Benefits of Using Sand in Landscaping Homeowners or landscape owners who plan to create a new garden need to prepare the soil for better growth of grass and plants. People use many ways to improve their soil, and adding sand is one of them. Many landscape owners and gardeners use sand in their soil to create a wonderful soil mix for their plants. Sand provides many benefits to garden soil, but many people are still unaware of its benefits. Let us explore all the benefits of adding sand to your garden soil. Establishing Air Pockets When you add coarse sand grains to the soil, it develops small areas of air…

When designing the landscape, you tend to think more of the plants that you’re going to set up, whether they will be flowery or dense, green foliage, how well they will define the space, etc. But most of the time you forget that lighting is a part of the landscape too. It can make your building stand out when it’s dark and enhance the architecture.  Just setting up any form of light won’t do the job so well. You need to know what type of lighting will go well with the landscape and all the related stuff. Confused? Don’t be; just scroll on!   Consider the energy costs  Brightness isn’t…

How to Hire a Home Turf Care Service for a Healthy Summer Lawn While summers bring in the joy to head to the beach and indulge in your favorite ice-creams, it also can be pretty tough. For people who live in the warmer climatic zones, the season also acts as one of the toughest to maintain the lawn. The ability to water them less frequently happens to be one challenge. On the other hand, the heat drying up the soil very quickly can be another challenge. Only these factors are enough to contribute towards the poor health of the grass, leave alone the other plants and flowers. So, what is…

Essential Garden Maintenance Tips If you want your garden to keep looking as majestic and as exotic as the day it was finished, then you will have to tend to it regularly to keep it in tip-top shape. Here are a few essential garden maintenance tips that will make your garden the envy of the neighborhood: IRRIGATION AND WATERING   The plants in your garden will need to be watered regularly if you want them to survive. Unless, it’s a garden of cacti of course, then you can skip to the next tip. While rainfall should be able to provide your garden with all the moisture it needs, you should…