Category : Landscaping & Garden & Landscape : Home & Garden

How to Maintain Southern Fescue

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Fescue is a cool season grass that grows well in low, damp places. Although fescue is sometimes grown as a pasture grass, it can nurture a fungus that is toxic to grazing animals. As a lawn grass, fescue may be used in problem areas such as lawns with poor drainage, clay soil or cooler temperatures.

Inexpensive Landscape Plants

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Gardening is an enjoyable and rewarding endeavor. It can also be an expensive one. Fortunately, there are many ways to enjoy gardening without spending a lot of money. Many farms will give away free manure, compost can be started in a pile in your yard and plants can be acquired through swapping, se

How to Plant Fall Rye

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Fall rye, also known as winter rye, is a productive cover crop, providing the benefits of an edible crop for livestock, preventing runoff and aerating the soil. Planted in the fall, it germinates and grows in temperatures above freezing and withstands freezing temperatures as low as -30 degrees Fahr

Landscaping in the Texas Style

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Most people just let their garden develop naturally in that they do not choose a particular style. This is fine, but it can become a hodge-podge, if not looked after. Some people, however, consciously choose to landscape their garden according to a clear style or a theme. Some of these themes are ve

How to Kill a Raspberry Bush

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Raspberries are a widely grown small fruit in home gardens. The fruit grows on bushes that have perennial roots and biennial stems or canes. Raspberries are from the bramble fruit group that gets its name from the thorns on its canes. The greater varieties of raspberries are summer bearing and come

Lawn Care for a Shady Area

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Lawns are difficult to care for in shady areas because most grasses grow poorly in insufficient sunlight. To get your shade-covered lawn to grow best, you must maximize the sunlight as much as possible, and regularly weed invasive species out of the lawn. Some areas may receive too little sunlight t

How to Keep Leaves Out of Gutters

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Many homeowners dread pulling out their ladders and hoses to clean out the gutters. This is an important job as clogged gutters can eventually back up and destroy the roof shingles and walls of the home or break under the weight of the accumulated debris. There are several ways for any homeowner to

How to Anneal Steel

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In metallurgical terms, annealing steel is heating the metal to a specific temperature and holding it there until the steel is at its softest and most malleable. The steel is then cooled and hardened. Since each steel has a specific annealing temperature and a unique time it must be held at that tem