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Make Your Neighbours Green With Envy

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When was the last time you stared out of your bedroom window, eyeing up your next door neighbour’s back garden?

Admit it, we all do it.

Mentally measuring the length of the grass, critiquing their taste in gnomes, wondering how much that conservatory cost; you know you do it.

Make your neighbours green with envy with these tips to getting your garden looking beautiful.

 

Grass

The foundation of most gardens is the grass – a beautiful green lawn can make any garden look good.

When you look up and down the road, everyone’s grass is a different colour, this is because everybody cuts, waters and fertilizes it differently, not to mention the fact that there are a variety of common grass types.

You may think your lawn needs cutting, however the longer you leave it the better.

When the grass is longer, it traps more moisture and shades the roots and soil from the sun, which means it won’t dry out and will stay green.

When you do mow it, put your mower on the highest setting and it will look neatly trimmed and greener.

To maintain your green grass, water it at around the same time every morning with regular fertilizing in early and late spring, as well as early and late fall.

 

Flowers

When picking flowers, most people tend to focus on colour. Instead, focus more on texture and size contrasts in order to achieve a diverse, inviting outdoors space, as opposed to an area that has been purposely co-ordinated and looks unnatural.

 

Veg patch

Growing your own may take a lot of setting up, but it can be really worthwhile, money-saving and look great! With your own personal allotment you can grow anything you like, from potatoes to pole beans, radishes to rhubarb. Stick a scarecrow in there for good measure too! Why not?! A vegetable patch can really make a garden look like a practical and delicious haven.

 

Accessories

Move away from the traditional gnomes and terracotta and find some unique garden ware that will have your neighbours saying ’Where can I get one of those?’. But be careful, don’t overcrowd your garden with accessories so much that it takes the attention away from the prettiest accessories… the flowers.

Making your garden look fabulous is a lot of fun, but make sure you regularly maintain it for all year round fabulousness!

Becky is a keen gardener who loves styling her garden with unique garden ware from http://www.nutscene.com/.






5 Changes That Will Help Your Garden Look Like A Forest

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Most people only own a small patch of land and they should treat it as their castle. It’s the only place in the world where you can do almost anything you want because you think it will look nice. When you come home from a hard day at the office you want to appreciate what you have. Not have to keep looking at it and wishing things were different. Luckily it’s not too hard to make something look beautiful without spending all your money, especially if you don’t go crazy.

One place people seem to forget about is the garden. Everyone can walk through the forest and appreciate it because it all looks so tranquil. Why don’t you turn your garden into something that resembles a forest? Somewhere you will feel at one with nature when you step outside to sit in the sun. You won’t find swimming pools and climbing frames in the middle of the forest, but you will find other things so let’s take a look at what you’ll need.

Plant some trees

If you want your garden to look anything like a forest then you won’t get very far without trees. Unless you have a few years to sit around waiting you will need to buy ones that are already quite large. You’re not going to get full-size trees carried into your garden, but you can get some large enough that they actually look like something you might find in a forest. They’ll look much better in autumn when the leaves have fallen onto the ground and everything looks yellow-brown.

Make a little pond

When you’re walking through the forest it’s always nice to find a little lake or a river with some nice fresh water. You obviously won’t be able to create something on such a grand scale in the garden, but you can build a little pond and it will still attract wildlife. If you have children you should think carefully about where you’re going to put it. Don’t have it out of site so you can’t see it from your window, just in case an accident was to happen.

Hide the garden fence

Unless you go for walks in a different forest from me, you don’t see any fences laying around. It looks better and more real when you can’t see them, especially if they aren’t even wooden ones. They probably run all the way around your garden, so how will you get rid of them? You need to use plants and place them either directly in front of the fence, or use a species that will grow into the fence. This means they are completely out of view from the inside and you will forget you even have one.

Get rid of the grass

You do see grass in the forest, but it doesn’t exactly look like proper forest flooring. Something that will look great and give you the feeling of a forest is bark chipping. Just rip up your grass and buy enough bags of bark chipping from the garden center. Once they are lying down on the ground it will give the place a completely different look. If you don’t want to get rid of all your grass you could keep a patch that’s closer to the house. You don’t have to get rid of everything to make your garden look like a forest.

Attract the wildlife

You really need wildlife if your garden. The easiest way to do it is by leaving nuts and seeds out for them to eat. If they have a lovely person providing them with food and making their life easier you can be guaranteed they will stick around. Throw some nuts and seeds around the ground and also have some food plates that hang from the trees. Try to use wooden ones so it still feels like a forest.

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Steven White is a Nature lover and he tries to spread awareness among people to embrace nature through his blogs. He is also an active member of the nashville painters group.

Preparing for Winter: Garden Maintenance tips

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The positive impression a great garden leaves on people visiting a home is something seldom equalled. Great gardens say as much about a home as the house does.

However, the fast-changing environment of a garden means gardening and maintenance go hand in hand . This is especially the case as we enter winter. The high-growth levels of a garden mean that you keep a landscape garden, landscaped you have to work on the area during the summer, while also prepare it for the colder weather. Nevertheless, it’s not as hard as it seems as you see from our basic gardening and maintenance tips to ensure your garden looks great throughout the year.

Plants

Some smart planting can make sure your garden remain bright all year round. Though, plants have certain needs and requirements, with a little know how it can be possible to keep everything in check. The simplest advice for landscape garden maintenance is to know what’s growing and how you should look after it.

Lawns require looking after and mowing is not often enough. During warm weather, grass needs water, and also needs care if you have had a specifically cold winter. Make sure to care for grass during summer, so it heads into the colder period of the year at its strongest.

Trees

Trees also need gardening and maintenance and pruning, dead wooding and keeping their shape is important, but also tough and often a danger without the right tools. Tree surgeons maybe your answer in such a scenario and help you ensure your tree stays healthy. The winter can

Decking

Decking is also something that needs to be maintained. Look into painting, or varnishing the wood and cleaning it with detergent. Even if, it’s not a plant, this is all part of good gardening. Weed the area around and clean any grime, or stains with your garden tool hire. Make sure that it is treated before winter as it can off be hazardous and slippy come colder weather.

Furniture

In a similar manner to that of decking, garden furniture can also be treated roughly by the weather. Cover them with waterproof covering, if they can’t be placed inside in the winter. Clean and look after them when the spring comes to make sure you get the most from them.

Fencing

Fencing is also something often overlooked, however requires a good check after winter to guarantee it is perfect. Replace any broken fencing and look after it, as a good, solid fence can really add aesthetically to your landscape garden.

Following these gardening maintenance tips now will warrant a healthy attractive garden come about later in the year.

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Cormac Reynolds writes for Best At Hire a UK company that provides garden equipment for rent.

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