YARDS - Garden Guide
Selecting The Right Garden Fountain To Transform Your Outdoor Living
Spring is here! For many people, that means it is time to get their gardens ready for growing season. Time to plant seeds, bury bulbs and sit back to watch their handiwork sprout. But gardens are not just plants and...
Using An Outdoor Canopy To Create New Living Space
Creating backyard living spaces is one of the hot trends in garden landscaping and home décor. Whether your desire is for a place to host parties, or simply to sit back and enjoy a quiet place, the idea is simply to get...
Patio Water Features
Fountains and garden ponds were once only seen in parks, stately homes, or homes of wealthy families. Today, we can all enjoy the tranquility of water even if our "yards" are limited to a patio or balcony.Adding water to your...
Water-Saving Ways
We turn on the tap and there it is: water. This liquid of life nourishes our environment, our crops, and our bodies. But there are fears for the future of our water supply. Planners warn that good quality water could become the...
A Bird Bath - A Perfect Gift For Your Backyard
On a typical sunny weekend afternoon, countless of individuals, men or women, across this country that will head out into their backyards, pruning shears in hand, and start to cut and clip and trim the various plants and bushes...
Modern Hybrid Canna Lily Improvement
Modern canna cultivars (varieties) began appearing 250 years ago with the collection of native wild cannas that are technically referred to by botanists as species. Canna wild species produced large leaves that were fast...
Spring Into Clean-Up
Youve almost made it through the long, cold winter months, and now spring is just around the corner. You been cooped up for weeks and have developed a serious case of cabin fever. You cant wait to get outside and enjoy the...
Pond Liner Defects - Count The Cost
So you are considering building your own koi pond, or having one built? Do not add your name to the growing list of disgusted leaky pond owners.Please research all aspects of water gardening before proceeding. I am not...
Benefits of Lawn Aeration in Seattle/Mill Creek Neighborhoods
Lawn aeration relieves compaction of heavy clay soils by pulling plugs, then raking an organic material such as peat moss or compost into the holes for a healthier soil. Lawn aeration is the least expensive way to overseed...
Does your Southwestern Home Need House Jewelry?
Homes in the Southwestern United States tend to have many unique features no other homes can boast. Just drive down a road in Arizona, New Mexico, or any other state in the desert
Southwest and you'll notice the houses tend...
Adirondack Chair Sets Just in time for Spring
We can now see a little green poking up from under the dreary ground. It is almost Spring. It is time for all to bring life back into their yards, patios, and porches. Soon the flowers will be in full bloom and you will want to...
How Do I Build A Koi Pond?
If you've seen a water garden, odds are, you've seen koi fish. The challenge is, how to make the ideal ecosystem for your little friends.Koi ponds are built so that it can offer the most favorable living conditions for koi...
How To Use Crepe Myrtles To Transform Your Backyards Into A Peaceful Sanctuary
Today's backyard is more than just a place where the lawn needs mowing. It can be a dynamic living space, an extension of the home where you can indulge in your favorite activities. For many, the backyard has come to symbolize...
Great Looking Desert Evergeen Shrubs
Agave or Mescal (spanish): This plant is a beautiful succulent and primarily used for desert landscaping. Very little watering and care it likes gravelly soil and full sun. Several varieties including the americana, parryi and...
Use Water Efficiently
Water scarcity all over the world has evolved into a problem that needs immediate solution by all those involved. The water facilities, public or private, the local, governmental or international associations and organizations,...
Crape Myrtle 'Hopi'
The most winter hardy Crape Myrtle of all.
Crape Myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are known to be the longest blooming deciduous trees in existence, creating extended periods of striking summer color. This, combined with their alluring...
Palm Trees Suitable For Containers Used Outside And Inside Your Home Or Office
Dioon (Gum) Palm Tree - Dioon spinulosumGiant Dioon is technically a cycad of pre-historical origin, and the Dioon palm tree can grow up to 1 ½ ft. in diameter with a Dioon trunk growing twelve feet tall. The bright waxy-green...
Espalier - The Art of Training Your Tree
What is an "espalier" you may be asking yourself. The term espalier has changed over the years. Originally it defined a trellis, or a frame, to which a tree was to be tied. It presently refers to the process of training your...
Getting Rid of Standing Water in Your Yard
HOW TO GET RID OF STANDING WATER IN YOUR YARDDo you have one or more areas in your yard that hold water after a rainfall? This is a common problem, and sometimes difficult to solve. Over the years Ive talked with dozens of...
Pest Control - Invasive Species part 2
Invasive species are a potential menace to people and to our native species. While some pests from foreign lands can be managed naturally, or by effective control methods - others are very difficult to control. With few, if...