Category : Landscaping & Garden & Landscape : Home & Garden

ST85 Buffalo Turf Grass

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ST85 Buffalo turf grass (or ST85 St Augustine turf as it is referred to in the North American continent) is one of many turf grasses available around the globe for use in home, commercial and recreational landscape settings. For an understanding of where different grasses fit in you need to apprecia

Landscape Trees for Privacy

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Trees are often planted in the home landscape for their beauty, as in the case of ornamental fruit trees. Others are planted as shade trees. Some trees are also useful in the landscape as privacy trees. Although you may be tempted to buy the fastest-growing tree out there for your privacy screen, re

How to Drive Cedar Fence Posts

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Whether you're installing a picket fence for your backyard or a woven wire fence for your cattle pasture, the fence posts you use determine the structural integrity and overall lifespan of your entire fencing system. Fence builders desiring naturally rot-resistant posts often opt for cedar fence pos

How to Make a Brick Fence

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A brick fence is like a free-standing brick wall, erected to make a boundary between properties, along a garden, around a courtyard or for some other purpose. A freestanding brick wall consists of bricks laid in a pattern to make a wall. A brick fence is the same--bricks laid in a pattern to create

Ideas for Covering a Fence

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Sometimes a fresh coat of paint just isn't enough. If your fence is old and dilapidated, or perhaps just not as attractive as you'd like, there is an alternative to replacing it. For less expense than replacing your fence, you can cover it up with something more attractive.

How to Plant Sod Grass

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Get your buddies to help you lay sod. While the process isn't complicated, it is physically demanding. With a little help, you can lay a sod lawn in a weekend. Sod costs more than grass seed, but it provides an instant, lush lawn. Just be sure to give it plenty of water. Once your lawn is establishe

How to Lay a Paving Stone Path

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A paving stone path in your front or back yard will bring new beauty to your home. Planning and installing the stone path will typically take just a few days, depending on your design. The steps for this project are not too challenging and you probably already have many of the tools needed. Other

Cypress Mulch and Insects

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Cypress mulch comes from the cypress tree, native to the southeastern United States. The mulch is popular for its low cost and presumed ability to repel insects. The cypress tree is an important part of the ecology of the swampy coastlands; as the old-growth cypress forests are depleted, new questio