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Tips For Ensuring Pet-Friendly Landscaping In Your Yard

If you have pets that spend time in your yard, it's important that you're careful about the landscaping in the area. Before you treat your lawn for anything, you need to be sure that anything you use is pet-friendly. Here are some tips to ensure that your yard is a safe environment for your pets. Be Careful What You Fertilize With Fertilizer can be toxic to your household pets if you don't apply it properly. Read More 

Tips For Landscaping Around A Wet Spot

Low-lying areas of the lawn can be a landscaping nightmare, since they will be prone to sogginess and mud. The overly wet soil also increases the chances of root rot, making it more difficult to find plants that will thrive in the area. The following tips can help you improve the site and landscape it successfully. Tip #1: Install drainage If standing water after irrigation or rain is the problem, the installation of some simple drainage may be sufficient to fix the problem. Read More 

4 Ideas For More Eco-Friendly Landscaping

Perhaps you live in an area of the country where water is scarce, or you simply want to do more to help the environment. Whatever your reasons, it is possible to have a beautifully landscaped, lush yard without wasting a ton of water or being environmentally unfriendly. Here are four ideas for incorporating more eco-friendly landscaping into your yard: Install Synthetic Turf Synthetic turf has come a long way from the obviously fake stuff used at mini golf courses. Read More 

3 Super-Easy DIY Hacks For Gardeners On A Budget

If you're gardening at home, it is probably because you want to save money. Whether you're a serious penny-pincher or just one out to save a few bucks here and there, here are a few thrifty gardening hacks that may help you out: 1. Drip Irrigation with a Plastic Bottle. Ensuring that your plants remain properly hydrated throughout the day is crucial. However, it can often be a time-consuming process. When you need to go out of town for a day or two, or you just want some extra help and have no one to call, you may want to consider relying on a plastic bottle. Read More 

Make Planting Faster And More Convenient With Hydroseeding

There are some plants that are simply too much work to spread by hand. Grass seeds, mustards and other small seeds can be planted much faster if you could combine the planting and water process while sending everything across the field. Take a look at how hydroseeding can do just that, and what you need to do to make sure your hydroseeded plants can last through the seasons. How Does Hydroseeding Work? Read More