By Carina
Previously on our New Front Yard...
New Front Yard, Where to Start?
Working with a Landscape Designer
Modern Landscape Design Plan
All the time that we've talked about putting in a new yard has now boiled down to the hard work. We have to get rid of about 4 trees and deal wit...
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By Carina
This summer we're re-doing our front yard from a boring mess, with variations on green and tedium, to a cool, drought-tolerant, modern landscape design.
I decided what was most important to me in a new yard (native plants, bright colors, unusual look,) and then worked with a landscape designer ...
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By Carina
When it came to figuring out what to do with my new front yard, I knew I needed help. I am a recovering black thumb who doesn't love to garden. However, I need a garden because I don't want my house to be ugly, nor for my neighbors to hate me. I contacted my friend Jennifer because she's a landscape...
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By Amy Allen Johnson
Since Carina's working on her front yard, I decided it's time my own yard got some attention. Guess where I got stuck? In the big pile of clay that is otherwise known as my backyard. Here's a great lesson from TLC Home on how to amend your soil.
How do you fix clay-heavy soil? You mig...
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By Carina
I am not a gardener. I lived in a condo for ten years in large part to avoid gardening. However, the older I get, the more the idea of a beautiful yard and garden start to grow on me. I also don't want my neighbors to hate me for having the worst yard in the hood.
Moving into our house almost thr...
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By Janelle Sorensen
It’s summertime and the weeds are growing like, um, weeds. Instead of reaching for a toxic chemical that could be harmful to your family or pets, try one of these easy natural ways to kill weeds quick.
1. Use mulch to smother weeds.
Covering garden soil with a mulch blocks weeds. Use two o...
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By Erin Oltmanns
Back in January when I drafted my list of 11 Easy Things I was going to accomplish in 2011, I was in my third trimester and knee-deep in home construction. Time for an update!
My husband completed our basement in mid-February. He’s a construction ninja!
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By Carina
I'm not having resolutions this year, I'm having "Things." "Things" make me feel like my resolution list is less about some out there goal and more like an awesome checklist t...
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By Erin Oltmanns
In 2011, we are finishing our basement, welcoming another baby into our family and I’m working on evo ’11...this is not the year for tackling the Iron Man Triathlon, starting my Master’s Degree or getting my book published.
This is the year of the gloriously mundane. The year that I attempt...
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By Rachael Herrscher
That phrase reminds me of being a teenager. Or sitting in a freshman college course and bombing a project. But the truth is that phrase packs a pretty good punch.
I sat down today and made my families “Summer Plan”. Every summer I seem to get to the end and wish I had done so much more.
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