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Make Stone Steps From Fieldstone Boulders
Stone steps come in all styles. Essentially their role is to get you from one level to another. In good landscape design, how stone steps look is as important as how they function. Frankly, that should be the case of every element in a well-designed landscape. When we speak of the function for steps, it’s important to [...]
Continue reading...How To Install Soaker Hose For Inexpensive Drip Irrigation
24. July 2010
In the previous article on watering to the core, we looked at the importance of maintaining moisture at the center of a plant’s root ball. The soaker hose provided one method to efficiently water plants by concentrating water over the root system. This is essentially what drip irrigation does. Drip irrigation is typically installed on the surface [...]
Continue reading...Watering “To The Core” Is Critical
19. July 2010
What’s “The Core” And Why Is It Important When I use the term “core” I’m referring to the center of the plant’s root ball. A nursery plant that’s been dug, balled & burlapped (B&B) is now totally reliant on that root ball to keep it alive.
Continue reading...Landscape Walks & Steps – How They Relate To One Another
20. June 2010
It’s not unusual that a pathway is needed over ground that is sloped. You might ask yourself just how steep of a pitch can I make the walk. You might also be considering steps as part of your solution. Let me first suggest tell you that you need to measure the elevations (vertical heights) in the [...]
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30. August 2010
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