Edginggarden beds will prevent turf grass from encroaching onto your landscaping plants, and you won’t need to continually pull that grass back by hand. STEP 2: Mow often and early. Photo: istockphoto.com Although there can be a few goodreasons not to mow the lawn, in general, consisten...
How to mow a lawn or grass the right way is one of the most important practices in keeping your lawn healthy. Grasses are like most plants — if you clip off the growing points (for grass, it's in the crown, where the new leaves develop), the plants branch out and become denser, ...
When it comes to metal edging, two materials rule the yardscape: steel and aluminum. Steel tends to be sturdier and more durable, while aluminum edging is generally more flexible. Uncoated steel lawn edging develops a rusty patina over time, while aluminum does not. If you prefer a steel ed...
Training pads use a special scent or attractant designed to give your puppy a preferred place to go when you can’t be there to watch it or let it out to go outdoors. Plastic backing and edging help protect your floors and carpets. According to user reviews, they do not leak. Such pad...
edging their way forward in gridlock, making motorcycle taxis the best, and most popular, way to cross town. Pay the driver, take pillion position, and don’t forget to ask for a helmet – beyond the obvious safety sensibilities it is also illegal to travel without one and you could be...
Pro tip:Always work from the highest point to make the surface as level as possible. Start there and use the compactor to work in an outward motion. 3. Install a border If there’s no border already around the area where your artificial lawn will be, you’ll need to create one. Using...
“I set myself the task of identifying where I had used one too many images, phrases, sentences. And it was a revelation. I found that I tended to put four instead of the magic three things in a series, that in my eagerness toshow, I often described one gesture more than the reader...
Consider adding a patio built around your putting green. Use landscape edging to frame in the patio and along the outsides of your putting green. Use patio pavers to fill in the area between the landscape edging. To make your putting green usable in the after dusk hours, consider adding ...
border between a wooded and a grassy area, and they support the greatest number of wildlife species. To keep areas you intend to naturalize from looking unplanned or haphazard, define them with pathways, edging, irregularly placed boulders, fencing, or by placing formal plants in the foreground....
Dig a 6-inch deep trench along either side of the cleared path area. Make the trench 1 ½ to 2 inches wide. Insert rubber or vinyl edging strips into the trench. Use 8-inch wide edging so 2 inches of the edging protrudes above ground level. Fill in the trenches with soil, anchoring...