What will you be doing outside this Memorial Day weekend? A well manicured landscape is one of the best places to spend a pleasant holiday with family and friends! Enjoy grilling out on the patio or fire up the burners in your outdoor kitchen. If you have a pool, enjoy swimming with the kids or delight in … [Read more…]
Memorial Day is right around the corner and many homeowners will be outside enjoying their landscape. Since Memorial Day also marks the unofficial beginning of barbecue season, many people will also be firing up those grills. However, for those who love to entertain and dine outside, they take pleasure in utilizing their custom outdoor kitchen … [Read more…]
As many of you Kansas City gardeners may know, the warm spring gave us a bit of a shock this year. If you hadn’t done your pruning and other timely spring garden chores yet, chances are they slipped right by you. But one thing you still have time to do is cut back your perrennials in the … [Read more…]
Do you know what greywater is? Greywater is basically any household wastewater except that from toilets. On average, 50-80 percent of household wastewater is greywater that comes from bathroom sinks, dishwashers, showers, tubs, and kitchen sinks. There are quite a few benefits to recycling greywater for irrigation. Using greywater outdoors during the warmer months can … [Read more…]
Many homeowners know this, but for some it can still take a little convincing – landscaping is one of the best home investments you can make. Let’s take a look at a great example of this featured on Yahoo! Voices. In a past episode of HGTV’s Bang For Your Buck, the hosts put the landscaping return on investment … [Read more…]
If your Kansas City area yard is currently suffering from mice, squirrels, cats, rats, beavers or moles, your best protection may very well be to use woven wire or metal barriers to protect your trees and garden beds. You may be turned off at the idea of wires around your precious, beautiful lawn and garden, … [Read more…]
One thing that is very important now that we are in the month of May is water management.You may not be aware, but delaying your watering in May is a good idea because it encourages grass roots to grow deeper in order to create a more drought resistant, healthy lawn. Need a few more watering tips … [Read more…]