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Your Planting Design Should Complement, Not Compete
Yes, this could be a “do-it-yourself” job, but somehow I don’t think so. There is enough larger plant material in this (ahem) design to indicate a landscape company had been involved. Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or a member of the trade, there is a fundamental principle of landscape design: complement, don’t compete. Frankly, this principle [...]
Continue reading...Mechanical Tree Spades Are Amazing…Most Of The Time
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Dug In Minutes Although mechanical tree spades have been around for some time now, they’re not too common a piece of equipment for most contractors. Why? Because tree spades are specialized equipment that cost alot of money, and for most contractors it’s not something they would use often enough to justify the expense. Landscape contractor Dave [...]
Continue reading...Transplanting An Existing Plant
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Is The Plant Worth Transplanting? This question prompts me to write another in-depth report because to answer it thoroughly I need to show you all the considerations when looking at transplanting. For this short article, here are two that top the list: Percent chance of success: Generally speaking, certain plants make better candidates for transplanting than others. [...]
Continue reading...Screen for Pool Privacy – RB Project #4.3
Thursday, October 18, 2007
As you can see in the picture above, screening would be important from both perspectives – the neighbor looking in from their second floor windows and our homeowner who’d rather not look at the neighbor’s house. If you’ll notice there already is a row of evergreens on the border, but they are arranged in [...]
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