5 Amazing Hidden Tricks for Your Sprawling Landscapes!
Gardening
has been a hobby practiced from the time of early humans. We all have a sleeping
gardener in our inner self. To bring out the hidden gardener, all we need is
a determination to execute.
Sprawling
gardens may be a luxury for many as it
involves hefty expenses. To have a garden is simple, but to have an
attractive one,it costs a lot.
It’s
advised to follow these five main hidden tricks for accomplishing a fancy
garden. Landscaping involves not just plants and decorating them, but it unleashes your
imagination and creativity. It’s always good to have a sound landscaping plan
in mind.
Landscaping Plans
A
landscaping plan is not a mystery; all gardeners, newbie’s or experienced ones,
need to follow a definite plan to be a full-fledged gardener. An ideal
landscaping gardener faces many challenges and areas of concern to produce fascinating gardens
and lawn(s).
Benefits of Landscaping Plans
·
The planning helps you to reduce costs within a stipulated time to
complete the landscaping project.
·
Detailed designs help in determining the
scope and spread of the project undertaken.
·
The plan enables designs to be easily executed
with necessary changes.
·
Grasses and plants can grow naturally
and flourish.
·
The plan enables faster sale of property
when needed.
Requirements
There
arise situations when the planning needs to be adaptable. The existing level of
soil and its features greatly contribute to the proper drainage in all areas.
All well developed plans are amenable to easy modifications as and when
necessary.
Quantity
of sunlight required may be a variable factor for all plants. Too
much of sunlight or shades can affect the growth of a plant in its early
stages.Sufficient water is also necessary for the survival of the plant. Usage
of modern equipment and resorting to sprinkling enables to minimize the
requirement of water, especially in areas of water scarcity.
Owners
growing plants should adhere to the permits and bylaws of the area concerned.
Landscaping ideas
· List out your requirements for a
Landscape design. This should include your prime requirements and optional(s).
Whether you need a space for children to play or for relaxation apart from
growing vegetables,etc,? Make rough sketches of areas where you would place first the
essentials and then the optional(s). This should be according to the overall size
of the space available. After consulting all the concerned like family members,
make a final draft.
The placing of spots should bear in mind
the direction of sun and wind. If you want sunlight in the morning, that spot
should be on the Eastern Side of your lawn and vice versa. Your design should
take into account the direction of sun and wind at different times of the day
and year.
· Remember, it takes time to grow plants
and fill up the vacant spaces. So it is
better to begin in a humble way by developing a few flower bed(s) of
plants of your choice.
It will be desirable to develop your garden around a
convenient central point. This should be
a natural source of attraction like a sculpture, a perennial attractive
plant,etc which draws your attention forthwith. Further developments should
follow your chosen plan to enhance the beauty of the garden.
· Determining the scale of your landscape
elements and working out the exact measurements poses a tricky problem to be tackled carefully.
There should be a variety in size, shape
and color to give an elegant look to the garden. Sometimes we would need
repetitions of walkways, and plants provide balance to the design.
Change is the spice of life. It is also
the spice of Landscape designs.Unless you are strongly possessive with some of the features, changes
should be your motto. Appropriate changes from time to time should be your
guiding principle. This applies equally to
flower plants, ornamental plants, shrubs, trees and other features like
rock formations, water bodies, etc.
Landscaping Types
Landscaping
consists of a few types, yet some of the popular types are:
1.
Turf Installation: If you have dead or sparse grass, fresh sod with fresh green
grass will be the method to adopt for an
attractive yard. Everyone can use it for relaxing with one’s family and friends
especially in summer.
2.
Water Spots: Everyone
enjoys a landscape laid out with ponds
of clear water and waterfalls
soothing your mind and body. This is especially required, if there are too
many earthy features to your yard. You can have hardy plants near such features.
One may even provide for fish in such ponds, always a source of joy for young
children and old.
3. Rock features: These features provided at different places provide much needed variety to your sprawling garden. These may
include borders of rocks for flower beds, a large boulder with small ones
scattered around it and even small structures resembling some form of animals,etc,which
always remain a constant attraction for children and old alike. Pebbles and
boulders are widely used to add splendor to your garden.
4. Fresh plants: One needs to
grow fresh plants to replace the ones
which have died. Availability of good sunshine and shade where needed is to be
ensured. Choosing the right spots for your favorite plants is always a
challenge. The plants should be of your liking and
they require a lot of care and attention
from the very beginning for you to own a
beautiful garden.
5. Stone walkways:
If you do not want to walk on the grass and have some un-utilized space, stone
walkways is the preferred option Walkways running around the garden or through
the middle or at chosen places will provide an elegant look to your garden.
Spot for
vegetables: There is a preference among owners of lawns for having a spot
for growing fresh vegetables. Home grown vegetables through organic cultivation
methods are a craze among families. Areas with sufficient sunlight and shade
where needed, are chosen carefully without
diminishing the overall beauty of your landscape.
Maintaining
lawns with synthetic materials is toxic and not recommended. There is a need to shift to more organic maintenance
practices also taking care of sustainability.
Often
Gardens contain overgrown shrubs, worn out mulch and brown spots.Planting of
new varieties of species requires removal of brown spots in your lawns.
Removal of Brown Spots
Brown
spots are areas of burn grasses caused by over fertilizing. All house owners
who do own pets usually take them out for a walk in the lawns. The dogs as part
of their daily routine, may pee in the lawns. Please be noted that the high
content of urine in the pet’s urine can cause
the grass to burn.
Therefore, the one thing that pet owners should avoid
is brown spots in their garden.Watering the gardens or lawn with water for
eight hours is necessary to dilute the high nitrogen content in the pet’s
urine.
Precautions for Brown Spots
Your
pet’s urine containing high levels of nitrogen causes lawn burns. All lawn
burns are not brown spots. Only when the areas having brown spots or patches
are shown can they be called as brown spots.
Please
make sure that the grass in the brown spots remains firmly attached to the
ground.Grab a handful of grass and give it a steady pull. If the grass remains
firmly rooted that means there is an indication of brown spots, otherwise
its a problem of grub.
Remedy for Brown Spots
·
Protect the area with netting to avoid
cats, birds and other animals from entering the lawns.it is advisable to
keep the lawns watered for the seedlings
to become well grounded.
·
Routine of leaving your pet’s outside
and performing their duties outside needs to be maintained. Try watering the
lawn afterwards. This will help in the
dilution of harmful concentrations of chemicals within their urine that causes
the damage literally washing it away.
SOD on Rolls.
If
you are a person who wants to have a lawn immediately, then SOD is the answer.
SOD is a roll of grass measuring a square of 10 feet. Sunlight is essential for
growing of a plant. Sod is best installed in Spring and Autumn.
SOD
is effective in an area of sunlight and not in shady regions.SOD needs adequate
soil underneath fro the sod to grow. In
cases of sod deficiency, oil quality must be improved first. It is also advisable to trim some of the lower
portions of sod to spur the growth process. Light amounts of fertilizer
recommended.
Benefits of SOD
·
Helps conserve water and prevent soil
erosion.
·
Dissipitate
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Reduces dust and glare.
·
Abates noise.
·
Replenishes ground water
·
Acts as a natural filter. Reduces
pollution by purifying water passing through the roots section.
·
Reduces problems with pests, snakes and
rodents.
·
Increase themarket value of your property
by 5 to 10 %.
·
Absorbs more rain water than seed lawns
even after 3 years of growth.
·
Absorbs carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere and releases oxygen for a healthy living.
Preparation of SOD
·
Preparing the ground for SOD
installation includes removing any existing vegetation, like grass, moss
and weeds. Depending on the levels of projects,
M-arch Sods installation contractors complete the steps by uses of cutters, lawn
mowers and other modern equipment.
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