Showing posts with label landscaping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscaping. Show all posts
May 5, 2014

Growing Giant Sunflowers From Seeds

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This spring I was given a bunch of giant sunflower seeds  from a relative. They may be mammoth? I really don't know. All I now is they...
Apr 18, 2014

Spring Organic Lawn Clean-Up Checklist

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This past winter was brutal with all the snow we got in the Northeast. April has started out cold as well and when it seemed like the weathe...
Sep 1, 2013

How To Draw A Landscape Plan With Sketchup

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Having a landscape drawing allows you to quickly plan changes to your landscape as well as measure the square footage of your beds and law...
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Sep 16, 2012

Organic Lawn Renovation - Soil Prep and Seeding

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Days 9, 10 and 11 of my organic lawn renovation project were pretty tough. A lot of raking, digging and incorporating compost. I ran into...
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Aug 30, 2012

Organic Lawn Renovation: The Plan

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Because I was planning on killing and reseeding parts of my lawn last year I didn't take as good care of those areas as I should hav...
Aug 4, 2012

Ryobi 40V Cordless Blower Review

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The leaf blower, an odd name considering I hardly ever use it to blow leaves. It's the last tool used after edging, mowing and trimmin...
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Jul 23, 2012

Mowing My Black Beauty Desk Lawn

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As you can see the Jonathan Green Black Beauty Grass I'm growing indoors in a container had gotten over 3" tall and was starting...
Jul 13, 2012

How To Treat Lawn Disease Organically

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Is Using Cornmeal to Treat Lawn Disease a Myth? Not only does Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott consider the use of cornmeal as a fungicide...
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Jul 8, 2012

Tools For Lawn Renovation

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I've been wanting to completely renovate and reseed my lawn for a long time and I think either this year or next year I finally will. ...
Jun 30, 2012

Growing Grass Indoors: Germination

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It's day 3 of my growing grass indoors project and I'm already seeing germination! Every night since I planted the  Jonathan Gr...

You Don't Need Plastic Edging

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I don't know what came over me but a few years ago I got it stuck in my head that I had to have plastic lawn edging. For some reason t...
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Oct 16, 2009

Reconditioned Black & Decker Edger LE750R On Sale

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I just noticed that the Reconditioned version of the Black & Decker Edger LE750 (LE750R) Edge Hog Landscape Edger is on sale at a big ...
Jul 12, 2009

Black & Decker LE750 Edge Hog Review

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I previously discussed the differences between string trimmers and edgers and some of the various options I was considering. In the past ...
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Jul 8, 2009

How To Build A Raised Garden Bed

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Raised bed gardens don't exactly have much to do with lawn care but one thing that can help your lawn look better is to have it be part ...
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Jun 29, 2009

Use Rain Gauges To Save Water

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A rain gauge is a device you place in your garden to see how much rain has fallen on your landscape in a given period. There are simple rain...
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Jun 11, 2009

String Trimmer vs Edger

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You know the old adage, use the right tool for the right job . Well that definitely applies here. Just like it's possible to drive a n...
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Jun 2, 2009

Removing Ground Ivy From Lawns

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Ground Ivy, also known as creeping charlie can be a terrible nuisance in a lawn that is difficult to kill. There are two ways to kill gr...
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May 30, 2009

Why You NEED a Reel Mower

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There are a lot of good reasons to use reel mowers but there's always one time I really wish I had a reel mower. When overseeding . Yo...
May 22, 2009

Realtime Landscape Architect

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I was hoping to find some free sprinkler design software to help plan out a sprinkler system I want to install but never seem to get around ...
Jul 11, 2008

Does Superthrive work?

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I ran across a product called Superthrive that is marketed as a "Science Miracle" and "completely organic." What caugh...
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