Seaming tape for artificial grass Artificial turf adhesive (special adhesive for installing artificial grass) Weed barrier (optional) Lawn spikes/landscaping staples Silica sand infill Utility blade/carpet knife Hammer Shovel/spade Tape measure String level Garden hose Landscape rake Carpet rake/stiff or...
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Maintain your landscaping Syda Productions | Adobe Stock Free | License Yard maintenance is the first step in preventing voles from invading your yard. Start by reducing dense vegetation or tall grass that voles like to eat and hide in. Remove leaves and fallen branches, prune shrubs and bush...
Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), is an often-overlooked shrub for warmer climates. This witch hazel relative has softly crinkled evergreen foliage and profuse clusters of lightly scented, spidery flowers similar to its winter-blooming cousin. Many varieties have deep purple or burgundy ...
Use a larger variety of Ginkgo as a shade tree to keep your yard cooler in summer. Include ginkgo in a fall border alongside other plants with late-season interest such as asters, black-eyed Susan, bluebeard, Japanese maple, Joe pye weed, ornamental grasses, and sedums. Plant a dwarf spe...
Ideally, you could use rocks found naturally on your land for constructing your rock garden. But there aren't always a lot of rocks available in your backyard, so you may want to check out a home improvement store that carries landscaping rocks. Choose rocks that will blend in with your ...
To improve the flowering of lilacs, keep the grass from growing around them. A 16- to 24-inch circle of landscape cloth placed around the bushes and covered with bark or stone will keep the grass down. Force a winter bouquet from cut branches of lilac. Bruise the cut ends and set them...
They also add height, heft, and charm to a border. Low-growing wild Sweet William, moss pinks, and creeping phlox are effective as groundcovers to fill in spots under trees or next to structural walls where grass won't grow or on slopes to add dimension and color. Garden, meadow, ...
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For kitchen use, harvest new bamboo shoots immediately after they emerge from the ground, similar to asparagus. Don’t wait a couple of days, or they may get tough. Harvest mature 3 to 5 year old culms for landscaping or other projects. Stack them vertically in a shady spot for 6 to ...