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garden design

A Few Tips on Saving Seeds

Like many others, I’d like to cut down on some of my expenses and the idea of saving and swapping seeds from year to year as a way of doing this is appealing. Saving your own seeds increases your self-sufficiency; and they make great gifts!

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Try Your Hand at Greenhouse Gardening

Smaller portable mini greenhouses can be a great choice for beginners looking to try their hand at greenhouse gardening without a large initial investment.

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Save that Sweet, Sweet Rain… Install a Rain Barrel

Harvesting or collecting rainwater from your property can reduce your use of drinking water for landscape irrigation. Collecting rainwater together with the use of native-adapted plants is an effective water conservation technique because it provides “free” water that is not from the municipal water supply. Some benefits to harvesting rainwater are: reducing dependence on ground [...]

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Do you Need a Lawn?

Have you ever wondered if there are viable alternatives to lawn grass?  The fact is attractive landscaping greatly enhances the real estate value of your property.  However, many lawns die every year because of low rainfall, leaving some to seek options offering low maintenance, namely, lawn alternatives.  Homeowners are tired of seeing their lawns die [...]

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Another Dimension with Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental grasses are grown as ornamental plants. Ornamental grass is used in landscape design the way you might use flowers, shrubs or trees. Ornamental grasses come in many different sizes, shapes and colors. The grasses can be brown, bluish, red, green, cream, and variegated. Almost all ornamental grasses are perennials, coming up in [...]

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