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Luxurious outdoor living space ideas for decks and patios |
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Written by Rhonda
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 Designing a functional, flexible outdoor space is much like designing an interior room. Develop your outdoor living room plan in a sequence, working from the most general to the most specific features. Commit your design to paper, preferably to scale, and include all elements of your yard, including the pool, deck, patio, landscaping and walkways.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 April 2010 19:09 |
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Celebrate Fall With a Burst of Colour in Your Garden |
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Written by Rhonda
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 00:00 |
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 Welcome the new season's colours! The brilliant reds, vibrant oranges, gilded yellows, and the muted browns and lavendars all play a hand in creating a spectacular fall garden. The burning bush (Euonymus alata) is turning fire red as are some of the leaves of the sumacs and red (Acer rubrum) maples. The Katsuras and Aspens display lovely golds and purples as do the Ashes (Fraxinus). Fall bulbs planted in the spring arrive showing their autumn beauty and right now you can find a mum (Chrysanthemum) in most every colour and every size.
Fall is a great time for planting,too! The air is cooling while the soil temperatures are still warm. New lawns created now will become established and thrive through the winter dormancy and sprout up nice and green come spring. Trees and shrubs that are transplanted at this time of the year are less apt to be stressed due to the seasonal changes of cooler air and still-warm soil temperatures. Some perennials will benefit from being divided at this time as well. This is a wonderful time to plant those spring flowering bulbs too. One of the first flowers to bloom in late winter/early spring is crocus and daffodils. Some not so familiar ones would be SnowDrops or Galanthus nivalis that literally peak out from under the snow! So plant now for some lovely spring colour!
There is still time to pick peaches and the apple picking season is upon us. Get out to your local farms and check out the pickings! What's your favourite apple? Happy Gardening!
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 01:26 |
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Whether you are a private homeowner or professional contractor, it is very important that you call the one-call utility notification center be
What a better way than to get friends and family together for an afternoon or evening of fun by sharing a common interest and love in crafting, particularly, scrapbooking. Show and tell your newest pieces of work, finish works in progress, learn a new technique, work with a new tool; these and the comraderie are the fun when hosting a crop or going to one.