A good house is incomplete without a lawn, a walking pathway, and a good flower garden. But it is just not one area of the lawn that needs attention, but the entire property to make the home beautiful. The entire outdoor space needs to be organized, it needs to be well designed and paid attention to. The property needs to be worked completely from the fence line to the rocky places of it. Let us look at some basic landscaping that you could undertake.
The Fence Line
- This area of the property is generally neglected and not considered worthy of attention. There have been many homeowners who look at the area of their fence and then simply plant a few shrubs. This is one way to have the task completed, but not the most appropriate thing to do.
- First things first, get rid of any brush or debris on the fence line, weed out any grass that is growing wild and trim grass if it has overgrown. Along the fence line, you have another opportunity that is both beneficial as well as add to the ornamentation of the fence, this is too grown vegetables, whereby you end up growing your own food too.
- Growing of ornamental plants is also a good idea around this region; you could choose to grow grass types such as cape and muhly grass. When these grow to their correct age they will fill out any open space and give a grand look to your landscape.
The Lawn
A lawn simply has great value to what you may own as property. It not only plays a part in the relaxation and recreational part of our lives but also helps to keep the temperatures low and helps with the tree foliage during different seasons. Many people choose to maintain their lawns as they can then use their property as an event venue and thus can earn some money out of it as well.
Lawn maintenance can be a bit tedious, but at the same time, if you are able to work on it with a proper schedule, you should have the place maintained well. Keep the edges of the lawn clean, use garden shears to trim the edges, this will create sharp clean lines and equipment that could help you attain the same level of trimming is the edger. Ensure that you turn the soil over, that makes way for new soil to get to the roots and hence the plants will grow more fully. Removing unwanted obstacles from the ground can also help the cause, rocks, plastic pieces, stones or any spilled oil can all be replaced.
Good Use of Rocks
Rocks are a natural substance that increases the value of your landscape if used well. This requires a good amount of planning since some of these boulders are large and once they are moved, it is going to be hard to keep them moving repeatedly. You can choose to plant plants around the rocks, if you do so, it is advantageous to put perennials with different variety and colors of flowers, hence year-round you will get different shades of the rock reflecting the beauty of flowers. Paving stones are very tasteful if you could arrange them well. Choose larger stones to be the leading of the stepping stones on the pathway and then fill the rest of the path with smaller stones or pebbles, you can desire to put different colors of these stones and remember to mix them up well.
Your landscaping is almost done using these basic principles, if you choose to do a bit more, check for decorative garden fixtures like metal lanterns that could be hung on fences and other tall structures to provide depth to your work.
