Landscaping is something that has a more significant impact on your home than you may realize. The wrong landscaping, or no landscaping at all, can detract from your home's curb appeal and even decrease its value. If your current landscaping is insufficient or unattractive, a new landscape design may be in order. Making just a few changes to your landscape will make a world of difference. Here are three things to consider if you are thinking about new landscaping for your property.
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Commercial landscaping must look inviting, be easy to maintain, and be safe. Unfortunately, safety is sometimes overlooked in an effort to achieve only the first two of these goals. The following can help create a safer landscape for your business property.
1. Keep Walkways Open
Avoid the green aisle when it comes to landscaping near walkways and sidewalks. A row of hedges or other dense vegetation along a pathway will require constant maintenance to ensure branches don't overgrow onto the sidewalk and become a hazard.
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After buying an older home, there are a lot of things you can do to get the landscaping looking perfectly in accordance with your taste. Not only can this improve the landscaping and make a big difference in the curb appeal, but it can also help add a lot of value if you don't intend on living in the home for a long time.
If you're unsure of what to get started with due to all the landscaping projects available, it's important for you to see what kind of landscaping makes the most sense for the look you want in your yard.
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Whether your end goal is to produce prize winning roses or simply to have a healthy vegetable garden for your family, it all begins with good soil. Building up rich garden soil can't be accomplished overnight; it is an ongoing process that will take some planning and time. The following are a few guidelines to help you get started.
1. Know What You Are Working With
Every good garden begins with testing.
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Getting your lawn to the point where it is lush and green and growing full in all areas can be a challenge, especially when you deal with insect destruction, heat stress, and weeds. So when your lawn sprinklers malfunction or break, they can cause your lawn to die off, requiring you to repair them as soon as possible to prevent further damage to your lawn. But fortunately, there are a number of tasks you can complete on your own to diagnose and repair the sprinkler system and get it back up and running.
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