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Depending on your personality, landscaping and gardening may seem either idyllic activities or pure drudgery. Often, they are neither of these. Unless you are simply pulling weeds from the flowerbeds, these enterprises involve blunt and sharp instruments of destruction, often with powerful electric or gas motors attached to them. Thus, it pays to keep safety

Weeds love a challenge. Sure, they may grow in your yard or planting beds where there are wide expanses of soil, but they also pick tiny, narrow spaces where nothing else seems to grow. Between pavers in patios and walkways seems to be one of their favorite places. An eighth of an inch of sand

Interlocking concrete pavers are viewed by many people as the material of choice for home landscaping projects including patios, drives and walkways. Interlocking pavers come in a number of different shapes, sizes and colours. They are strong, durable and relatively easy to install. Despite all of these positive features, like everything else in your landscape,

If you want your lawn and ornamental plants to look their best, it is important to use good quality topsoil for home landscape projects. The best topsoils will have the right proportions of sand, clay and organic matter, provide nutrients to your landscape and provide good drainage while still retaining moisture for plant roots to

The first sunny days of spring are an excellent time to get your lawn and landscape ready for warm weather use. After a long, cold winter, it should feel good to get outside and work in the yard. Your lawn will be enjoying the warmer weather too, but may need a little help shaking off

When you are planning a do-it-yourself home landscaping project, finding the right place to get all of your materials can be difficult unless you have experience ordering construction supplies. There are several ways the right landscape supply company can help make your project much easier. Here are a few questions to ask your landscape supplier

Building your own backyard water feature is a fun project for do-it-yourself types that has become much easier in recent years with lots of kits and products on the market. If you understand some landscape construction basics and don’t mind getting a little dirty, creating your own bubbling rock water feature is a fun &

A great accent for your walkways and paths is a set of stone steps on any gradation on your property. Proper planning and preparation of the ground are vital to installing stone steps that last. Get ready for some dirty work! 1. Plan the location and materials First you’re going to have to choose the

If you are looking to finish your pool with coping stones there are things that you should think about besides just how aesthetically pleasing they are. With the market being flooded with options it can be hard to choose. Keep it simple and look at these two key considerations and you’ll have a pool that