Landscape and Gardening BlogInformation, DIY ideas, inspiration, resources and how-to on gardening and landscape design - Whatever a consumer needs for every day green living and more. Rooftop Gardening | Green Roofs | Roof Top Landscaping IdeasRooftop gardening is good for the environment and smart way to increase outdoor living spaces. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Rooftop Gardening | Green Roofs | Roof Top Landscaping Ideas" Landscaping Steep Slope | Hillside Landscaping | Steep Hill Landscape DesignLandscaping steep slope can be beautiful and interesting, and it can also add value to your property. Succulent Wreath | Wreath Making Ideas | DIY Gardening Crafts | Landscaping TipsSimple, easy and fun succulent wreath projects. Zone Map | Hardiness Zone by Zip CodeZone Map - Look up your plant hardiness zones. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Zone Map | Hardiness Zone by Zip Code" Garden Crafts | Gardening Ideas | DIY Gardening Projects | Creative LandscapeSimple and easy garden crafts, cooking, and gardening ideas for you and your children. Avoid costly landscape mistakes - it's your moneySpring has sprung. It’s time to get that long over due landscaping done. Wondering how to make your house beautiful, low maintenance and smart water gardening? Try our 10 ways to avoid costly landscape mistakes tips and advice that can help you avoid costly mistakes and guide you toward your landscape projects. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Avoid costly landscape mistakes - it's your money" Benefits of Gardening with Kids = Fit kids + Better gradesLooking for an outdoor activity for your kids that will make your kids fit and get better grades? Try diy-gardening-tips. According to a study by the California Department of Education, kids' fitness levels may affect their performance in school. Study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the same results on academic performance. The study found that increased amounts of physical fitness translated into higher academic achievement. The benefits were most evident in math scores. Also found that girls at a higher fitness level had better achievement than boys. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Benefits of Gardening with Kids = Fit kids + Better grades" Start Recycling or PayEvery New Year's many of us make resolutions. One of mine is "to live with less clutter". So our whole family cleaned up the back yard and packed some other junk around the house and hauled a full pick up truck to the Miramar Landfill. What a New Year's surprise! The Refuse Disposal Fee was increased from $12.00 to $30.00 dollars of 01/01/09. The landfill is getting filling up as we speak, so be kind to our environment and community. We need to reduce our waste and recycle as much as we can to improve our environment. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Start Recycling or Pay" Best Time for LandscapingNew Landscape page launches. Just in time for summer entertaining. Did you know that fall is the best time for renovating your yard and do all planting? And why is that? Because by planting this time of the year, the plants have better chance of surviving than the ones planted in middle of a hot summer. This gives them time to get settled in and establish good root growth. In general, trees and shrubs may be planted whenever the ground can be worked, which in many parts of the country is year-round. But if your climate has severe winters, it's best to plant trees and shrubs after the snow melts and temperatures are likely to remain above freezing. If you live where winters are mild or summers are hot and dry, fall planting may be your best bet. Another reason to do landscaping during the off-season is that you will have better services and prices. The off season usually is late November thru February. Landscaping and construction is in less demand because of weather conditions and the holidays. Everybody wants to get their landscaping done in the spring or summer time but the smarter homeowner starts landscaping in the fall. The green secrete is that you get more for your money if you start now. In my experience, many times customers have no idea that landscape contractors are working on several jobs at a time and are between jobs and sometimes hard to reach because of their workload. Like anything else, plain supply and demand. Landscape design and construction are first come first served basis, so depending on the workload you may have to wait up to two to three months or more. Which means, if you want to enjoy your outdoor, you'd better start now. Do you know how long it will take you to get that landscape services completed? So there's first consultation, design, estimate, decision making, permit, finding contractors, etc. All of these can take up at least three months. So let say if you start consultation today, it will be done before the spring. Oh, one more thing, if you start landscaping this time of the year you will get better services from the contractors and quicker turn around design plans and your plants will do better. So why not consider doing your long overdue landscape project now. To read more landscaping information before you decide to tackle as DIY. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Best Time for Landscaping" Container Garden IdeasNeed a quick and easy way to spruce up your garden? Try a container garden. Flower power, go bold and add a dramatic splash of color to your garden. Get free and easy no dig creative container gardening ideas from Forget-Me-Not Landscape Design of San Diego, CA. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Container Garden Ideas"
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