Improve Your Home’s Landscape in 6 Easy Steps
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Design Ideas, Garden Decor, Gardening
Think that improving the look of your home and garden requires too much time and money? It doesn’t have to. Here are 6 easy ways to spruce up the appearance of your home. These solutions won’t cost a fortune and won’t take long to complete, but it will look like they did!
STEP 1: CREATE AN [...]
You Can Have a Mosquito Free Yard
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Bugs in the Garden
In addition to the fact that mosquitoes are both annoying and cause some level of discomfort when you’re unfortunate enough to be the entree on their daily menu, they also carry disease which can affect the animal, bird and human populations. In order to keep the possibility of such a fate to a minimum, you’ll [...]
How to Lose Weight While Gardening
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Gardening
Have you ever dreaded the idea of pulling weeds, planting a tree, or pushing a lawn mower around the yard?
Does just thinking about it make you sweat? I am sure the majority of are nodding your heads in agreement. What I am about to suggest only takes a slight change in your thinking and a [...]
Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Design Ideas, Gardening
Naturalized bulbs look beautiful in a wooded setting. You can plant them and leave them to multiply. After the bulbs bloom the foliage will die down, but you can interplant bulbs with ground covers for a carefree and beautiful garden.
For a natural look you should arrange your bulbs informally. If you toss them and plant [...]
Tips To Improve Your Decor
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Garden Decor
Gardens are not just places where one grows plants and vegetables. To complement the amount of effort you put in here, you should try and improve your garden decor so that your garden looks beautiful, even without flowers. Here are some tips to help you work on it:
Signature of the Backyard Gardener
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Garden Decor
Most gardeners know that just the right amounts of sunshine & water combined with great soil and hard work bring their backyard oasis to life. Quickly, after the snow melts, the ground thaws and our singing feathered friends return, each spring gardeners across the country look forward to rolling up their sleeves and getting their [...]
Theme Garden Decor
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Garden Decor
A garden can be a place of peacefulness, or a place of entertainment. It really is all to you and the type of garden décor that you choose. The point of garden décor is to bring your garden together.
Garden décor is similar to home décor but with different elements. For your garden you would use [...]
Winter Gardening
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Gardening
Ok, the title might be a tad bit misleading. I am not suggesting that you actually garden during the winter but you should be using this time to plan your upcoming garden.
As you look out at your yard and garden area during the cold months of winter, let your thoughts run wild and you will [...]
Landscaping Garden Design
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Design Ideas
Using a Bubble Graph
This is a simple example of a bubble graph or diagram. This one was designed using Microsoft paint which is usually on most computers using windows. Pencil and paper or any drawing program you choose will work just as well.
Gardening for Butterflies
December 3, 2007 by ladybirdbeetle
Filed under Bugs in the Garden, Gardening
While we humans may like our gardens because of the way they look or the inviting spaces in them, butterflies visit our gardens for their own non-aesthetic reasons: they are looking for nectar sources and larval plant foods. To truly entice these lovely creatures into our yards and gardens, we need to give [...]
