Preventing Salt Damage To Your Yard
The easiest way to prevent salt damage to your landscaping is to not use it. However, this is not possible for most people, as walkways need to be safe for…
Prepare Your Yard For Winter
Just because snow is coming does not mean that you should abandon your yard until the thaw of spring. If the snow has not yet come, here is what you…
Flowers You Can Eat!
Now is the best time to start planning your yard for spring, and there’s one question you should ask yourself: would you like to eat your landscaping? There are a…
Some Plants That Have Medicinal Properties
Ginger In many Asian countries, ginger is part of a daily diet. It is used because the medicinal power of ginger can cure many diseases. The ginger root has remedial…
What is Organic Soil?
Organic soil has been naturally amended by the decomposition of plants and animals. Unfortunately most of the soil nowadays in the world has been depleted and replaced by the damage…
Hardscape and Softscape
Hardscape and softscape are two distinct forms of landscaping. Both are equally important in terms of property beautification, and finding the right balance between the two is the key to…
Why Is Gardening Good For Your Health?
1. Can reduce the risk of stroke 2. burns calories 3. Helpful with weight maintenance/reduces heart disease 4. Gardening can decrease the likelihood of osteoporosis 5. Gardening is a stress…
Planning Next Year’s Garden
It’s never too early to start planning for next year. Here are some things to start thinking about while you are planning your gardens. 1. Budget This should be the…
A Couple of Tips to Make Your Landscaping Pop in Winter
Plant Evergreens Evergreens come in other colors, such as yellows and blues, so the name is somewhat misleading. Evergreen means they keep their leaves or needles year round, and the…
More Winter Landscaping Tips
Have Hardscape Elements In the winter you need to rely on your hardscape, so anything non-living, such as patios, brick work, walls, fountains, arches, etc. Wooden archways especially can be…