What You Need to Know About Closing Your Pool for the Season
Although the season comes with winter sports and beautiful views, it also comes with chores. Don’t let closing your in-ground pool be one you ignore!
Increase Comfort with Ample Insulation
Having the right type and amount of insulation is key to maintaining comfortable temperatures throughout the home and managing your energy costs.
Fall Lawn Care
fall lawn care should begin around Labor Day; it is the perfect time to fight off weeds and grubs that might affect your lawn’s health. Weeds absorb the most nutrients as they prepare for winter dormancy, so spreading an herbicide in the fall has the greatest effect against turf intruders.
Retaining Beauty and Function in Your Landscape
A properly designed and built retaining wall can be multifunctional and have a pleasing aesthetic. Its main purpose is to provide stability to soil at risk of erosion and to protect structures from water runoff that could lead to foundation issues.
Awnings on a Grand Scale: From Home Use to the Grand Hotel
Though the origin of awnings may be uncertain, there’s no doubt they’re still in use for a good reason. These pretty and practical accents enhance our outdoor spaces while offering protection overhead.
Foundational Design Elements: Line, Form, Color, and Texture
From England’s monolithic Stonehenge rock formations to the extravagant palace gardens of Versailles in France to current-day trends in residential and commercial landscape architecture, the foundational elements of design have remained true over the course of time: line, form, color, and texture.
Solving the Road Noise Blues
The good news is that life on a busy street doesn’t have to mean compromising comfort or aesthetics. Landscaping designed to target unwanted sounds is the solution, and there are options to fit every budget.
Summer Soil Prep
For plants to thrive, knowing when to water and how much sun is needed is only part of the story. Growing healthy fruits, vegetables, flowers, shrubs, grasses, and trees requires a solid foundation of soil – an often misunderstood and overlooked requirement for creating beautiful gardens and landscapes.
Plant a Dye Garden
Under the radar, the dye garden is typically known only to color experts, homesteaders, and fiber artists. For the artisan interested in “growing” one’s own color, planting a dye garden takes “handmade” to a whole new level.