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The most important principle to think about in landscape design is natural transition. This principle can be utilized to prevent extreme or hasty modifications in your landscape style. Shift is essentially progressive modification. It can best be displayed in regards to plant height or color. Natural shift can likewise be applied to all the other aspects in the landscape such as textures, sizes and shape of the various landscape aspects.

Autumn gardening

Part of your autumn gardening should include some of the following jobs to help you get ready for the spring growing season. Autumn gardening may also include doing some fall planting because it gives plants enough time to get established with their roots before the first frost comes.

Some of the early fall chores may include planting some of the following: your spring bulbs, except your tulips, in flower beds; some winter color into containers or hanging baskets; sweet peas for any early showing in the spring; you can also sow wallflowers for climbing on fences and walls for some spring color. You also want to prepare any remaining beds for your spring planting; protect any tender exotic plants from frost by fleece wrapping; and cover your delicate perennials with thick natural mulch such as bark chippings or straw. You can also move cannas or dahlia tubers and bring them indoors; to any established lawn you may apply a fall lawn fertilizer and you can lay turf or re-seed an existing lawn. The early part of fall is also a good time to prune your hedges or bushes for the last time and bring back inside any houseplants you had outside but check for diseases or pests first.

Your late fall chores will include planting shrubs, hedges, and trees; plant fruit bushes and climbers; and now you can plant your tulips. This is also a good time to plant onions, garlic, and broad beans. You may even want to try your hand at growing trees from seed. In order to diminish any damage from winter winds, trim any late-flowering shrubs and rake up any fallen leaves and place them in the compost pile. Indoors you can plant amaryllis bulbs along with prepared narcissus and hyacinths.

The following chores can be done any time of the year: build or purchase a compost container, fill it, turn or mix it, and empty some of the contents to replenish you gardens; dig a pond or construct a bog garden especially before the ground freezes; build an arch for climbing roses or flowering ivy plants and create borders around your lawn, flower garden, or vegetable garden. Check all your tree ties and loosen them if needed and cut away diseased or dead wood. Always be on the look-out for diseases or pests and take proper action before it can spread. A must is to clean all cutting and digging tools after each use to help prevent rust and the spread of any diseases.

Your flower garden is going to tell you a lot after the growing season is over. You need to evaluate all your hard work during spring and summer and begin to prepare that garden for the coming spring season. The first thing you want to do is walk through your garden and see how all the plants did during the summer and take note of the failures and successes of each plant. Find the ones that have become overgrown because they may need to be divided and check for diseases and damaged plants. Some bare areas may need a soil amendment or new plants and you want to add organic material where needed. The chores you want to do after surveying the garden are: weeding; deadhead any blooms that have faded or died; divide any plants that are overgrown; dig up any bulbs that are not hardy in your area and place them in winter storage; remove any annuals that are spent; amend the soil and add compost or some organic matter to add back any nutrients that were lost during the summer growth.

Be sure to remove all the annuals from your garden; you can save the seeds and plant them again next year. You may find that zinnias can be an easy plant to be able to collect seeds from and they are easy to grow from seeds. For any of your window boxes just remove the summer annuals, add some more potting mix and cool-weather bloomers such as pansies.

So you see that preparing the garden for next spring along with planting the wanted bulbs and plants are some of the necessary chores that are involved with autumn gardening.

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Landscaping tips for dummies

Here is landscaping for dummies. Dreaming of a great vista beyond the window? Want to add curb appeal to your yard but don’t know which part of the plant goes in the ground? More people in the world today live in the city than the country. And with this deluge into urban areas comes a disconnection from growing things.

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Resin Driveways – Are They Worth The Bother?

Resin driveways are a new surfacing solution that is massively changing the residential and commercial landscapes in the UK. Literally! Their development and adoption have been made possible by significant advances made in epoxy and polymer resins over the past 25 years.

As an alternative composite building material, resins are both innovative and versatile. The basic premise of a resin surfacing is that a coloured/decorative gravel or shingle is glued to an existing stable surface. This is done using coloured or transparent resin.

Why Choose a Resin Driveway?

When shopping for paving materials, due diligence is paramount. You do not want to make a huge investment in your driveway, patio or parking lot only to end up regretting a ‘fortnight’ later. Right?

Well, most of us would like a beautiful driveway that can serve you for years without losing shape, colour or form.

Could resin driveways be your answer! It has splendour and is a chic addition to a modern look. A resin surfacing results in an extremely hard-wearing surface that are resistant to weed, is relatively low-maintenance and that is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.

Resins epoxies and polymers are uniquely engineered to withstand adverse conditions on a typical driveway. Their characteristics include:

• Fully resistant to petrol or oil spillage,
• UV stable hence do not fade on exposure to UV sunlight
• They can withstand huge temperature ranges’
• They are cheap composite materials with only two base ingredients: aggregates and resin itself.
• It can be laid in a massive range of patterns and colours,

Uses and Applications

One of the most important features of a building material is its versatility. Can it be used in different applications? Is it scalable? Is it economically viable? If a material meets all these needs, then by all means, that’s a HERO material. Okay, that’s figurative.

One great advantage of a resin-base driveway is its versatility. They can be installed on a lean budget, can be used on any project and on any scale.

And that’s just but the tip of an iceberg.

Combined with their durability and environmental friendliness, resin surfacing can be used on almost any application, such as:

• Internal flooring,
• Paths and patios,
• Driveways (Resin Bonded or Resin bounded driveways),
• Footpaths,
• Bus lanes,
• Cycleways,
• Car Parks or,
• Commercial properties.

The list, really, is endless!

Logos, house numbers, motifs or just about anything can be inlaid in these driveways. Pretty amazing, right?

By mixing uniquely coloured gravels, resin driveways (https://www.the-driveway-company.com/resin) can be supplied into a whopping 700 different colour shades. What does this mean? That, even if your three neighbours have installed a beautifully coloured driveway, you can still install a resin driveway without looking like a copycat.

But, if they are this wonderful, why are resin driveways not as common as, say, block paving?

Well, the cost of resin driveway installation was a major impending factor to widespread resin driveway installation. But this has changed over the last 4 years or so. Due to intense demand and growing customer awareness, the market has matured from economies of scales and advanced technologies. Also, as more companies get into this space, competition has gradually increased leading to lower price points.

Similarly, the market was a bit lethargic a few years back. The level of awareness from consumers, architects, designers, contractors, and specifiers was marginal compared to what we are experiencing today.

Things have changed drastically.

Today, the market is just ripe for a resin ‘take-over’. By choosing to have your driveway installed with an ultra-modern resin-bound or resin-bonded surfacing, you stand to gain immensely.

How?

• You are guaranteed a higher resale value for your house or commercial complex.
• Your driveway will be compliant with SUDs – Sustainable Urban Developments
• Your driveway will be environmentally friendly. Care for the environment, care about us all!
• Faster, cheaper and less messier installation procedure.
• Easy maintenance
• Anti-slip feature hence better traction for pedestrians and cars.

If you’re looking to take your driveway or patio to the next level, why not get in touch with The Driveway Company for a free quotation? One of our experts will be in touch with you to talk about the available designs, types of stone and the costs to install gravel paving systems for outdoor areas.

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