2008 August | Savvy Landscaping: Landscape Design, Ideas, Photography, and More | Savvy Cafe
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Aug 14 2008
As I drove past the local statue center, a large number of garden statues covering the lawn in front of it, I turned to my husband and said, “I really hate garden statues.”
He, of course, just nodded since this is the same conversation that I have every time I pass by the statue center and [...]
Aug 13 2008
I have seen it time and time again; a beautiful yard, perfectly landscaped, the lawn as green and well cut as any golf course and all I can look at is the uneven edging and the lawn reaching across the sidewalk. The landscaper, or the person up keeping the landscaping has forgotten one important aesthetic [...]
Aug 12 2008
My first trip to Cincinnati was an interesting one. I had never heard of the pest and when I was asked to go out to the car, I decided to cut across the yard. Halfway there, the voices yelling at me made me freeze. Did I just step into a swarm of wasps? Is my fly [...]
Aug 06 2008
Looking for instant color to dress up your deck or patio for that summer garden party or backyard barbeque? Or maybe you need a dash of color to brighten your landscape with long-lasting visual drama. Whatever your garden quandary, consider a low-maintenance shrub rose for nonstop color from spring until fall.
Shrub roses are easy to [...]
Sipping coffee on your back deck on a beautiful fall morning, you look up and gasp — there in your suburban oasis stands a small herd of deer. For a moment you pause, enchanted. An instant later, as the deer begin to munch on your landscape, you realize they’re just not as awestruck by the [...]
Soon it will be time to leave outdoor living spaces and ride out winter’s cold indoors. But before you batten down the barbecue and stow the patio cushions, don’t forget to take care of wooden structures – like decks, pergolas and play sets – that must remain out in the elements.
Routine maintenance of these structures [...]
Leaves turn brilliant colors, evenings cool and the kids go back to school. So long summer, hello fall garden cleanup.
You may already know that composting is a better way to deal with bags of leaves and backyard waste. But if you’ve avoided composting because it seems like too much work and mess — or you [...]
As the leaves turn different colors and the weather becomes cooler, many Americans begin to engage in outdoor cleanup. Consider the number of Americans injured in yard work accidents every autumn and you may begin to suspect that “fall” is actually short for “pitfall.” Fall, it seems, is becoming the season for back injuries, tumbles [...]
Probably one of the most widely used landscaping surfaces around, bark mulch can be used for pretty much anything. I have seen it used for children’s playgrounds, and if you are trying to incorporate a swing set or mini playground into your landscaped space, then bark mulch may be the product for you, and [...]