How to Build a Backyard Pond

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How to Build a Backyard Pond

Many gardeners would love to have their very own backyard pond, but they’re afraid to try building one themselves because it sounds difficult or complicated. It’s not actually that difficult though, especially if you follow some simple guidelines.

1. First you need to decide where your pond will reside in your yard. You can choose to make the pond the focus of your yard, or integrate it into a larger overall theme. Once you’ve chosen where the pond will be located, you’ll want to mark the spot and shape for your pond.

You can of course just buy a premade plastic garden pond, but the overall effect will be much more pleasing if you try to create something that looks much more natural. To do this you’ll need to use a pond liner instead of a premade insert, but the liner will allow you to create whatever pond shape you’d like.
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Maintenance Free Ground Cover Lawns

Maintenance Free Ground Cover Lawns

If you’ve ever dreamed of having a beautiful lawn that hardly ever needed to be watered, cut, trimmed, or weeded, you’re in luck. It’s not just the wishful thinking of a lazy gardener. You can in fact, create a lush lawn with just those specifications, as long as you start by planting the right thing.

So what’s the right thing? Ground covers. Grass will eat up water like crazy, and constantly need to be trimmed, weeded, mowed, and fed. A lush grass lawn is actually a monster just waiting to suck up all your time and energy, while running up your water bill in the process.

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Fall Vegetable Gardening Basics

Fall Vegetable Gardening Basics

If you’re dreaming of having fresh vegetables throughout the winter but don’t have a lot left from the summer planting, don’t despair. There are actually many vegetables which can be planted in the early fall, and still have time to ripen before the worst of the winter weather season kicks in.

Plants which grow roots and tubers can survive underground even after frost kills the tops of the plants. If you add plenty of mulch to these types of vegetable plantings, you’ll have the best success.

It’s not always easy to find vegetables seeds or starter plants in the fall though, so you may need to buy your seeds earlier in the year and put them away for fall planting, or buy them online if your local stores are no longer selling them later in the season. You’ll also need to check the seed packages or plant growing instructions to see what the harvest times are, and plant accordingly.
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Decorative Garden Pathways…

Decorative Garden Pathways…

There are many ways to create an attractive and decorative garden pathway, even when your garden seems a bit small. Pathways have both practical and decorative functions: They designate walking areas around your garden and this helps prevent people from walking straight through your plants, plus they can be designed with a variety of materials in any number of shapes, to enhance the overall look of your yard and garden areas.

How you decide to create your own garden pathways will depend upon your personal tastes and preferences of course, and it’s a good idea to make sure you choose pathway materials which will compliment the exterior design of your home too. Here are some common materials used in garden pathways:

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