Need ideas for a bbq area/landscape ideas
K Waite
6 years ago
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Kim in PL (SoCal zone 10/Sunset 24)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoK Waite
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landscape ideas for my front door area
Comments (3)Most newbies to landscaping think too small. Agree with above advice to make the bed curve w-a-y out from the house corner, then curve towards the walkway. Also think about a smallish tree out from the corner (on a diagonal). Then, in keeping with the low porch/landing pad, and the low window, keep the landscaping low and soft. Maybe lambsears all along the outside curve. Fill in with (rose glow) sedum, and white daylily (Joan Sr.) My fav small tree is multi-trunked Serviceberry. It blooms early, makes tasty blueish berries that people and birds LOVE. Go bold and beautiful. Pondy...See MoreFrugal landscaping ideas - Williamsburg, VA landscaper needed?
Comments (11)You're kidding, right? In my region you'd pay $60 - $100 for good sized shrubs from a reasonably priced nursery. You'd pay about half that for the big box storesÂand they'd be about 1/3 the size. Think waiting 2 to 3 years for the smaller shrubs to catch up. Trees? Well, they'd be a bit pricierÂIs the work being priced just for the front yard? I've received several bids for a small landscape project in my backyard that would include re-grading mistakes of the distant past. (Note: You bet there's a warning here. Poorly done grading can mean water issues.) The quotes are coming in at $5,000 to $6,500, if we go with a newly paved patio after the grading. That's for a relatively small area of my modest overall landscape. You want shrubsÂa 50' hedge rowÂgrading seedingÂetc.? I guess I'm wondering who will evaluate the grade and get the drainage right, who will plan for decks, patios, walkways? What about exterior lighting, automatic watering? Sounds to me as though you already have this as cheap as possible Believe me, for 10k you'll get what you paid forÂand it probably won't be much. How much consultation with the LA will you have? Are you just receiving some sort of "standard package" or will the LA give you personal attention and all the different kinds of plan drawings that come with a professional LA? Are you getting the feeling of "Here's your grade work. There's your seed. Here's your row of hedge row shrubs. See ya' later!" (Sound of truck driving off rapidly.) If it were me, I'd be driving over to talk to this guy's previous customers. How happy are they? What does their landscape look like? I'd be talking with friends who have done landscape work that appeals to me and asking them what it cost. Either way, you might be better off putting $5,000 toward consultation with a reputable landscape architect firm for the purpose of developing a comprehensive site-analysis and exterior plan. The work doesn't have to all be implemented at once, but can be done in phases. I'd particularly recommend such a course for someone who aims to have low-maintenance. No landscape can be maintained without some care, and it takes thoughtfulness and planning to get something that is both attractive and relatively trouble free. A really beautiful home can be made into a sad, depressed looking trollop if the exterior work is done too much "on the cheap". Mistakes can damage your home and be costly to fix later on. Think in terms of spending 10 to 20 % of the cost of your home. That's the "rule of thumb" that's out there. Wellspring, who is just a homeowner somewhere on the low-cost-of-living prairie...See MoreIdeas for landscaping areas next to a dock
Comments (2)Perennial peanut 'Ecoturf.' Blooms constantly during all but the coldest months. It would smooth everything out and green it up. Start with gallons, but if you need to, it's easy to start from sections of plants that have roots. Like any groundcover it grows sideways and needs to be edged. Can be edged easily with Round-up for any that gets to far ranging....See MoreHow would you landscape this area? Any ideas welcome, new build.
Comments (30)maybe just mix in a few shovel's worth of sand Sand needs to make up more than half of a planting soil before it starts to affect aeration and drainage. So to produce such effects the existing sand content of a soil has to be augmented with enough additional sand to end up with such a final percentage of sand. Otherwise amending of individual planting holes so that a pocket of different soil texture is created within a larger area can often have adverse effects on recently planted stock due to how movement of water into and out of the amended hole is affected by the involved textural differences. This can result in slowed growth, sometimes even failures. With this phenomenon not being generally noticed due to plants growing away normally once they have rooted beyond the amended hole, into the zone of unmodified soil around the hole that they should have been planted in direct contact with in the first place....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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