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In today’s episode, we talk further about how to make a low maintenance landscape.
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In this episode, we talk about what makes a low maintenance landscape.
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Have you noticed it? You wake up one morning and find the cash in your wallet missing. Then you get a call from the lawn guy.
“I need to come by and give you one more treatment. I noticed a few grub spots that we should take care of now before it gets worse”
I thought he did that last fall, you think to yourself.
“Well you know, these things are normal. […]
Man, I love me some pie. That’s right. Apple pie, banana pie, cherry pie, lemon merengue pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, you name it.
Yeah, so what gives?
As it turns out, most pies are made from some edible plant. And most of them come from a tree fruit.
Who doesn’t love edibles? Go to a supermarket and look for the space that seems most ‘alive.’ Odds are, you’ll end up in the […]
