Landscape
Landscapes are the connection between the home, lawn, and the rest of the great outdoors. Traditional landscapes are gradually being replaced by more native types. We offer advice on dealing with both traditional landscapes and the more native types of landscapes and habitats, as well as tips and tricks for dealing with many of the less covered aspects of the wider landscape like fences, driveways, and walkways.
Here are just a few of the topics covered:
Changing Lawn And Landscape Design
Native habitats and evolving lawn and landscape design Lawn and landscape design is changing to meet the challenges of new water requirements and a revived interest in native habitats that encourage native wildlife. Traditional lawns Everyone loves a beautiful, freshly cut green lawn, well, almost everyone. More and more people are moving away from the traditional large grass covered areas, opting instead to use more trees, shrubs, and other plants, and they are “going native” with the varieties used in lawn and landscape design.
Lawn And Garden: Less Lawn More Garden
More natural, and native style gardens may offer answers to some of the difficulties facing the homeowner. Traditional lawns require a lot of resources like extra water, fertilizer and pesticides to keep them looking the way we have grown accustomed to seeing them. Good landscape planning using native trees, shrubs and ground covers may produce more efficient results. Perhaps even backyard wildlife habitats will become the gardens of the future as we head toward predicted times of more water use restrictions for lawns.
Lawn Alternatives Native Habitats
Traditional lawns are expensive Of all the home maintenance operations, lawn care takes the lions share of resources. The average home owner spends more on lawn care than any other aspect of managing property. Add up the cost of weekly mowing, fertilization, irrigation, and pest control, and a half acre lawn can cost as much or more to maintain than a mortgage payment.
Maintenance Checklist Fences Drives Walks
Drives, walks and fences are the forgotten parts of property maintenance. They tend to be lost in the shuffle to maintain other parts of the property, and by the time they are noticed, extensive repairs, or complete reconstruction is often needed.
