Low Maintenance Landscaping Low-maintenance landscape designs have many different meanings, ideas, and visions when you ask people about it or when you read or watch videos on this topic. Ultimately, it comes down to what you want to see when you come home from work, look out your windows, or be surrounded by when you sit outside relaxing, and how much maintenance you want to do to keep it looking great. The following are past experiences and tips learned to design for lower

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Garden bed edging serves as a distinct boundary that separates gardens from lawns, walkways, and driveways, enhancing both functionality...

What about Mulch:  Mulch has many textures, colors, types of material as well as many different uses in the landscape. Since mulch is not...

What is Topdressing? In this blog I am referring to Topdressing in lawn and landscaping. It is a process of spreading material over a...

Have questions about lawn aeration, here are answers to common questions. What is aeration?: Lawn aeration helps loosen soil for better...

Watering is important for grass seed and sod. Daily watering for the first two weeks is important to keep the soil and seeds moist to...

As the name implies, cleaning up the yard in spring. Depending on how long winter snow takes to melt and ground temperature warming up to...

What is thatch? Below the green blades of grass and above the soil surface, is a layer of mixed debris of dead grass, grass clippings,...