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Gardening: How to kill Crabgrass in lawn

Would like a home made receipe for killing crabgrass in the lawn. Something without salt in it as that kills everything and keeps grass from growing back for a long time.
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Nonnie Converse, TX on Apr 26, 2013
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    Phyllis W 3 days ago
    There is somethin relaxing about pulling weed. Get yourself comfortable and have fun. Great ...»
    time for 'free floating thinking'.

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  • Here's the lamppost landscaping before. Sad.
  • Here's a peek at the after. I switched out a plant with one I had in my back yard, cleaned out the debris and did some trimming.
  • Here's a look at the after.
  • I added a garden flag for some decorating flair.
  • I also spray-painted a portion of the lamppost in oil-rubbed bronze to give it an update.
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No-cost yard improvements

Living Rich on Less - Susan
Living Rich on Less - Sus... Huntingdon, PA 5 days ago
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    Kimberly Barney 4 days ago
    I love the touch of red!! I love the look of the oil-rubbed bronze.
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  • Henry Henderson walks you through a step by step process of how ElectraMedics installs landscape lighting. Lots of people install landscape lighting, but if done incorrectly you will always have challenges with your system.

Proper Way to Install Landscape Well Lights

Henry Henderson walks you through a step by step process of how ElectraMedics installs landscape lighting. Lots of people install landscape lighting, but if done incorrectly you will always have challenges with your system.

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ElectraMedics Electrical ... Dallas, GA 4 days ago
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My Mother's Day Present From My Faraway Daughter!

I got an unexpected, lovely surprise this morning from my faraway daughter, Meg ~ a guest gardening post on my blog! She lives in Oregon and I only get to see her one or two times each ...»
year, but when we get together, a gardening project always happens! After buying her own home, Meg launched into gardening and has transformed her yard on a budget. Check out her post to see!

http://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/how-my-...

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Barb Rosen
Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE 7 days ago
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    Cecilia Bramhall 4 days ago
    yes she did!
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  • "Before" ~ a few shrubs and tons of ivy and pachysandra. The side and backyards were so depressing I don't even have true "Before" pictures! 2
  • "After" ~ added and enlarged flower beds, arbors, a gazebo and other garden accents enhance the landscape. 8
  • "After" ~ a side yard full of ivy becomes a gazebo garden.
  • "Before" ~ side yard looks bleak even after ivy was cleared, a mulch path put in and new fencing for the dogs put up.
  • "After" ~ the garage is now a garden room, and a shade garden, deck and arbor have been added.
  • "After" ~ Three dead trees cut down and new flower beds and mulched paths made.
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5 Years ~ Before & After in Our Fairfield Garden

Hard to believe but we just marked our fifth anniversary in our "new" old house. Many , many projects later, we still have a few major improvements to finish. This spring is exterior ...»
painting and new garage doors, but we are hiring those done. Even though I'm a good painter and have painted houses before , inside and out, my ladder days are over!

For me, the most rewarding changes have been accomplished in the landscape. My best friend teased the daylights out of me when we bought a house with "tortured shrubbery" (clipped into box and spiral shapes). But it was a half acre after a tiny lot and, even though two-thirds of it was covered in ivy and pachysandra, I knew there was a wonderful garden waiting to happen. And, there was a garden shed and an extra garage on the back of the house to store all my garden tools, pots and whatnot!

See and read some more at http://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/5-years... and on Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/barbrosen/our-fairfield...

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Barb Rosen
Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE 6 days ago
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    Barb Rosen 4 days ago
    Oh, thank you, All Things Heart and Home for your sweet comments!
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DIY Projects: I want to make animal topiary from the neighbors Christmas deer

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Janet Hamelink Wildeboer Grand Rapids, MI 5 days ago
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Apple Blossoms Frame Our Farmhouse on Mother's Day

I'm the luckiest woman in the world! My handsome hubby is waving to me in the orchard as I take this picture between the apple blossoms!
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Karen Savage Middlebury, IN 5 days ago
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    Thank you Miriam and Linnya (beautiful names). Yes, I thought it was special too. It was a ...»
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  • To say the backyard wasn't a selling point for the house would be an understatement.
  • Here's the same view today.
  • While a pair of loquat trees in my neighbor's yard provided some privacy, what stood out most was the chain-link fence.
  • The loquats have grown, but a whole garden of bee- and butterfly-friendly plants hides the fence.
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Share your garden before and after photos

It's prime gardening season in many places right now and we're getting a lot of questions on Hometalk from members facing challenges with their yards. Sometimes it's an old space with a ...»
vexing problem, sometimes it's the blank slate of a new yard. To show you such issues are not insurmountable, I am starting this thread where Hometalk members can show before and after photos from their gardens, and I'll break the ice with two pairs of photos from my own backyard. As the before photos (taken almost exactly three years ago) show, when I bought this neglected little house, the"yard" was nothing but sand and weeds. Today, happily, things look rather different. So start uploading, and let's show folks what can be done!

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Douglas Hunt New Smyrna Beach, FL 7 days ago
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    Appreciate it , Douglas Hunt ! Sorry I didn't get on here to begin with : (
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  • 4' waterfall spilling into the landing area at the top of the stream. www.deckandpatio.com
  • Pondless stream meanders though the landscaping www.deckandpatio.com
  • Water spills over rocks and it makes it's journey to the pondless reservoir.www.deckandpatio.com
  • Waterfall and stream are viewed from this patio lounging space. www.deckandpatio.com
  • Water trickles through the the river gravel. A lot of attention is paid to the stream edges to make them look real. www.deckandpatio.com
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Fun, beautiful and safe for kids...think pondless waterfall and stream

This family has 3 very young children. They wanted a pool but did not feel comfortable with the safety of a pool with their young children. They decided on a fun, beautiful safe pondless ...»
waterfall and stream. The word "pondless" means that the reservoir for the water is underground where it is safe. The 4' high by 8' wide waterfall spills into a large landing area, and then travels down a narrow stream, around side of a lounging patio, and disappears behind evergreens into our pondless reservoir. This water feature gets winterized in December and starts up again in March. Every spring we come in to spruce up the plantings, adding perennials, annuals and mulch. www.deckandpatio.com

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Deck and Patio Company "O... Huntington Station, NY 7 days ago
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    Miriam I 5 days ago
    So relaxing! Love it all.
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  • This is what my backyard looked like after a recent rainstorm. 2
  • lasagna gardening- laying down newspaper on the grass 2
  • covered tthe newspaper with cardboard
  • After running out of newpaper and boxes had brilliant idea to use paper lawn refuse bags to complete the rest of the yard. Still ended up with blisters and sore hands from cutting 55 bags! :(
  • Thought that 5 yards of garden soil would be enough to cover the yard- NOPE- only covered half- Had to order 5 more yards. Mulch is on order for after the planting! 1
  • 5 yards of soil only covered half my yard! Had to order 5 more yards!!!
  • Finally done applying all of the soil (10 yards worth)! Placed birdbath in center-this wil be one focal point in my dream garden! Watered the soil.
  • Mulch added today- My blank garden slate is ready and I am ready to begin transforming my yard into my secret garden! Let the garden games begin :) SOOO excited!
  • I've been buying perennials and herbs to plant.
  • In the meantime, while waiting for "planting time", I bought and installed a cool OUTDOOR sink!!!
  • Some of the seeds we've planted have started to come up ! So excited!!! 1
  • My future grandson-in-law carved a cute little stool out of a tree stump! Here it is by some tulips that have brightened up the yard, motivating me with sign of great things to come! 1
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Transforming my Backyard into a Secret Garden- Part 1

Love my backyard, but after a rainstorm it turns into a lake! I've decided to completely get rid of the grass and transform it into a beautiful, peaceful flower garden retreat. I will not ...»
only be adding soil to the low spots which will help redirect the water, but I will create a beautiful space where I would much rather spend my time with the flowers and plants than cutting the grass :) Huge undertaking, but I am psyched up for it!

So far, I have used some "lasagna gardening" techniques- covered all of the grass (and weeds!) with newspaper, cardboard or paper yard refuse bags. Second step, top that with garden soil mix. I am waiting until I'm sure there are no more frost advisories before I start to plant my flowers and vines. I've started collecting the seedlings I'm going to plant as well as growing some from seeds. (I've got an ENTIRE back yard to fill with flowers!!!) I've been planning my secret garden layout and I can't wait until I can actually start planting my flowers! Wish me luck!

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Irma Trenton, MI on May 08, 2013
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    Irma 5 days ago
    Thanks for the encouragement, Vetsy!
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