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Landscaping Around the House »   A step by step guide about Landscaping your home

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      CommentAuthorH-C
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2010 edited
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    Landscaping around the house, where do you even start? There are many techniques, landscape design ideas, and good tips for placement of trees, shrubs, rock, mulch, landscape borders and the list can be quite long.

    Link to the full article on this site



    guide about landscaping your home
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      CommentAuthorSteve
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2010
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    Also you may be interested in Landscaping to Save Money!

    And how you can lower your heat and cooling Expenses. Landscaping around your home is not just for looks. When trees and shrubs are planted correctly, it can save money for heating or cooling your house. Check this link also for more information
    • CommentAuthorRichard
    • CommentTimeMar 7th 2010
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    anything to save a buck, but you need to put up the expense up front, but the cost over time I am sure pays for itself. I am looking foward to add to my landscaping or to improve the landscape at my house. I just have questions on all the types of trees or bushes and the correct place to plant them. I think it does make sense to plan it out carefully, and I think it can be done yourself, I know it costs a fortune to hire landscapers and the more I think about it, I know why.
    • CommentAuthorPlanX
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
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    Which do you think is better for landscaping, growing up a tree or buying a grown tree and replanting in our backyard, front-yard, at the side of the house?

    Will be it alright if we plant fruit bearing bushes like berries?
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    What is your favorite mulch? We have tried a lot of different mulches and I'm not 100% sold on any of them yet. I want one that looks great and does not attract bugs or bees. We use mulch around the trees, in the flower beds (we have 4 big beds) and in the swing set/play area. Would you use all the same or change it up? We own 6 acres of land.
    • CommentAuthorchelles
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
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    If I can save some money to put towards the bigger issues we need to deal with for this house, its fine. I never mind any work that is DIY but right now the land is the hardest task for us, it seems the soil is just "blah" and nothing will grow.
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      CommentAuthorSteve
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
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    Every Landscape, yard, lawn, and around the house is different. The mulch is somewhat a question of personal preference, there are many colors or flavors on the market. Most mulch does do the job of retaining moisture in the soil for the plants, shrubs, or trees. I like Red Cedar mulch, but that is my favorite, I like the look, and cedar is also a good natural insect repellant, I also use the pet cedar bedding for my dog's house, which keeps insects away from the dog.

    another tip: check with the City you live in, or other agencies, forest agency etc, that may provide free mulch or inexpensive mulch as they remove dead/old trees from areas. The only thing, is that you get what you get, may not be red cedar but it will not be 3 or 4 dollars a bag. Put the free stuff in an area that does not need to look as good.
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      CommentAuthorH-C
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010 edited
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    Here is a quick example of a tree planting to help. I know an Autumn Blaze Maple can be currently purchased for $100-125 for about a 5 foot tree. I planted a 5-6 foot tree 5 years ago and I now see that it is close to 25 feet tall and 15 feet wide. Not bad, a little expensive at first, but won't kill you. 5 years later and a large tree with plenty of shade. If you start too small of a tree, fast growing or not, it will take forever to get a nice sized tree, I would start at 5-6 feet and pay the price. Larger trees will cost a lot more, depends what you want to spend, but if you do plant a small tree, be prepared to wait to see it get big.
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      CommentAuthorSteve
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2010
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    • CommentAuthorjolix
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2010
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    I agree it is a good investment in buying a bigger tree since you don't have to wait to long time for the tree to grow. If you have some trees already and looking to add more than go forth small ones and save money.
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      CommentAuthorSteve
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2010
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    Another option for the tree landscaping is fast growing trees, if you are looking at adding new trees to an existing yard or starting new plantings in a new yard. Larger trees are costly. You can choose to pick smaller less expensive, but fast growing trees.

    I listed a few common fast growing trees below, all grow about 3 or more feet per year, and close to 15-20 feet in 3 years. (I was just thinking and probably should be a new discussion, but fits good in this thread also).

    Green Ash
    Autumn Blaze Maple
    Sycamore
    Weeping Willow
    Quaking Aspen
    Poplar
    • CommentAuthorRichard
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2010
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    The Autumn blaze maple is a nice tree, If I remember correctly, it is a cross between other Maples and has good qualities of the maple tree, which makes it grow faster and resistant to disease and insect problems also.
    • CommentAuthorLou
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2010
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    I like that red cedar mulch, it works out great around my shrubs and plants, I like the vibrant color and that fact it repels bug, the only thing I noticed it fades faster in the direct sun.
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      CommentAuthorH-C
    • CommentTimeAug 3rd 2010 edited
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    Here are some more good points, please check out Simple Landscaping Ideas. This thread hopefully will get you started with some simple inexpensive landscape ideas.

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