The Grass Could be Greener

You probably never thought that your garden could be greener, without adding more water. But these days everyone’s talking about eco-friendly ideas, and yes, your home garden can be part of the solution. The most obvious eco-element is trees, of course. Not only do trees add shade and remove carbon dioxide from the air while producing oxygen, they also help prevent soil erosion.

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Moving Your Outdoors to Your Indoors.

With the idea of more ‘outdoor living’ coming into vogue, many of us are planning to change our interiors so that they can include the outside more easily. Often fads in home design are ignored by many because they are just that: fads. However, the outdoor living idea is being adopted by the majority, perhaps because it is something many of us were already doing.

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Polish Your Home

Real estate is like any industry, a product has to look appealing for people to want to buy it. Just like the bruised and scabby apples will be the last ones chosen in the produce isle, so the houses with glaring flaws sit on the market, unsold. Sure, there are those that scout-out the best deals and often buy up damaged homes on potentially valuable lots, however your average home buyer needs to want to live somewhere in order to consider buying it.

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Landscaping Like You Love the Earth

It is just a little bit ironic that landscaping, the practice of caring for and arranging the earth and growing things in a certain area, can potentially be one of the worst things for adding toxic pollution to the ground. With the abundance of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and similar products that are being spread on lawns, parks and gardens around the country, it’s almost enough to have them designated as toxic waste dumping sites. Further, water use in the average city can rise as much as 50 percent when people start watering their lawns and gardens in the summer, making resource use another negative environmental impact of landscaping. Fortunately, this isn’t necessary, and there are a lot of ways to garden and landscape safely, in ways that will promote health instead of increasing the chances of illness.

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Common Sense for Novice Green Fingers

If you have finally decided that you will have to change your way of life and save money by growing your own vegetables, then you still have time to get a crop in for this year. If you have never done it before there are many sites online and many magazines that take you through it, step by step. If you are a total novice, here are a few tips for easy vegetable growing.

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The Perfect Lawn

Imagine the perfect lawn. One that never has to be mowed, watered, fertilized or weeded. No you’re not dreaming. Ask anyone with an artificial lawn, and they’ll tell you it is very much a reality. These simulated lawns feel and look like grass and always look green, but without the work. It doesn’t matter if your lawn is subjected to heavy traffic, shade, or pets, it always looks great.

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Websites for Do-It-Yourself Gardeners

Some of the best gardening and landscaping advice is available write at your fingertips - on the web. Dozens of sites boast free plans, plant encyclopedias, gardening tips and articles discussing everything from Chic Chinese Pavilions to creating a French-Country Backyard. I’ve attempted to wade through this maze of information and have provided a short list of the top four I found most helpful.

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Your Own Japanese Garden: Part 2

The addition of a Japanese garden to your front yard may enhance the salability of your home. An intriguing front yard of any type adds ambiance to a property. If a prospective buyer is drawn to your yard, perhaps he may be intrigued enough to view your home.

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Your Own Japanese Garden: Part 1

Ever walked past someone’s garden and been so enraptured by the front yard that you hardly registered what the house looked like? In these days of the difficult-to-shift property market, that is the kind of garden you want.

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Preparing Your Yard For Spring

Spring is traditionally the time when we all think about our yards coming out in bloom again. It is also the best time to transplant any plants that you want moved. Many gardens are still under snow and frost for January and February, but if you have moved into a new home, you can still make plans and take soil tests, etc.

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