Fall gardening can provide you with a host of plants, vegetables and flowers. To improve your fall gardening results, it is important to know your growing zone. In the coming weeks, I will provide information on how you can improve your gardening results. These blogs are intended to help you make your garden grow. Introduction […]
Gardener’s Basic Soil Mix
Gardener’s Starter Soil Topsoil We harvest and use local area topsoil, which we screen through our machine. We use this material in our Gardener’s Basic Soil Mix, ensuring that our basic garden blend provides a strong foundation for healthy plant growth. Compost Our compost is used in conjunction with our screened topsoil. Our compost generally includes vegetable […]
Landscape Gardening
Landscape gardening has often been likened to the painting of a picture. Your art-work teacher has doubtless told you that a good picture should have a point of chief interest, and the rest of the points simply go to make more beautiful the central idea, or to form a fine setting for it. So in […]
Soil Permeability
Soil permeability describes how water (or other liquid) and air are able to move through the soil. In the case of rainfall or irrigation, water moves very easily through highly permeable soils and very slowly through soils with low permeability. Importance Permeability refers to the movement of air and water through the soil. This is important because it affects the supply […]
How To Build Retaining Walls
Retaining walls can add beauty to a landscape and enhance the value of a property. In addition, the wall can retain slopes to create usable, level ground. For stability, all large retaining walls should be constructed with approved plans and permits. Before beginning construction, it’s important to secure approved plans, permits and contact Ms. Utility. […]
Swimming Pool Designs
Swimming pools provide a great way to relax, exercise, and enjoy yourself on a hot summer day, coming in a variety of different shapes and sizes. To efficiently and safely operate a swimming pool, you’ll need to have a pump, basin, water filter, chemical feeder, return, drains, and the proper plumbing to transport your water. […]
Seven Ways to Attract Wildlife to Your Garden
In a climate-friendly garden, you plant strategically to attract natural predators to take care of the pests you don’t want in your garden. Here are seven way to attract wildlife to your garden. Some ways you can work toward attracting predators to help care for your garden naturally. Doing this means you don’t need to […]
Gravel Driveway Repairs
Gravel driveways are relatively simple to install and add great country character to those properties that put them in place. However, no matter how hard you work to protect them, heavy storms and other natural events will likely leave you to deal with potholes, depletion, erosion, and more. Don’t let these drawbacks keep you from […]
Organic Gardening
The words “going green” have become synonymous with organic gardening. If you are thinking of “going green” one of the ways to do so is to convert your yard or garden into an all natural state. This simply means you will substitute all natural ingredients, in lieu of manmade chemicals, into your yard or garden […]
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