Category : Landscaping & Garden & Landscape : Home & Garden

Hunter Solar Sync Sensor

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Hunter has recently released the newest in a long line of irrigation sensors called the Solar Sync, which most likely will change the way most people monitor watering their yards making rain and freeze sensors a thing of the past. Now most irrigation sensors just monitor rain fall and shut the irrig

How to Edge & Border Flower Beds

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Garden beds can add aesthetic appeal to your yard, and if properly maintained, including well-defined neat edges, they can add value to your home. An article on CNN Money cites a University of Michigan study that indicates that high-quality landscaping may add an additional five to 11 percent to to

Pavers and You

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In the last few years there has been an increase in do-it-yourself projects by many homeowners. With friendly, helpful employees at the home improvement stores plus hundreds to how-to videos on line, just about anyone can create, design, and complete almost any project. You do have to have certain s

Varieties of Zoysiagrass

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Found naturally in coastal regions and grasslands, zoysiagrass is a warm-temperature turfgrass (turfgrass being of a higher endurance than standard lawn grass). Native to East Asia and the South Pacific, zoysiagrass is now cultivated all over the world, particularly in subtropical regions...

Post Hole Boring Tools

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A large truck-mounted auger is used to bore post holes.drill rig, image by Greg Pickens from Fotolia.comInstalling fences, mailboxes or plants all require that some sort of hole is bored into the ground to accommodate them. Although shovels are the first tool of thought when it comes to...

Video: Eating Organic Spinach

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Video Transcript Alright, now we're going to sit down and eat some spinach. First we're going to start off with a little lettuce because we don't want to eat just spinach. Course, I mentioned it before that, pound for pound, spinach has as much protein as meat does, so first we'll get...

How to Build a Stone Gate Post

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From angular retaining walls in an English garden to bucolic, low-slung property walls that line curving country roads, stone provides an ideal building material for homeowners. Building a stone gate post adds both strength and substance to your property, regardless of whether you have a formal or n

Problems With Bay Grasses

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Bay grasses are underwater grasses that grow in the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland. Unlike plants that grow on land, which have rigid stems and leaves, bay grasses have specialized cells that allow them to float in the water. They’re important to the environment because they provide food and