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Decorative Birdhouses are active garden ornamentation - the presence and movement of birds creates a fluid focal point for your garden. As such, placement is critical for you to earn maximum benefit from your birdhouses. Cavity nesting birds will not be attracted to your garden without the appropriate environment. Each bird has a particular way they want to live and specific needs.

You’ll have a better chance of getting the feathered tenant of your choice if you do your research. For example, if you want to host Eastern Bluebirds, you’ll need to place the birdhouse at approximately 5 feet high and provide an entrance of 1 ? inch in diameter. On the other hand, (more…)

Use an oxygen tester and air stones to keep your available oxygen level to at least 7.0 parts per million of dissolved oxygen in 90 degree F. water. Koi and goldfish start showing signs of stress at oxygen levels of 4.0 ppm and will start dying at 3.0 ppm. The higher the water temperature goes the less oxygen that’s available. Water temperatures over 90 degrees will also affect fish health so keep the temperature under control by providing shade during the hottest parts of the day.

It’s Parasite Season
Warm water causes an increase in parasites such as anchor worms, fish lice or flukes. Some parasites such as anchor worm and fish lice are visible and can be treated with Dylox, Dipterex or Masoten. (more…)

Picture this: Halfway through constructing a dream deck that would make your neighbor green with envy, you discover that you are building right on top of a drain field. Any do-it-yourselfer worth his lawnmower knows that constructing directly above drain fields is a big no-no. You’d be forced to tear down your work-in-progress to comply with safety regulations. Costly mistake.

This mistake could’ve been prevented if only you had carefully developed landscape plans for your property. Many homeowners would rather not develop landscape plans because they feel they could never justify the time and effort to do it. To be sure, drafting landscape plans is no child’s play; creating landscape plans requires thorough site analysis and needs assessment and may demand more than a rudimentary knowledge of landscaping. But its benefits, such as its potential to avert possible hazards or costly last-minute changes, make the task of developing landscape plans well worth the effort. (more…)

A landscape painting should make you feel like you are in a deep space. When viewing it you should feel as though you were right inside the painting. It should be both spellbinding and beautiful. To attain this, there are some tricks to it. The first trick is to use clarity. An example of this is to show a thick fog over some hills in the distance, and have the fog fade as you get to the hills towards the front.

A second trick is to use a winding path, such as a trail, a creek, or a river. This makes people feel as though they are deep within the painting. A third trick is to use size to your advantage. A tree up close should be large, while a tree far away should be small. landscaping/how-to-create-a-beautiful-landscape-painting.html#more-7662″ class=”more-link”>(more…)

Do 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 Ie talked with dozens of people trying to battle this problem, and on several occasions I have been hired to solve the problem. So what can be done? Too often people come to me asking what kind of a tree, or what kind of shrubs can be planted in a wet area to dry it up. This is the wrong approach. Most plants, and I mean almost all plants are not going to survive in an area where the soil is soggy for extended periods of time. The roots need to breathe, and planting a tree or shrub in a water area will kill it.

Another common approach is to try and fill the area with topsoil. Depending on a variety of variables, this can work, but many times adding additional soil to a wet area will only shift the water to another area just a few feet away. If you are lucky enough to have some natural fall to your property, or a drainage ditch nearby, this problem is easy enough to solve. If you happen to live in an area that was developed over the past few years, there might even be a system to remove storm water nearby. In many new home developments Ie seen stormwater catch basins already installed in backyards. Trust me, this is a good thing. There is nothing worse than having a soggy yard all the time. (more…)

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When the time has come for you to look for a landscaping service for your yard at home you need to consider some simple but often overlook facts. Landscaping services are cropping up (excuse the pun) all over the place, more to the point; some companies are just not up to standard and couldn’t tell you a weed from a daffodil, while you take your garden and landscape seriously,

you wouldn’t want to let an untrained monkey loose on your grounds. When you decide to call up a landscape service you must look at the basics such as, are they trained, how they trained, how long have they been in business, are there any references they can give you that are local to your area, drive round and check them out. Most of us want to save a bit of money when we can do, that said some of us prefer for the things around us to be attractive, especially in our homes and gardens. Using landscaping you can transform the green areas around your home into beautiful scenery to enjoy day after day, not to mention the freshness it can bring into ones life. (more…)

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OK so you don’t want to use a landscaping service and you want to tackle the garden on your own, or with whomever else you can rope into the project. You are going to need some tools for the job; here we will go over a few of the commonly used tools for landscaping. The basic tools for gardening and landscaping are rakes, trowels, shovels and hand cultivators; every home with a garden (that has not overgrown into a forest) should have these tools in the shed or nearby. Using just those tools you are able to keep your landscape in good condition.

You can use the shovels to turn over the soil and dig holes needed to plant trees and plants. Use the rake to smooth out the planting beds and for preparing the soil. Use the trowels and hand cultivators when you plant the smaller plants and flowers and areas that require some attention to detail. Another couple of tools you will need for landscaping are pruners and shears, used to cut small branches off to tidy up trees and bushes and generally allow you to keep things neat. (more…)

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Ecoming more and more popular by the day are the benefits that can be felt from organic landscaping. This is wonderful as people are naturally turning to organic methods as they can save money and are not hazardous to your health like some chemical landscaping products and services.

It is no fun to have a garden that looks beautiful yet you cannot let your kids play in it as it has dangerous fertilizer all over the plants and grass.

As we have mentioned in other articles here, for the best results get plants that are native to your area. If you get plants that need to have special conditions created for them you will not be able to keep them alive without the use of some chemical or another, (more…)

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A great way to save money when creating a landscape is to make use of what is known as container gardening. If you haven’t figured it out already, container gardening is making use of various containers to house the plants you want to grow. This can not only save money but also labour. You can use a container to grow pretty much any of the common plants we grow on our gardens, not just plants but also flowers, vegetables and herbs.
 
There are fewer weed attacks in container gardening because the plants are held in their own containers, soil does not need preparing which saves a lot of money in the beginning stages. You may be thinking ‘well that’s fine and dandy but how much am I expected to pay for all these containers?’. We would answer ‘well you are not thinking like a true hippy’, think of all the items around your home already that you can utilize and turn into a container to house a plant or flower. Washtubs, small boxes, large boxes, old plastic toy boxes, a set of draws with the draws removed and turned on its back. (more…)

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Usually when you think of landscaping you will conger up images of carefully placed rocks and large trees scattered about an immaculate lawn. Remember that your yard space can have many practical uses as well as looking good, how about a vegetable garden or even a herb garden. These gardens can also look great with vibrant colours, they smell wonderful and you can save money on your grocery shopping.

One of the most common edible landscapes is a herb garden, you can create one in your backyard without much effort. There are many varieties of herbs that grow quickly so you can see he fruits of your labour not long after you finish. Many herbs look great and will fit in among other areas of your landscape, learn what the herbs look like fully grown and imagine them around your yard, some superb different leaf shapes and colours can be used to create pleasing effects. (more…)

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