Dry landscaping doesn't isn't necessarily unattractive. Water conservation is essential to desert areas, yet dry landscaping is both economical and beautiful. ...
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Rock Gardens
If your property has a slope dotted with interesting or weathered rock formations, you have an ideal spot for a rock garden. If nature hasn't provided you with the ideal location, all you need is a few loads of topsoil and some rocks. If you must bring in your own rocks and soil, start small. The job may be bigger than you think. ...
If your property has a slope dotted with interesting or weathered rock formations, you have an ideal spot for a rock garden. If nature hasn't provided you with the ideal location, all you need is a few loads of topsoil and some rocks. If you must bring in your own rocks and soil, start small. The job may be bigger than you think. ...
Planting a Rock Garden is a great alternative to the normal flower and vegetable garden... ...
Most North Americans use 50 per cent more water in the summer – mostly because of watering lawns and gardens. Unfortunately, carelessness means a lot of water is wasted. Here are 10 tips for more effective watering. ...
Xeriscaping is a method of gardening and landscaping that will reduce your water use and maintenance requirements by as much as 60 percent. Xeriscaping can be done anywhere by any gardener, and in any yard, with the result being a beautiful, even lush, landscape. ...
What is Xeriscaping? The word derives from the Greek word xeros, which means dry. It does not mean buzzards, lizards, and lots of cactus with brown instead of green plants. Nor is it a dry dusty looking rocky landscape, with almost no greenery. ...
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Many gardeners will agree that hand-weeding is not the terrible drudgery that it is often made out to be. Some people find in it a kind of soothing monotony. It leaves their minds free to develop the plot for their next novel or to perfect the brilliant repartee with which they should have encountered a relative's latest example of unreasonableness.
Christopher Lloyd, The Well-Tempered Garden, 1973
