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Landscaping: Grass for a sandy yard.
Our yard is mostly sand and hard dirt and has alot of dead patches in it, I am trying to get grass to grow. Anyone have any ideas of what type of grass I could use. Plus I cannot get my
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If you have sandy soil you might want to try centipede or if your soil quality is really poor ...»
Red Neck Raised Bed
This bed is 10 feet long by 4 feet wide. It is 3 feet deep. I used a scoop shovel and my JD lawn mower and trailer to haul composted horse manure to fill the bed. Yes, it took a lot of
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Clever, clever! Love the idea and might be able to afford this kind of raised bed sides. LOL
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My Korean Spice got away from me and went crazy. I put it in front of my greenhouse and it ...»
Project We Did to Cover the Tree Roots in Our Yard.
Old tires we cleaned and painted, old tricycle painted, an old pot painted. It was hard mowing the grass with so many tree roots right there. A little work and it's beautiful.
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I love this...particularly the irregular shape...now you don't have to worry about keeping it ...»
Backyard Playground
We jumped this project after finding this playset on super sale. At this point I decided to put down sod before the weekend of thunderstorms come. We hope the rain will give us a good
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Gardening: How do I get trees out of my ground cover?
I have a good sized bed of myrtle ground cover and there are oak and maple saplings growing in it. How do I get rid of them without digging up the whole bed? Is there any way to keep them from starting there in the first place? Help!!!
Pavers with boulders and slate integrated by Ross NW Watergardens- Portland Landscaper
We like to integrate natural materials with man made. Some examples are here:
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Looks awesome!
Landscape Ideas
these older homes are tough for me to design, I would hide the brick under the screened in porch with something. any Ideas the front faces east. HELP
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1" PAVERS IN AN ASSORTMENT OF COLOR OR TRAVERTINE. EASY. INSTALL OVER SAND BASE OF 1" TO ...»
Front Walkway built out of inexpensive cement pavers, red lava rocks, and solar lights
Our home had a simple walkway with cement pavers, which proved to be a hassle when we mowed the lawn. We finished the walkway simply by digging up the grass, adding red lava rocks,
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Have started building a small walkway in my backyard. Will use the red rocks as shown here. Am ...»
Gardening: Problem with ants!
I have little mountains built by ants all over my lawn. If you flatten them they build them back up in about 2 days. Year to year they seem to have increased. I have tried vinegar and hot
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Are these black ants, or red ants? For the dark ants, you can try Borax, Baby Powder, Tee Tree ...»