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Comments (17)"I really like the idea of trying to raise the canopy. That's something I can do " With a simple hand pole pruner, you can saw off all the low limbs and gather them up in fairly short order. If you must bundle them up for pick-up, begin at the tip end cutting them into the requisite lengths with loppers. Buy quality tools, especially loppers as they will need to hold up to a lot of abuse for this job. "I'm def not a fan of English Ivy though. It's all over the backyard and super invasive. I know it can look decent if managed, but for one reason or another people always seem to let it go." Isn't it completely the people's choice to let it go or not? Let's put this in perspective. English ivy is capable of covering huge amounts of heavily shaded ground with a uniform, beautiful texture, where no grass will grow. It's a workhorse in that department. Imagine if it was grass instead, it would need to be mowed and edged every week all throughout the growing season. That's a fair amount of man-hours. But what do people do with ivy .... absolutely nothing, usually for years! At the end of that they say it's invasive and unmanageable! Ivy never needs height mowing so that's a huge time saver. Where it meets civilized conditions, it needs edging about once a month or at most every 2 weeks if one is very picky. It needs "edging" at trees, but as I already explained, that's a quick, easy job, required only once per year. It's fine to make a personal decision not to have ivy, but then one must accept one of the alternatives ... other plants that collectively require much more labor to maintain, or a dry, barren look of mulch alone. If you bought a back yard that already has ivy, why not explore how to make it useful for you instead of thinking that it's the enemy and must be held in contempt or eradicated? It's already there so not a question of importing an "invasive" species. When I lived in Atlanta, English ivy (it was already there for me, too) was the plant that made having a nice yard in wooded conditions possible....See MoreHELP! Need landscaping or other ideas to improve our curb appeal.
Comments (14)Appreciate all this feedback as our house has been a work in progress for last 15yrs. Was an ugly orange one-tone brick that we painted when purchased and repainted about 3yrs ago off-white with same color trim. There were sage green shutters on all the windows that were rotted and removed. We couldn’t afford to replace at the time. Should we add them back in updated style? We put a new roof on last year and went with brown tones. I like the idea of a darker trim color and maybe even a dark gutters. We’ve struggled with the lawn due to heavy shade and drainage issues. Our House sits below street level on the right side. Two years ago we removed one lg oak that was also on the right-side and limbed up all the other tree. We are considering sodding the entire front yard and tearing out the front walkway to the street we don’t really use it-we live on a really busy street. We moved our mailbox to the side street years ago and added a friends entrance w/porch with a walkway from the street. If we tear out the walkway from street straight to the front door we would replace it with a walkway from the friends entry porch around The house to the front door In front of a landscaped bed along the front foundation. I would say that I’m looking for an overall cottage-look. Im a very visual person so your drawings and pics are VERY helpful!...See MoreImproving Curb Appeal - What would you do to improve curb appeal?
Comments (15)Shutters should appear to be operable, so they would need to be as wide as the window... so if closed, they would cover the window. So no shutters on your house. I agree with taking out the boxwood that have been butchered. If you take the bed all the way to the sidewalk, you need a pocket bed on the left side. Yes to learn more about pruning the Crepe Myrtle. Ever heard of Crepe Murder? It's a thing. LOL Honestly you don't even have to prune them. We had several over 30ft tall at our last house, but you don't want one too tall right next to the house. Having lived in the South all my life, I don't have a problem with the grass since we get rain. No idea where you live, but the grass looks healthy. Unless you want to spend every weekend gardening, or hire a gardener, I would not go to the extreme of removing the grass. If there room for a wooden bench on the front porch?...See MoreLake house curb appeal help!
Comments (4)Your property's setting reminds me of a lakefront vacation property I once managed. You bemoan the lack of greenery, but your plan doesn't take into the account how much greenery would help here. If the chain link fence is yours, I would remove it and replace with one that repeats the look of the stair rail on the far left of the house. This is made of goat wire and would look good for a deck and replacement of the railing at the porch. I would put a deck there that levels out the slope to allow for cooking out. If there were any way to remove some of the asphalt, I would do so. You could do tar and chip to get more of a pea gravel look that wouldn't track into your home. Removing a lot of the mixed hard surfaces would allow you to bring in some planting areas to soften everything....See More- 4 years ago
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