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Create Stunning Bonsai Trees - With Very Little Work?
There's finally a quick and easy, Step by Step, A to Z guide to creating your very own Bonsai Trees…even if you're new at it and you're not exactly a "green thumb".

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25 Oct 2006 at 2:30am
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Landscaping With Rocks
24 Oct 2006 at 3:45am
Landscaping With Rocks

Understand that every individual has varying ideas of determining what they want their landscape to look. Even if not all that you see is something that you want to utilize and incorporate in your own garden, get whatever ideas from the garden that attract you and integrate it into your garden, as you […]

Desert Landscaping
24 Oct 2006 at 2:30am
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Wildlife Landscaping
22 Oct 2006 at 4:45pm
Wildlife Landscaping

Everyone is responsible for the environment. Individuals can help by making ones home friendly to wildlife and animals either big or small.

Plants draw different kinds of wildlife, different species of birds, butterflies and chipmunks to name a few. You must choose what kind of animals you want to attract to your home.

The first […]

Bird Friendly Home
22 Oct 2006 at 3:00pm
Bird Friendly Home

Homeowners want to beautify the home. This could mean adding flowers to compliment the color of the home or putting figurines in the garden and by making the place attractive for birds.

Since there are many species of birds and some are only there during the migration period, it is best to study […]

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Fall is in the air and one of the first rituals of the fall season is to prepare for Halloween. The hard work of the summer landscaping season is over and it is now time to enjoy the fall leaves changing by adding to the scenery of your lawn and garden for the entire neighborhood to enjoy. This means transforming your lawn and garden from a colorful array of summer flowers to a collection of fun or scary Halloween decorations.

 

Keep in mind that many of the best Halloween decorations can come right out of your lawn and garden. There are several fall flowers that will still provide blooms as a nice backdrop to your Halloween decorations. Chrysanthemums come in a variety of deep shades, like maroon or even a deep orange, which will provide a wonderful backdrop for your Halloween display. Marigolds are also a great choice for adding color to your Halloween lawn and garden decorations. You can also use items from your own lawn and garden that would otherwise be thrown away this time of year. These include gourds and squash or even cornstalks or dead leaves that have fallen from the trees. All of these natural items help to create a wonderful [Halloween display] and many of these items can be used with other things from the home to create lawn and garden decorations. Using items from the garden will help to create a Halloween display without spending a great deal of money. Another way to keep from going broke when creating your Halloween lawn and garden decorations is to use items from around the house. This is also a great way to get the kids involved in craft projects. Of course, one of the most popular homemade items for a Halloween lawn display is a simple white sheet. You can help your kids cut out eyes and a mouth, stuff the head with cotton or other sheets and tie it off to be hung on the front of the house. Consider using old yard clothes that have been ripped or torn. After a season of gardening, you are sure to have a variety of different clothes that need to be cleaned out of the closet. Before throwing these clothes out, why not stuff them with old leaves or dried grass or hay, add a few rips and maybe some fake blood and make a scary display on the front lawn. If you live in a house that is dark, a great way to provide light for the trick-or-treaters is to line small carved pumpkins along the driveway and place candles or small glow sticks inside. This can also be done with paper bags that have Jack-O-Lantern faces carved on the front, but be extremely cautious as an unknowing or unfriendly trick-or-treater may knock them over. Pumpkins are a bit safer as they will not catch fire as easily as a paper bag. Remember when adding to your Halloween lawn and garden decorations that using features already available in your landscaping is the best way to go. If you have a lamp post, use it to tie up a scarecrow or a cornstalk. If you have shrubs around the front of the home, consider some fake spiderwebs. For those with large trees in the front yard, consider creating a witch to hang from the trees or even a homemade ghost. There are endless ways to add the Halloween spirit to your lawn and garden without having to rearrange the landscape you spent all summer creating.