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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AE019 – Easy Plants – Annuals or Perennials?

2020-07-29T17:28:15-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Living Yards Podcast, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants|

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Today, we talk about easy plants for your yard. What are the best types of plants?

I cover the topic of annual plants and perennial plants and why these categories are important for you when you want a low maintenance landscape.

Show Notes:

Today’s topic: what are annuals and perennials and what they mean for you
How to use plants to save time and maximize beauty

Annuals

Last for one growing season
Need to replant each […]

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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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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 012-Dealing with Weed Problems

2020-07-29T17:28:01-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Living Yards Podcast, Low Maintenance Plants|

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In this episode, we discuss what to do with weeds. Why are weeds there? What can you do about weeds in your yard? Are there healthy ways to remove weeds?

Topics:

What is a weed?
- Wrong plant, wrong place
- Repairing the soil
- Taking advantage of unused resources
  - Space, nutrients, sunlight, etc
General approach
- Pull
- Spray
  - Instant kill, short term
  - Long lasting preventers
    - Residual
Why are weeds there?
- Gather data – indicates corrective action
- Weeds […]

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AE 009-The right plants for your yard

2020-07-29T17:27:57-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Easy Living Yards Podcast, Low Maintenance Plants|

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In this episode, we discuss how to find the right plants for your space. Are you overwhelmed with what to plant in your yard? Does the nursery always seem to let you down?

Topics:

Reason
- Right plant = less work
  - Happier
  - Fewer problems
  - Better growth
  - Better foliage & blooms
Know your conditions
- USDA zone
- Existing soil conditions
  - soil test
    - extension office
  - texture
    - clay, loam, silt, sand
  - structure
    - aggregates
  - Fertility
  - pH
  - compaction
  - depth
- Water
  - Frequency

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AE 008 – Disease problems and what to do

2020-07-29T17:27:56-04:00By Ben Hale|Easy Living Yards Podcast, Low Maintenance Plants|

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In this episode we talk about how to deal with disease problems in your landscape. Are the plants in your yard healthy? Do your garden plants need help? Is your lawn diseased?

Topics:

Types of plant disease
- Mold, bacteria, protozoa, insect, etc.
Diseases and pests are indicators of deeper issues
- Moles – excess grubs
  - Grubs – excess root zone death
- Plant stress
Usual root cause – soil health
Investigating in disease cause
- Research
  - Preferred […]

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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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