Learning About Landscaping Materials

Posted on: 1 November 2022

Mulching your garden beds comes with a lot of benefits. The mulch helps trap moisture in the soil so your plants have something to rely on when rain has been scarce. It also breaks down over time, adding nutrients back to the soil. Mulch can be made from almost any species of wood, but one option you'll see quite often is mulch made from the bark of pine trees. Here are some benefits of using pine bark as the mulch on your garden beds.
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Posted on: 13 October 2022

If you're ready to build a swimming pool in your backyard, don't settle for a generic design. Hire a contractor to build a custom swimming pool instead. You might think you'll get the same enjoyment from a standard swimming pool, but that might not be the case. A custom swimming pool increases the value of your investment. There are also some benefits that you might not have considered. Read the list provided below.
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Posted on: 22 September 2022

Sometimes you must cut down a tree because it has reached the end of its life or grows too near other structures. When the tree is gone, however, it has left behind an undesirable souvenir – the stump. Not sure how to handle this arboreal memento? Read on to learn four tenacious truths about leftover tree stumps. 1. Tree Stumps Should not Remain in Your Grass One easy way to avoid a stump reckoning is to simply leave the stump in the grass.
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Posted on: 30 August 2022

If you need more lighting in your yard, you may have considered installing solar landscape lights. These are easy to install since you can just drive them into the ground around walkways and garden beds. They're powered by the sun, so they don't need to be connected to electrical wires. Unfortunately, solar lights have a number of downsides that make them less effective compared to installing wired landscape lighting that's powered by the electricity in your home.
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