ELY 023 – Easy Plants for Low Maintenance Landscaping

2020-07-29T17:28:08-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Living Yards Podcast, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

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Find easy plants for easy landscaping

Today, you’ll learn how to find the best plants for low maintenance landscaping. If you’re looking to have easy landscaping in your yard, these tips will help you find the right low maintenance plants for your yard.

Show Notes: Low Maintenance Landscaping Plants

These tools find the right plants for your yard
Not a list of plants
There is no one ‘best plant’
The best plant is the one that
- thrives […]

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AE 017-Native plants and exotic plants

2020-07-29T17:28:47-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Living Yards Podcast, Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

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Show Notes

Check out my high tech mobile recording studio! Hear me talk about it on the show today.

Today, I weigh the pros and cons of native plants and exotic plants for your landscape and gardens. Does all this even matter for your landscape? Listen in to figure out where you stand and whether it can help you save time in your landscape.

Natives & Exotics

Wide array of opinions – emotion, ecology, sensation, experience

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AE 013-Healthy Low Maintenance Lawn Care

2021-07-17T22:28:18-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Easy Living Yards Podcast, Organic Landscaping|

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In this episode, we talk about how to have a healthy lawn and a low maintenance lawn. Is it possible to have a low maintenance lawn that your neighbors envy?

Topics:

Grass: Love/hate relationship
- Aesthetics
- Work
Maintenance
- Mowing/growth
- Feeding
- General grass health
- Weeds
Health
- Chemical residues/exposure
- Exhaust
  - Epa:
    - 17 million gallons of gas
    - 5% US air pollution
    - 600 million gallons used
  - Health
    - Highest heat time
    - High respiration
    - Inhalation
Easy steps to take control of lawn […]

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AE 011-Soil and why it matters

2020-07-29T17:28:00-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Living Yards Podcast, Ecological Landscaping, Organic Landscaping|

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Topics:

Simple principle
- Good organic matter
- Support microbes
- Good moisture
- Good air
What is soil
- Physical
  - Texture
    - Granular size of soil
    - Sand
      - Large particle sizes
      - High permeability
      - Benefits
        
        Well drained
      - Risks
        
        High nutrient loss
        
        Erosion prone
        
        Drought prone
    - Silt
      - Medium particle sizes
      - Permeable
      - Benefits
        
        Generally higher nutrient availability
        
        Well drained
      - Risks
        
        High nutrient loss
        
        Erosion prone
        
        Poor structure
    - Clay
      - Small particle size
      - Low permeability
      - Benefits
        
        Increased mineral access
        
        Stronger structure
      - Risks
        
        Prone to […]

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AE 007-Healthy Landscape, Healthy Family

2020-07-29T17:28:17-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Living Yards Podcast, Landscaping Priorities, Organic Landscaping|

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Healthy Landscaping – Show Notes

In this episode, we talk about what makes a healthy landscape. Do you want your landscape to be safe for you, your family, your pets, and your community?

Use these ecological landscaping tips to create a healthy landscape for your family!

Topics:

My view
- Natural is better and healthier
  - 99% of time
#1: Chemicals
- Endocrine disruptors, enzyme inhibitors
- Synthetic concentrates
- Significant health risk to family
  - Read warning labels
    - Even roundup – significant […]

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Eco Landscaping-How to start a garden-AE 006

2020-07-29T17:27:55-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, DIY landscaping, Easy Landscaping Ideas, Easy Living Yards Podcast, Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping|

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In this episode we talk about what you need to do before starting a project. How to plan yard projects properly so you work less later!

Topics:

Design Principles

Think big picture
How project fits into greater landscape
Better to plan first than to plant first
- Easier to correct planning mistakes
- Difficult to correct planting
Planning tips
- Find right time of year for planting
- Plan for growth
  - Spreading habit
    - Seeding
    - Runners
  - Root growth
    - Utilities

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The Best Ohio Low Maintenance Trees and Shrubs

2020-08-04T11:53:40-04:00By Ben Hale|Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

If you live in or close to Ohio, this article is a must read for your tree planting ideas.

Get the expert opinion of low maintenance landscape designers from across Ohio on the top low maintenance trees they use in their designs for front yard landscaping.

Below is a list of easy landscape trees for Ohio, followed by the contact information of these designers .

If you’re looking for front yard design ideas to create a beautiful […]

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The Best Ohio Low Maintenance Grasses and Groundcovers

2020-08-04T11:51:24-04:00By Ben Hale|Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

If you live in or close to Ohio, this article is a must read for your landscape ideas on ornamental grasses and groundcovers.

Get the expert opinion of low maintenance landscape designers from across Ohio on the top low maintenance ornamental grasses and groundcovers they use in their designs for front yard landscaping.

Below is a list of easy ornamental grasses and groundcovers for Ohio, followed by the contact information of these designers .

If you’re looking […]

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The Easiest Plants for the Eastern US

2020-04-29T17:54:08-04:00By Ben Hale|Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

If you live in the eastern United States, this article is a must read for your landscape ideas.

Get the expert opinion of low maintenance landscape designers from across Ohio on the top low maintenance plants they use in their designs for front yard landscaping. Many of these are beautiful native plants that you probably never knew would look great in your garden!

Below is a list of easy perennial plants for the eastern United States, followed […]

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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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