Landscaping Irrigation Goes Micro

Micro-irrigation that is. Micro-irrigation is the new ‘hot trend’ in the world of landscaping as it’s the newest way of keeping plants hydrated, keeping water bills low and keeping lawns and landscaping from becoming flooded. The method of micro irrigation is a method of applying water through plastic tubbing and emitters at low pressure to only specific plants and/or areas of the landscaped design.

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Mulching In Mid-Winter? Surprisingly enough, it’s a DO!

The colder temperatures of the winter leave many gardeners neglecting to add mulch to their lawns and flower beds. They’ve maintained their lawns during the fall, prepped for the winter and many don’t think twice until the warmer climates of spring arrive. However, adding mulch in the winter is a key task if gardeners have any hope of having a beautiful garden or lawn in the spring.

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Landscaping Ideas That Are Winter Friendly

The chilling temperatures and snow days will soon be upon the Northern Virginia area, however, just because your lush green lawn will soon be covered in snow doesn’t mean your landscaping efforts and hours spent during the summer have to go unnoticed. A few simple landscaping tips, changes and/or techniques can not only transform the landscape of your lawn but also add to the ambience and aesthetic value to your home.

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Landscaping Technology Paves The Way For New Ideas

Landscaping and lawn care, although enjoyable once the hard work has been finished, is one of the hardest projects to begin. Ideas are thrown around, landscaping supplies are ordered and then the work begins. Then halfway through, the vision changes, the landscaping supplies ordered are either returned or they sit around as trophies for the countless dollars spent, never to be utilized or incorporated.

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Firewood

Everyone always asks what makes good firewood? When buying firewood in our area you have a lot of choices to make. You should be looking for a hardwood mix of firewood. The most common hardwoods in our area are oak, maple, ash, beech, gum?, locust, and walnut. You really don’t have to have all of one species to burn firewood and create heat or atmosphere in your home. You should be looking for wood that is relatively dry. Wood that has been down in log length or split at least for six months. The measure should be true. A cord is 128 cubic feet when properly stacked. You can have firewood delivered to your driveway and dumped, you can have someone stack it for you at your desired location, or you can have it delivered on pallets already stacked and shrink wrapped. All options have their pros and cons. When its dumped, it may be less expensive, but you have to clean up the debris and you have to stack the firewood. Also you have to have a little faith that your supplier has dumped the correct amount. When its stacked for you, you are paying for this service. Beware, this

October 22nd, 2010 zero comments Blog
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Fall fertilization is happening now!

Fall fertilization is happening now. With cool nights and semi warm days you can grow seed up until Christmas in our area. The seed gets moist from the morning dew, then heats up and pop you have grass, providing you have a little help from some organic fertilizers. I recommend organic compost and Orgro rather than chemicals all day long. Chemical fertilizers are way over rated and ultimately wind up in the bay. We all live in the Chesapeake bay watershed. Compost is easy, its natural, and it doesn’t take that much. If you spread your seed and an 1” of compost or Orgro you are giving both the lawn and the seeds the fuel they need to thrive. For those of you not familiar with Orgro, it is a bio-solid manufactured in Baltimore and shipped around the region. It is basically poop that has been cleaned and processed, mixed with lime and wood chips, then screened and dried. A benefit to using this is you use a lot less, more like less than a half inch or so. Plus it really works. Any one that remembers Compro, knows this type of product.

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