A raised garden bed offers several advantages over a ground-level bed. For one thing, it gives you easier access to your plants, so you don’t have to bend over as far. It also makes it easier to cover your plants in winter (if necessary) and manage the soil content. There are several other benefits of [...]
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June 1, 2009 9:53 am | 
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How do you lay sod and care for it to create a healthy lawn? That’s what we will talk about in today’s landscaping video.
At the end of a long day, there’s nothing like coming home to a nice home with a beautiful lawn out front. But many homeowners are at a loss when it [...]
Lawn Care | Brandon | May 31, 2009 5:05 pm | Comments (3)
Retaining walls can be used in many ways to complement your landscape design. You can use them to enclose a flower bed. You can use them to separate one area of your yard from another. Or you can use them purely for design purposes. You can even accomplish all of these goals in a single [...]
Project Ideas | Brandon | May 30, 2009 6:30 pm | Comments (0)
Saint Augustine grass (or St. Augustine for short) is a type of grass that thrives in warm climates. It is mostly found in the southeastern United States and westward into Texas. I live in the Austin, Texas area, and many of the lawns here use this type of grass. In this blog post, I’ll give [...]
Lawn Care | Brandon | May 29, 2009 11:59 am | Comments (0)
The video below offers instructions on how to install landscape lighting in your yard. These instructions cover some of the most popular techniques for outdoor lighting. In reality, there are too many scenarios to address in one video. But we think you will find this video helpful because it covers the fundamentals of installing landscape [...]
Video Lessons | Brandon | May 23, 2009 6:52 pm | Comments (0)
I live in Texas, so I’ve become quite a fan of desert landscaping projects. We get more annual rainfall than truly arid places like Arizona, but we are still drier than average. This is why I’ve installed so many desert-style landscape features in my yard. In this blog post, I’ll share some of the desert [...]
Landscaping Styles | Brandon | March 7, 2009 3:58 pm | Comments (3)
I used to sit on the patio of my backyard and admire all of the landscaping projects the wife and I had completed. Then I would look at the bare foundation along the back of the house, and I would get the itch. You know the itch I’m talking about … when you look at [...]
Project Ideas | Brandon | 2:17 pm | Comments (7)
Small areas can be a landscaping challenge for a variety of reasons. But with a little bit of planning and forethought, you can easily landscape a small area to make it more functional and attractive.
Today, I’ll share one of my recent projects with you, because it’s a prime example of what I’m talking about. I [...]
Project Ideas | Brandon | 12:53 pm | Comments (1)
This blog offers landscaping videos for homeowners. We gather the best videos created by landscape experts, and we put them at your fingertips. Each landscaping video is accompanied by helpful tips to reinforce the lesson. Thanks for stopping by, and happy viewing!
