You should never over do it when you have a lawn and wish to have some ornaments to decorate the area. However, you should have some if you wish, but think about the ones you get. The style is up to you, but you don’t want anything too outrageous that may make the neighbors pull [...]
The house I grew up in had a privacy fence that reached all around the perimeter. In some ways I really liked it. I liked the feeling of being sheltered from the neighbors and the outside world. It made both the backyard and the front yard seem so much more serene. There were, however, things [...]
The weather, it seems, wants to change each season. We are used to that, of course, but some of the changes are drastic from one summer to the next. What this means is that while one year you may experience good rainfall in your area, the next summer may be so dry that you go [...]
Over the years we have completed many projects in our yard. We live in the country so there are no street lights to light our yard at night. We do have motion sensor lights at our backdoor to help light the entrance that we use most often, but the front yard always appeared quite dark. [...]
It was a pretty serious blow when I found out that we couldn’t go on vacation this year. My wife and I both work very hard, but usually we are able to synchronize our vacations. That didn’t happen this summer. We have a few days of overlap, but definitely not enough time to get out [...]
Never in my life did I ever think I would learn so much about backyard landscaping. Hey, it wasn’t my idea. Let’s be clear on that. You see, I have this wife who watches HGTV religiously. It’s like she can’t get enough of it. I on the other hand don’t really find it so entertaining. [...]
There is nothing better in the summer than a backyard filled with natural beauty ranging from plants to wildlife. No, I’m not talking about deer and coyotes here; I’m actually thinking on a much smaller scale. Tiny hummingbirds with their wings vibrating, flitting about from flower to flower in your garden. It is a glorious [...]
If you want an attractive arrangement in your yard or garden but you don’t want to spend an awful lot of money, try landscaping with rocks. You do not have to make significant purchases when working with this material because you most likely have a whole collection of them on your property already. My husband [...]
If you have yet to notice, our children are spoiled. I should narrow this down a bit by specifying American children. I guess I can’t really comment on kids from other countries. All I know is that in America, kids get most of what they want. I’m not saying it’s a good thing either. In [...]
There are many great things that can liven up the backyard, and some love to have things just to draw in birds. My mother has a large collection of bird feeders, and special feeders made just for hummingbirds. She loves them, and they do tend to draw a larger number of birds to her yard [...]