Friday, November 29, 2013

Give Your Home A Fresh New Look With New Landscaping

By Johnathan Black


Doing the landscaping on your home can seem like a menial task that no one else will ever appreciate more than you. The issue is, that the landscaping on your home will affect how your neighbours, passers-by, guests and even, potential buyers view your home. It says a lot about the condition and care that the home has received. Use this article to make sure that you are showing off, just how much you care for your home.

While it may be tempting to have a solid cover installed over your outdoor space, it is a much better idea to install shade bars that are open. Less of the area will be covered, since there is open space, but it will allow more heat to escape so that you will be cooler.

If you are planting flowers, and other greenery as part of your landscaping efforts, group similar plants together. Identify plants with similar needs in terms of watering, sunlight and required soil type. This way, you can ensure that you treat all of your plants properly, and can organize your landscaping work more easily.

While you may be tempted to let ivy grow all over your house, do not let that happen unless you are ready to put a lot of effort into properly maintaining and caring for it. Ivy attracts a lot of bugs, including termites and that may end of greatly costing you in the end.

Select plants wisely, because that could seriously affect the result of your overall landscaping project. Don't plant sun-loving plants in shady areas. Don't plant trees where there's not room for growth. Take your time to plant the plants where they can successfully thrive.

While it is common to use chemical insecticides to ward off pests, many of them can cause harm to your plants. They best way to keep bugs away, is to grow plants that naturally repel bugs, or use a natural bug repellent like hot pepper spray, or dishwater on your plants.

You know what you want people to think about you and your home, but sometimes, that is hard to communicate the way you want to. By using landscaping, you can show the world just how much pride you take in your home and how well you care for it. This article has shown you lots of great ways to make sure this happens.




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