Many homeowners, when considering landscaping and gardening, are more concentrated on having a landscape that is pleasing to the eye, is a complement to their house, and has variations of color, foliage, and flowers.
There is another important aspect of home landscaping that should be considered, which is safety. If you are developing your landscape, you should think about fire safety in general, and how flammable the plants are that you will use. Be aware that flammable plants in your landscape can increase the risk of fire around your home. These plants can act as fuel that contributes to the intensity of a fire.
Although there are many preventative methods applicable to your backyard and outdoor area, planting fire resilient plants is one of the best methods you can use to support fire safety. Fire resilient plants have a stronger capacity to withstand the high temperatures associated with fire and are less likely to be ignited by flame or other sources. The foliage and stems from these plants will rarely contribute to the intensity of a fire.
Be aware that fire resilient plants are not fire proof and can most certainly be damaged by fire.
Some of the fire resistive plant characteristics you will find are supple and moist leaves, water-like sap (usually the sap will not have a strong scent), thicker bark, high moisture content, and low resin content.
Planting Fire Resilient Plants By surrounding your house with fire resilient plants, you won't guarantee the safety of your home, however, it will decrease the risk of damage. A great advantage that these plants have is that a garden filled with fire resistant plants will grow back looking good even when the worst happens.
Proper placement of fire resilient plants will help to protect your house by sheltering it from intense heat. You should plant the most drought tolerant and fire resistant plants within about three feet of your home.
There are a wide variety of plant and tree species to choose for your landscape that are both attractive and fire resistant.
Consider the following species which belong to the grasses, groundcovers, vines, perennials and annuals family: African daisy, Black-eyed Susan, Iris, Ivy, Thyme, Yucca, Poppy, Lavender, Red hot poker, Clematis, Coral bells.
In the trees and shrubs family you will find Oleander, Lilac, Jasmine, Poplar, Oak, Plum, Peach, Maple, Elm, Ash, Birch, and Cherry.
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Leo Nov is an editorial staff member of RestorationSOS®, to learn more about Fire Damage Cleanup and Smoke Damage visit RestorationSOS.com or call 1-877-767-2407.
Fire Resilient Gardening by Leo Nov
Gardening Magazine by Nicholas Tan
Even the most seasoned gardeners will have a question about their garden once in a while, and you can bet that beginners will be full of questions. Gardening magazines can help with questions that arise involving nearly every aspect of gardening. Not only will gardening magazines give instructions on gardening, they also provide readers with the latest news in the gardening world.
Gardening magazine subscribers are privy to all of the latest information regarding things such as new gardening tools, fertilizers, and pesticides that are introduced to the market. For example, there are always new programs and clubs for gardeners to join, or perhaps a local gardening class that is available. When new tools are produced, such as a new kind of blower or vacuum, or new kinds of lawn mowers or tillers that are available, a gardening magazine is the best place to get all of the information. Not only will these magazines tell you about these products, they will also give you options on where to find them and for the lowest costs. Gardening magazines offer hints and tips on how to rid your garden of those ever pesky insects. They will also discuss the many ways to recognize and fight diseases that may overtake your plants. The information you get from these magazines could be what ends up saving your garden. Gardening magazines usually come with a gardening maintenance section that will instruct readers on things like how to prune, when to divide, which fertilizers would be better for your plants, and how much to water. They provide simple, easy to understand instructions on everything from how to deal with weeds to planting tulips. Gardening magazines give ideas about landscaping and, if enforced, could change the entire outlook of your yard or flower garden. Garden designs can be difficult at best, and magazines can supply gardeners with inspiration and ideas on what will look good and suit their area. Garden magazines also give subscribers the chance to write questions to be published so that they can get a specific answer from a gardening professional. They also provide gardeners with the chance to share their knowledge and expertise with the public by submitting articles of their choice for publication. One of the highest honors in gardening is to have your lawn or garden displayed in a magazine for everyone to see. It is definitely the pinnacle of gardening. Gardening magazines provide gardeners with inspiration, ideas, instruction, and even entertainment. Many times gardening magazines will also provide readers with coupons that they can use to purchase items that will either improve, enlarge, or enhance their gardens. Gardening magazines are a primary source for both beginner and experienced gardeners everywhere to get all the latest news and age old gardening traditions at the same time.
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beautiful gardens - anyone can do it by Andrew Caxton
This article highlights a couple who treat gardening as a science
I find it difficult getting along with my parents but I still like to spend time at their house. You may be wondering why. Well, although I feel frustrated in their company, they have a beautiful back yard that drives away all the pain and stress. I simply love the feeling there. Sometimes I also wonder how they managed to have a garden as beautiful as that. It seems to have popped out of one of a magazine.
Contrary to the beliefs that such gardens are only found in the countryside, my parents actually have this in the middle of the city. Unimaginable but true. This is one of the things that surprise me often. Most of the landscaping and landscape magazines that I have seen give the impression that beautiful gardens are a possibility only on the countryside. This is obvious considering the huge plots of land people have around their houses. However, my parents' garden has changed that perspective for me. I can now imagine that these gardens can be found in the city as well.
This is not the end of the surprises I have. My parents' personalities are not at all reflected in the garden they have developed. Unlike the cool and pleasant look of their garden, my parents are the task masters who are committed to their work. They look at the garden as a project and work hard to get it to the status it is currently in. However, I doubt if they ever sit and enjoy the garden they have created. For them, every thing boild down to a systematic way of doing things and that the garden should look beautiful. I just hope they would enjoy this beautiful piece and use it sometime to lower their stress.
You may be surprised to read this article on how opposites can sometime create wonders. No other magazine, I bet, would have reported a couple who do not look at beauty as a concept but as a science. Ideally, one would think of people passionate about their work producing excellent results, but here is a couple who treats it like a task and still manage to develop a beautiful garden within the city. Who knows, maybe their passion lies in doing it that way and may be that's why they are successful.
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Summers playing in the garden by Ebet Sanders
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Getting The Most From Your Garden What Ever It's Size! by Kenneth Scott
Whether you are buying a new home or improving an old one, your outdoor environment represents one of the greatest values associated with the house. New methods of gardening can make the task of beautifying your surroundings much easier than in the past. By improving the grounds of your house, you will be able to take advantage of the new ways of living that having a liveable outdoor space brings. Lawn furnishings and barbeques are just the beginning of backyard luxury.
In architectural terms, the house of today represents a greater part of the outdoors than a house in the past. Most houses have large picture windows, glass walls or glassed-in rooms, and terraces that make the garden an integral part of the house. Therefore, the view from the house becomes more important than ever before. A beautiful lawn and garden with healthy trees add much to the interior space of your house.
When planning to improve your grounds you must consider several principles of design: proportion, color, texture, line, harmony, and function. These same principles apply to both interior and exterior decorating. If you are blessed with large grounds, you will benefit from extra careful planning. There are many garden books available to help you select just the type of garden and grounds you want. You need to choose one that will fit in with your physical location and the needs of your family, however. It is best to design the grounds by factoring in the family’s needs and habits.
Unless you have a lot of room, you are unlikely to put everything you want into your garden plan, but you can make improvements on a gradual basis. You can plan a garden so that something is always in bloom or leafing out, while saving space for future additions. Some landscaping projects will have more than one purpose as well. A driveway, for example, can provide a place to ride a bicycle and park the card. A retaining wall can serve as a rock garden when it is planted with dwarf shrubbery.
In general, grounds are divided into a public area, a service area, and a private area. The public area can be seen from the street and its landscaping should be planned to require minimal care. The service area is where the parking, laundry, and storage facilities are located and should be planned for efficiency. The private area is where you will do your living, dining, and playing. The largest part of your grounds should be reserved for the private area, and this where you will put your flowers and take advantage of existing trees and shade.
Making changes to a landscape can be never-ending, but it is an activity that can be both beautifying and gratifying. It makes a home more luxurious and gives pleasure to all who see it.
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Gardening tips to avoid fungus during summer by Nicholas Tan
Most of us are ready to invest huge amount for landscaping and gardening to give face lift for our home. But we failed to prune when the plants needed it, and then your highly invested landscape looks terrible than ever. So this is a high time to know about the gardening tips for better maintenance of your lawn. Do follow the following gardening tips for better life of your garden: - Gardening tips for pruning As we discussed in the introduction, pruning plays an important role in the garden maintenance. If you commit any mistake while pruning, don’t lose your heart because it’s like a bad haircut, it is going to grow again. Avoid watering in the evening During summer, you may experience high humidity, which might result in lot of problems in your garden. To get your plants nice and dry, tuck them in for night. In addition to this watering in the evening may be avoided to prevent damage to the plants. Get rid of Powdery mildew Powdery mildew is the common fungus mostly affects your ornamental plants. This will create white film on the leaves of the plants in your garden. Even other ornamental plants such as Sand cherry and Dogwoods are also getting affected with this fungus. Efficient gardening is necessary to curtail the growth of this fungus. You can easily prevent this by spraying general fungicide in the garden centre. Prevention of Pythium Blight If you’re in the north and also having perennial Rye grass, then you ought to be very careful not to leave your grass wet at night. A dreadful fungus called Pythium Blight may take its upper hand, if you leave your lawn wet in the night because this fungus love to grow in high humid condition mostly, in the night. Pythium blight can easily be seen in the early morning. You can easily appreciate the fungus on the top of the lawn as white cotton candy. You can easily notice this fungus mainly along driveways and walks, where the soil is moist. Pythium blight can easily be controlled by watering in the day at the earliest possible time. Fire Blight Fire Blight, yet another culprit prefers to grow well during summer than any other season. This fungus prefers to attack Pyracantha, cotoneasters, crabapple trees, and Apple trees. The presence of Fire Blight can easily be visualized once the any one of the branches of the plant turns red and dies. This Fire Blight can be prevented little by pruning the affected branch and removing it from the main plant as far as possible. It is also important that the cut branches should be burnt since Fire Blight is contagious and also wash or dip the projected shears by using alcohol in order to prevent the spread of the deadly fungus to other parts of the branch.
Shotgun fungus A little gem like fungus, which prefers to grow in mulch and tends to swell, has been termed as “Short gun Fungusâ€. This fungus can fly up to 8 feet in the air and will spatter your house with tiny brown specks and once they stick to your house or windows, they stick like glue. Most of us suspect the spiders and aliens for this tiny brown speck. You can’t prevent this fungus, but can do something by keeping the mulch loose so air can circulate inside to keep this fungus out. Although mulch is great, don’t allow them to get packed, try to remove it at least once in a year and also rake it flat as if it will look like you’ve just mulched.
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5 Pieces Of Equipment Every Gardener Needs by Herbert Roberts
For your landscaping and gardening hobby to be fun and relaxing, it needs to be easy. That doesn't mean their should be no work involved. Gardening is hard work. But honest hard work is relaxing and rewarding for many people. But it should not be frustrating. So start small. Landscaping for small gardens or flower beds is easy for most people and a good way to get into the hobby.
But even landscaping for small gardens requires dedication and lots of time and effort. There will be many trials and errors along the way. But in the end you can be rewarded with beauty and the satisfaction of a job well done.
One of the key elements in getting to this happy ending is having a good start. A good start requires the right tools. There are 5 pieces of equipment which all gardeners need to invest in before they turn over that first piece of dirt.
1.Spade - A spade is basically a sharp shovel. A gardening spade has a long, thick handle and a heavy sharp blade. This tool is used to dig up and rearrange the dirt. Once you plant your flowers or herbs you can use a spade to fill in the dirt and pack it tight. Look for a strong handle and a sharp blade.
2.Trowel - A trowel is a small shovel. It is the perfect tool when landscaping for small gardens. Since it is used with one hand the important thing to look for when choosing a trowel is one that fits your hand comfortably. Easy grip, non-slide and non-slip grips are the best form of handle to choose. A trowel with no grip will be difficult to use and could end up ruining your garden. Try one out in your hand first to ensure it feels comfortable. You don't want your hand to cramp or the trowel to slip while using it to dig in a beautiful, new plant.
3.Pruning Shears - Pruning shears are scissors for plants. They have a long handles and blades which allow gardeners to precisely prune rose bushes and other plants. They are perfect when all you need is landscaping in a small garden. They can also be used to cut the weeds at the edges of garden beds and those hard to reach places. They are good for trimming the dead leaves or wood off of flowers. This is probably the most important piece of equipment that you will buy. Invest in good quality pruning shears. Good ones will last a lifetime.
4.Wheelbarrow - Even when landscaping for small gardens you're going to be carrying around some heavy stuff. Sacks of soil and mulch, new plants and landscaping stones all will "put a hurtin'" on your back if you're not careful. A wheelbarrow is one piece of garden equipment I would not do without. You've seen one. It is a cart with a handle and at least one wheel. Buying a good quality wheelbarrow will save you a lot of time and effort and Will save your back. Remember this is suppose to be relaxing and fun. Wheelbarrows are expensive but worth every penny.
If you have a riding lawnmower, consider a small cart to pull behind it in place of the wheelbarrow. I wouldn't recommend buying one for a small yard but if you have a riding lawnmower, you probably don't have a small yard anyway.
5. Gloves - Feeling the fresh soil run though your fingers is wonderful -- at first. After a couple of hours it is painful. Not to mention the possibility of blisters using the tools. Get some gloves. Just get the cheap cloth ones. As they get caked with dirt, throw them in the washer or, better yet, throw them away.
There are many other pieces of gardening equipment that you may want to consider as you do your landscaping and gardening. But the five listed above are the essentials. Invest in these high quality tools now and your new hobby will be both fun and relaxing. Whether you continue to just do landscaping for small gardens or tackle the entire backyard, they will always serve you well.
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Herbert "Red" Roberts loves to landscape. He has started a blog to share his passion and many years experience. Visit Red at Everyday Landscaping for tricks and tips you can use today to make your yard into the recreation or show area you desire.