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Front Yard Landscaping: Spring Clean Up!

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We spent the past weekend yanking weeds, trimming the edges, spreading mulch, and sprucing up our front yard landscaping. In place of wood chips, we buy leaf compost from our township. Now we're just waiting for the perennials to grow. It has been a problem area ever since we re-did our landscaping in 2007.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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This post is a growing list of reviews from travel bloggers. Gardening and Landscaping: Summer is also a time to garden, rejuvenate your landscape, and enjoy an adult beverage in your cozy backyard. Front-Yard Landscaping: 15 Tips To Help You Design Your Landscape and Save Money. Family Travel Destinations: U.S.

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How to Find Free or Low Cost Gardening Seminars

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A local nursery is hosting a Spring Open House over the next two weekend where they are offering seminars on seed starting, growing perennials, landscaping, chickens, and container gardening. Although if I remember correctly, the potato went into the compost; it got moldy before it sprouted. See below picture for our goodies.).

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Square Foot Gardening: Starting Over With New Soil

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Even though I amended the soil in my boxed garden with compost over the years, the majority of the soil was thick, heavy clay that made pulling root vegetables, like carrots, very difficult. The leaf compost was delivered on Friday morning and we started our projects by the afternoon and worked all weekend. Let us know in the comments.

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Summer Fun Guide 2019

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This post is a growing list of reviews from travel bloggers. Gardening and Landscaping: Summer is also a time to garden, rejuvenate your landscape, and enjoy an adult beverage in your cozy back yard. Front-Yard Landscaping: 15 Tips To Help You Design Your Landscape and Save Money. Family Travel Destinations: U.S.

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Gardening Tip | Starting with Seeds

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Growing fruit, vegetables and herbs is frugal and fun. You may have a dedicated space where you grow food, but if you don’t, keep reading because the information here also applies to edible landscaping and container gardening. For the cost of one plant you could buy a packet of seeds and grow thirty plants!