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When is the Best Time to Plant Peaches?
Peaches are a delicious and versatile fruit. You can use them in preserves, salads and yogurts, or just enjoy the fruit alone. The allure of having a peach tree in your own backyard can be tempting. Keep in mind that growing any kind of fruit tree will take time and care. You can plant a peach tree
When to Cut New Sod for the First Time?
New sod must be watered and mowed for the entire growing season so it stays healthy and continues to grow. As the sod grows, the grass blades will become long, but you must allow the grass blades to grow before mowing.
Ornamental Grasses for Florida
Pampas grasspampas image by Hubert from Fotolia.comOrnamental grasses are gaining a wide popularity in home gardens and landscapes. The warm season ornamental grasses are best suited to Florida's climate. Ornamental grasses are highly responsive to temperatures.Where some grasses grow in...
Do-It-Yourself Deck Railing Posts
Deck railing provides a physical barrier to the edge of the deck. The railing is supported by posts, typically spaced 6 to 8 feet apart. Optimally, deck railing posts are put in place before installing the decking floor planks. Although a variety of techniques can be used to install the railing pos
How to Kill Dog Fleas on the Lawn
Killing fleas in your yard is all about persistence. Fleas are stubborn little creatures and often require several rounds of treatment before they are eliminated, mainly due to their four-part life cycle. In addition to treating your lawn, you should also treat your dog for fleas at the same time, o
The Stages of Pool Construction
Deal with leading swimming pool construction companies who can offer the kind of service that you are looking for and can provide quality and structural guarantee of every swimming pool they build. Well-known pool construction ...
Birdfeeders - Best Way to Attract Birds to Your Garden
Do you want to attract colorful birds to your garden during this summer? A bird feeder would be the best bet to do this. Add a bird feeder and birdbath to your garden and enjoy watching all the birds that flock your garden.
How to Plant a Retaining Wall
Retaining walls built of cement, stone, block, wood or any other materials can play a double role in landscaping, being both a structural element and a garden. The construction characteristics of the wall determine the planting possibilities. It is easy to plant a retaining wall and you can make tha
What Leaves Can I Put in a Compost Bin?
You can compost between 10 and 25 percent of things people normally place into a trash can, the University of Kentucky notes. Depending upon number of trees in your yard, leaves could make between 60 to 80 percent of the waste in your trash, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
How to Protect a Wood Fence From the Sun
A wood privacy fence can be an expensive investment that you'll want to protect and not have to worry about replacing too often. Sun and rain can cause serious damage to your fence in just a matter of a few years if not properly maintained. With the use of a power sprayer, stain, and sealant the fen
Caring for Your Solar Landscape Lights
Solar landscape lights have become a popular trend for landscape designers and homeowners. With the popular "go green" campaign, pushed inadvertently by the recent economic crisis, people everywhere are looking for ways to save, no matter how small those ways might be.
How to Build Clothesline Poles
Drying clothes outside on a clothesline, while less convenient than using an automatic dryer, is regaining popularity in both rural and urban areas. The practice is ecologically and economically responsible. The structure is simple. Two posts with planks on top in a T shape are cemented into the gro
How to Plant & Grow Sod
Sod is a sheet of grass that is installed over prepared earth. Growing sod differs from growing grass. The process is similar in that you fertilize the ground, plant the seed and keep the dirt moist at all times. Sod, however, can be grown inside of a greenhouse or shed to be used on a yard. Sod tak
Garden Landscaping Ideas For Your Sweet Home
Landscaping a garden is a fun activity, but it also involves a lot of thought and planning. Before proceeding with your garden project, make sure you have a plan and a design for the garden. Read on to discover some great ideas for landscaping your garden in ways that reflect your personality.
Solutions for Eroding Drainage Ditches
A drainage ditch is a major source of soil runoff.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty ImagesErosion occurs in drainage ditches when the water moves over the soil with greater force than the soil can withstand. Soil particles are picked up by the water and carried away. Best management...
Creative Patio Design Ideas
When considering patio design ideas do not be limited by convention, think about how you use the outdoor space and how you would like to transform the area to fully utilise the needs of your family. Sophisticated fun or family play are all easily achieved with a little imagination.
Things to Consider When Looking For Professional Tree Surgery
There are several things to consider when you have trees that might need tree surgery. A homeowner may have a single tree or a number of trees that might need removal because of disease or because they are too close to roofs or each other. A professional tree surgeon will be able to balance the remo
The Best Time to Plant Strawberries
Three types of strawberry plants exist: June-bearers which produce one berry crop in June, ever-bearers which produce two crops, and day-neutral which produce non-stop from June until fall if the weather is relatively cool. Begin planting strawberry plants when the soil can be worked with ease in th
How to Build a Mobile Home Block Foundation
Mobile homes are prefabricated structures built in a factory and transported by truck to their set-up location. In many instances, manufactured homes are set on a block or concrete foundation and then raised with blocks. The home is tethered to the ground by augers running deep into the soil as well
Iron Fence-A Brief American History of Iron Landscaping Trends
The iron fence trend was first brought to America from England during the colonial era. Iron fences guarded the finer houses in the better neighborhoods, or churches and public buildings.