Careful Landscape Planning Yields Big Payoffs

Everyone wants a home and yard that is the envy of the neighbors. At the same time, most homeowners want to make smart investments in their landscaping that adds value to their property. Just as one invests ...

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Building a Welcome Mat for Your Home

Options are limitless when installing a new driveway or repairing an existing one. They’re an excellent way to frame to the look of the property, and a great way to shape buyer expectations as they stroll up ...

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Five Ways to a 'Greener Lawn' and Garden

Just because the gardens in the front and backyard of your home look green doesn’t mean they are environmentally sound. According to experts, typical homeowners are unaware that they usually apply seven times more chemicals per acre ...

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Choosing the Right Landscaper Is Key to Your Project’s Success

You’ve made the decision to do an extensive overhaul of your yard. Maybe you are preparing to sell your home, or perhaps you’ve undertaken a major remodeling and want to bring your landscape design in line with ...

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Installing a Sprinkler System Can Lead to the Perfect Lawn

Having a perfectly manicured lawn starts with appropriate watering, and there is no better way to provide even watering than with a sprinkler system. While it sounds daunting, even an amateur can select and install a sprinkler ...

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Landscaping On a Budget: Inexpensive Doesn’t Mean Unattractive

Bought a fixer upper that you are turning around both inside and out? Looking for an effective and inexpensive way to look after your landscaping design needs while fooling those who see your home into thinking you’ve ...

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Swimming Pools – Added Value Or Limited Appeal?

Many Americans look back fondly at the years they spent in their youth lounging in their parent`s backyard pool, but does having a pool on your property help or hinder when it comes time to sell your ...

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Simple Home Landscaping Steps

 Create a landscape that offers beauty and function for your family or potential home buyers. ...

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Tips to Get the Yard You Need

 Take a site inventory and design the yard of your dreams. ...

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Make the Most of Your Landscape Money

Creating and installing a new landscaping plan can be costly. Here are a few ways to help you spend less and spend wisely. ...

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How to Build a Window Box Planter

Get a front row seat to the fruits of your labor each time you peer out the window. ...

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Adding Annuals for Season-Long Color

Sprucing up your garden with annuals allows long-lasting bursts of color. ...

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Creating a Fresh Front Yard

When trying to sell your home, don’t overlook your yard. These landscaping tips will help your front yard create the perfect first impression. ...

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Composting 101

Turn unwanted items such as pine needles, coffee grounds, leaves, and fruit peels into compost you’ll improve your soil and create a rich garden. Create a homemade compost program can both help the environment and ...

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Creating a Waterwise Landscape

Your garden doesn’t need to be a water hog. Find out how to build a beautiful garden with xeriscaping, a low-water landscape concept.   Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens®   You’ve always dreamt of having a big and beautiful garden, but spending your season attached to a wate ...

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Fabulous Flagstone Paths

Take the edge off overly geometric landscapes with the varied shapes and sizes of flagstone. You’ll be on the right path to creating a timeless stroll in your garden. ...

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Get a Stress-Free Cottage Garden

Develop a low maintenance garden without surrendering color or charm. Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens® By Julie ...

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Garden Shopping the Smart Way

Shopping wisely for your garden will save you money and help you build a beautiful space.  ...

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Selecting the Right Tree

A tree is a big investment because it has the potential to last for many years. Find out how to find the perfect trees for your yard. ...

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10 Steps from Container to Yard

Learn how to find healthy container trees and plants and how to help them take root in your yard.   Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens® Container-Grown Plants Many trees spend their early days growing in a small space – containers that have always been their homes. You can pl ...

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Container Herbs

Herbs aren’t only tasty, they can also be beautiful. Learn how container herbs can add some spice to your home. Courtesy of Better Home and Gardens® ...

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The Victory Garden

In tough economic times, a Victory Garden where you grow your own food can save money, and provide some great meals! ...

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What is Xeriscaping?

 Create a landscape that features native plants that don’t require extra watering and are capable of withstanding drought conditions. ...

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Should You Buy a Home With A Swimming Pool?

With buyers across the country gearing up for spring sales, features like swimming pools can be attractive. ...

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How to Garden Through Community Service

If you're a new homeowner, where can you go to learn basic gardening skills? ...

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Keep Cut Flowers Fresh-looking Longer

Whether you are cutting flowers from your own garden or buying them freshly cut from a flower shop, you want your cut flowers to last as long as possible. ...

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Ground Cover for Lazy Gardeners

With all of the options available how do you know what kind of ground cover is right for you? ...

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Three Lawn Chemicals Homeowners Should Know About

Find out about the most widely recommended chemicals to control pests and weeds before you go shopping. ...

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Tame Your Turf with Good Mowing Habits

One of the best ways for homeowners to make a good impression is to have a well-groomed lawn. ...

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Learning Tips for the Novice Gardener

Doing your own gardening is a great alternative to hiring expensive landscapers ...

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Hole-y Mole-y!: Three Ways To Get Rid of Moles In Your Yard

Tips to make your yard inaccessible or uninviting to moles ...

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Cutting Edgers

Give the borders around your yard a crisp edge with a tool meant for the job ...

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Charcoal Grill Safety for Summer

Just follow a few safety checks to help you avoid accidents, and let the fun begin  ...

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Quick, Easy Lawnmower Care

Get the best results from your mower and the best-looking lawn ...

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Use Companion Planting To Attract Good Bugs
Something small and wriggly is creeping in your garden, intent on eating every part of your flowers and vegetables. Here are some tips to avoid this. > Read the Article 
Wear Protective Clothing When Using Lawn Power Tools

If you’re planning to use power tools, you should consider what not to wear ...

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Garden Plants Can Also Repel Bugs That Bite

You can do less harm to yourself, the environment and your garden by repelling biting, stinging insects the old-fashioned way – with plants. ...

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The Prettiest Low-Care Flowers to Plant Right Now

Which flowers are prettiest is certainly a matter of taste, but some flowers come in so many colors and sizes that anyone can appreciate them.  And if they’re low-maintenance, that’s all the better! ...

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Protect Your Topsoil From Washing Away

Replacing topsoil can be expensive and time consuming, so here are some suggestions for keeping precious topsoil where it belongs ...

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The Basics of Tree Trimming

 There is nothing like a home that features beautiful trees in the yard. ...

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Aerate Your Lawn

A simple process that gives the soil in your lawn some much needed breathing room ...

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Make Your Own Garden Compost

At an average cost of $7 per 10 gallons, compost can be expensive to buy, but you can easily make your own for free ...

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For Spectacular Color, Try the Crapemyrtle

Among the hardiest of flowering shrubs and trees, the crapemyrtle is a staple of sunny gardens ...

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Five Ways to Prevent Weeds

With five easy steps, you’ll be able to kill invasive weeds and prevent them from taking over your garden. ...

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The Tide of Households to Come

If you own affordable property that can be purchased by entry-level buyers, you are in an ideal position to profit from the real estate tide to come.  ...

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Plant Now for Winter Garden Vegetables

With the right combination of timing, vegetables and care, you can cultivate your own winter garden that will produce in the colder months.
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