14th September, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
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Do you live in an area where land is tight and water precious?
Your solution may be a Vertical Garden. Hang a garden on the wall, a leafy picture that could thrive without much soil or water. By using succulent’s plants that need little water, so they’re less heavy than other choices and their shallow roots require less soil. Succulent plants have a wide range of shapes, colors and textures.
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10th September, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
Humans aren’t the only ones who look forward to the autumn harvest. Fall brings a bounty of natural foods for our feathered friends, too. But birds are also planning ahead, taking note of yards with bird feeders that can help them weather winter’s cold.
Many of birds’ favorite foods are actually more abundant in the fall. Summer weeds ripen with seeds by October. Many berries only begin to emerge in late summer or early winter, and insects are plentiful. You may think there’s no need to feed your feathered friends during the fall, but if you want them to find your home in the winter, start feeding them in autumn.
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8th September, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
Let’s turn our attention to pathways in your garden. Pathways are necessary in some parts of your property and are very easy to create. Often, they are naturally created because a gardener usually wears a path through the lawn or in the garden. Your kids or your dog may create a path to the sandbox, the doghouse, or the front door. You may also want a straight and narrow path for getting to your car in the morning, taking out the trash, or making your way to a garden bench, or the pool. Constant traffic will kill the lawn and compact the soil. It’s a good idea to provide a stepping stone path around the house and to link it with a garage or shed. Wherever you see a natural path forming, you see another opportunity to add interest to the landscape.
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5th September, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
Does your backyard oasis need a makeover? Are your pillow are looking faded, lights missing in your landscaping, paint starting to peel on your wooden chair? Doing makeover one your backyard oasis can be easy. Just use stuff you already own or can buy super cheap.
Adding lights keep things bright at night. Start by digging out white holiday lights and winding them around posts, railings and trees. You can also use rope lighting (tiny bulbs encased in flexible plastic tubing), which sells for as little as $10 per foot at hardware stores. Then add candles on tables and torch lights. These will also discourage the flying night pest.
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3rd September, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
If you want to spruce up your garden, you should consider putting colorful Garden Decors in your yard. A good example is a Beach Bungalow Birdhouse which you can get from Candy’s Garden Oasis as it can help attract a wide variety of birds in your home patio.
Since there are many beautiful and interesting Garden Decors in the market, you might be tempted to buy different types, colors and sizes of decorous that do not really match your lawn. If you really want to ensure that your decor will enhance the look of your garden, you need to be meticulous about the style and size of the decor that you want to use in your garden. Outdoor Garden Decors
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30th August, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
As the cold creeps in, it’s time for a Fall garden check up. Here is a guide on what to remove, keep, plant, cut back, and how to read and care for your garden during this transitional time. With a few quick fixes, you’ll not only have some gorgeous clippings to dress up your table, but exterior spaces that look lush and lively well into fall.
What to Dig up. Many summer annuals, like zinnias, cosmos and impatiens, will just now be starting to turn yellow and will worsen or die out completely with the frost. These can be dug up and completely removed.
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27th August, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
Leave a comment about your favorite type of birdbath.
Bird loves to take bath and they need fresh water to survive just as we do. They need water to drink and water in which to bathe. Water in these warmer months also helps birds stay cool, just as it does us. If you haven’t provided water for birds during the summer because you think that we had plenty of rain, you may want to consider adding a birdbath to your offerings for the birds.
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24th August, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
A gazebo is a wonderful solution for your garden and backyard hosting options, gazebos are used for a verity of different tasks today, but first and foremost a gazebo is a great place to have family and friends enjoy your garden or your backyard.
A gazebo can certainly add character to one’s garden. Of course, the size of the gazebo should be in accordance with the area of your garden. It will not do to have a small gazebo in a large garden or a large gazebo in a pocket garden. There are several garden landscaping design ideas for adding a gazebo. These garden landscaping design ideas can be from a landscape architect or a person with a great eye for beauty.
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22nd August, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
Leave a comment on your favorite ways for attracting birds.
Food is a great way to get an array of fine-feathered friends to stop by. These include finches, mockingbirds, robins, cardinals, mourning doves, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, as well as the usual suspects: pigeons, house sparrows and starlings. Yards with an abundance of greenery will attract more birds, since they like to feel safe when eating.
Put the feeders up near some cover — a bush or shrub or tree — where they can just grab some food and fly to a protected space and eat it, hanging feeders about five feet off the ground. Making it easy enough for you to reach, and too high for cats and other animals to get at.
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17th August, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
When decorating your patio think of it as an outdoor room.
When I think of patios, I think outdoor living rooms. Patios to me conjure up semi-private, paved with natural stones, furnished with wicker patio furniture, and surrounded by marvelous flowers and greenery.
Perhaps you have a totally different vision of a patio, but whatever that vision is, it is most likely of an outdoor private garden spot, where you can relax on a gorgeous day and take time to appreciate life and nature.
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