Gardening Articles on Landscaping

So the deal with these gardening articles is that they don't really fit elsewhere but I think they're important information to share with you. This is the gardening miscellaneous file. :-)

Whether it is a formal landscaping contract you're thinking of signing or the costs to do the landscaping yourself, this page contains a growing number of practical hints and tips for the hands-on landscaper.

The objective is to give you as many good hints and tips (things you can do yourself and what you may contract out) as possible in one page and I hope that's being accomplished.

If you have a suggestion for another article, please use the contact me page with the suggestion and I'll put it on my to-write list (although you won't get a personal answer - sorry)

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Gardening Pots

gardening pots You can't think of anything more boring than gardening pots but I can tell you a good pot makes the difference between a good garden and a great garden.

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Outdoor Lighting

outdoor lighting An evaluation and comparison between the three kinds of outdoor lighting with advantages and disadvantages for each. Should help you make the decision.

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Garden Mulch

garden mulch I won't garden without garden mulch and once you understand it cuts your weeding by 90% if applied properly, neither will you.

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Landscape Contracts

landscape contracts When you're presented with a landscape contract, it's important to know what it says and this is the non-lawyer presentation on things you need to look out for (and why they're in the contract)

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Costs: Trucks and Labor

Landscaping Cost Numbers for labor and truck use. This will give you some sense of what it's going to cost to do certain kinds of things in your garden.

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Virtual Landscaping

A virtual landscaping and free garden design software package for those with a technical bent. Not for computer beginners I'm afraid as this is very powerful software.

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