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Ways To Benefit With Your Home’s Landscape
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Reduce “Thirsty” Turf…you don’t need to get rid of it all to save a lot of $$ Reduce area of turf Use drought tolerant turf grass Keep your trees healthy Good soil with amendments efficient irrigation Optimize both rainwater use and irrigated systems Water Catchment Storage & Collection – Rain Barrels/Gutters/Cisterns Grading – […]
Read MoreQuick Front Yard Facelift
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Our Quick Change – Front Yard Facelift program will convert your tired front landscape and convert it into something attractive and resource friendly! Steps in Process Meet/walk property and determine goals, plants needed and ones that need “gone” Create a written plan for all but the simplest of designs Plan is required if we are […]
Read MoreNative & Drought Tolerant
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Use Low Water/Native Plants If you’ve “Had Enough” spending good money just trying to keep grass alive, but you still want something living with some color, you can get there with a mix of succulents and native plants. This is where having a plan to refer to and build upon starts becoming very important. While […]
Read MoreArtificial Turf Option
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Opt for Artificial Turf With today’s latest products, this can be a great solution. It can really look fantastic (pic) and this ____sq ft was installed in a ___sq ft area that could have been turf grass. When you compare the numbers in annual cost, having virtually maintenance free artificial turf (only an occasional brushing […]
Read MoreContainers
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Container Growing Many times this is a simple, very efficient solution to improving the look without the major change to the land itself, is to use containers. We’re all familiar with growing in pots of various sizes and configurations. But there are a whole host of other container growing possibilities such as: Pallet gardens […]
Read MoreLow Voltage Area Lighting
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Sometimes one of the biggest improvements is simply adding some well placed “light on the subject”. Because even if you have a fabulous looking, efficient yard it you can’t see it or use it enough you’ll be amazed at the additional value and safety good lighting brings. Like all the choices we presented […]
Read MoreHardscape
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Sometimes the best way to replace an old, tired landscape is to replace most of it with some well chosen plants and enhance with new Hardscape Features such as: Walkways Dual Use Area Walls & Benches Define and Separate Large Spaces Relaxation/Fountain areas Patios/Outdoor Living Spaces These are difficult to do yourself so it’s important […]
Read MoreYour Lawn’s Future?
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Turf Grass is probably the biggest “suck” of resources, both yours and the planet’s. When people take the time to look at the amount of $$ they pay to have an “attractive” lawn many people reconsider whether they should have one anymore. Lawns require significant water, even with the proper type turf, organic […]
Read MoreImportance of Good Soil
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Good Plant Health Starts in the Soil Related to and increasing the efficient irrigation payoff are products that help your plants grow healthier, faster, stronger without the need for as much (or any) pesticides. Extremely important for any plants you will be eating/ingesting, having the proper nutrients and water saving organics help promote a healthy […]
Read MoreEveryone Benefits From a Plan
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Should you use a plan? Yes, most of the time it all needs to start with a plan. You can do it without a written one but the more complex a job becomes the more it’s in your benefit to go through this process as it will save time, $$ and usually result in a better […]
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