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Start with some great home landscaping ideas, landscape plans, and a desire to be creative, and you can soon own a beautifully landscaped property. A well planned landscape can bring satisfaction to you, as well as add value to your home. To create a yard area that is both attractive and easy to maintain, you need to consider some important things. Property size, the local climate conditions, the soil type, and the amount of both moisture and sunlight are all factors you have to deal with and must consider.Planning a landscape, and putting those plans into action, is one of the best ways to improve the appearance of your home and to increase your property resale value. A home that has plenty of curb appeal and a "wow" factor will also make the entire neighborhood more attractive. If you want to transform your boring expanse of lawn, maybe it's time to explore some front yard landscaping ideas.One challenge that most homeowners are faced with is not actually coming up with landscaping ideas but from too many. Landscape ideas and pictures abound in magazines, creating dreams for the homeowner. Where do you start - with the entryway and front walk? Or [more..]

There are two things to consider in fllower garden design. Especially when you consider yourself a beginner. One is the location and the other is you. Let's look at location first.What do you have to work with? Sketch out your yard on a plain piece of paper and then on a sunny day, mark the areas that have full sun, partial sun, full shade, and any other variations that you can find. You may need a couple of copies of this paper before you begin because morning sun is different from afternoon sun. Mark the directions on the paper too. Now you can see where the full eastern sun hits and the full western sun.I made a big mistake with my geraniums the first year by putting them where they could be seen from the street. Unfortunately that was at the northeast side of the house and the geraniums spent half their day in the shade of the house. They did not like this very much. They bloomed but they were not hanging with blooms like they should have been. So take note of the sunlight and match your garden choices with the sunlight available.Your sketches will guide you to [more..]

The fall clean-up is done, your bulbs are planted and your looking forward to the spring gardening season. You need not look so far ahead. Winter can be a busy time for gardeners. Planning, of course, is essential but there are a few other chores which can be done as well.Here are a few gardening tips to help you get through winter.Review last year's journal and start a new one for this year by recording your seed/plant orders Browse through catalogs or spend a little time online searching for the plants you'll be using during the upcoming season. First, however, plan your new garden or update your existing one.Rework your garden design, think about what was missing in the garden during the previous season. Also, look around, what could make the landscape more interesting during the winter months. Often, a large evergreen serving as an anchor or specimen shrub can improve a winter landscape. Look for shrubs with winter berries, trees which begin budding in late winter or tress and shrubs with interesting form or colorful bark.Forethought is essential when planning successful garden. After you've decided what you'd like your new garden to offer begin a site analysis. Having a [more..]