOW from the nursery

and have it in the ground TODAY?

This super simple short list gives you three super easy plants to add beauty to your landscape today!

These are three low maintenance plants that have proven success in nearly ALL of the United States.

They are each beautiful in their own way and provide you with three different options for […]

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How to have a Low Maintenance Landscape

2020-04-29T17:29:41-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, DIY landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping|

How to have a Low Maintenance Landscape

When it comes to front yard landscaping ideas, low maintenance landscaping can help you save time and enjoy more time with your family.

Here are the best ways to have a low maintenance landscape.

Heavy mulch
Organic fertilizer
Low maintenance plants
Garden edging
Plant tightly

1. Best ways to get rid of weeds with mulch

Mulch is an awesome natural weed killer if you use it right. Here’s what to do:

Get the best mulch you can. […]

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How to save MASSIVE time on yard work!

2020-04-29T17:33:52-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Living with Purpose, Low Maintenance Landscaping|

Do you ever feel like you have to schedule in yard work?

Does mowing the lawn disrupt your weekend activities?

Have weed problems ever invaded your peace of mind?

Well, you’re certainly not alone. But the good news is you can change your habits to better manage your yard for reduced work and reduced stress.

Sounds great, huh?

The biggest piece to this […]

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Five Super Cool Ideas for your Rain Garden

2021-05-19T12:24:52-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Drought Resistant Landscaping, Easy Landscaping Ideas|

Look, I’m going to cut to the chase. No beating around the bush. Because I know you’re cool and you would do the same for me.

So here it is.

All the cool kids are doing it. So you should too.

You need to get yourself a RAIN GARDEN in your yard. Stat.

No idea what we’re talking about? That’s cool too.

Rain gardens are simply a planned retention and infiltration area for runoff.

That’s it. Everything else is details.

What can […]

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You have the power to change the world

2020-04-29T17:39:57-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Landscaping Ideas, Landscaping Priorities, Living with Purpose|

With some simple changes to your landscape, you have the power to change your life and potential to impact the world.

Do you ever feel like your landscape is a drain?

Whether work, time, or money, we invest our precious resources just to keep up with the Joneses, meet HOA guidelines, or to feel good about having a nice living space.

With a new outlook and a few changes, we can turn this resource drain […]

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Stop working to live. Start living with PASSION.

2020-04-29T17:40:26-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY landscaping, Easy Landscaping Ideas, Landscaping Priorities, Living with Purpose, Low Maintenance Landscaping|

I have a colleague who just suffered a significant tragedy. One that will change life forever. Instantly.

It is sometimes difficult to make the best of a tragic situation, if make anything at all. Moments like this give pause to look at the big picture.

Why am I doing what I am doing? Is it all worth it? Am I making a difference?

I try to live my life with vision. These moments make it more urgent. It […]

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Quick Hacks for Easy Landscaping

2018-02-22T10:47:04-05:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design|

You know what I love?

I love to see the wind blowing through the trees.

I love to feel soft grass under my feet.

I love to breathe the fresh air.

I love to hear the birds chirping and the insects chattering.

You know what I don’t love?

Cutting the grass. Every. Week.

Pulling weeds.

Keeping plants trimmed.

Edging […]

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The Twice a Year Garden

2018-03-15T10:01:56-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design|

What if you had a garden that only needed maintenance twice a year? And it actually looked good?

Whoa… does that really exist? Of course! I wouldn’t make up something like that!

Okay this is actually something you can do

and it is easy if you do it right

and it can look really good

and it does only need 2/365-ths of […]

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Get Your Free Water Supply Now!

2021-07-17T22:35:29-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design|

Here’s how you get your free water: install a rainwater harvesting system!

I know, you’re thinking it’s easy for me to say. Heck, where I’m from in Ohio, we get 42” of rain each year! Of course a rain barrel or rain tank makes sense. But you might live in the southwest US. There’s not enough rain to make it worth it.

Ha! Gotcha good! No matter where you live, especially in dry regions, rainwater harvesting systems […]

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Five Shrubs That Look as Good as They Taste

2020-04-29T17:54:40-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Ecological Landscaping, Edible Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping, Permaculture|

Five Shrubs That Look as Good as They Taste

The word ‘shrub’ is rather interesting. It kinda reminds me of other words ending in ‘b,’ like glib, drab, blob, flab. Fairly plain on its own, the word seems to slough its way across the lips and falter to the floor as it leaves the mouth.

Despite any odd word physics, shrubs themselves can be very plain, unassuming plants while others bring amazing beauty to a landscape. Here […]

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