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By: Luke Cameron
Last summer, my wife, kids and I planned to makeover the
landscaping in front of our home. That time, we only had plastic
edging to surround our perennials. We wanted to grow these
plants, but the edging would not allow us to raise beautiful
perennials. It was the plastic edge that did it. It heaves
out of the ground every spring, causing no plants to grow.
For the past months, we have been employing a regular gardener
who took care of the rest of our plants. He suggested that
we may want to look into landscaping blocks as an alternative
to plastic edging. And so we started planning.
One afternoon, we dropped by the nearest home improvement
center and browsed through shelves of landscaping supplies.
We found the blocks that we would need for the project and
were surprised to know that the blocks came in several different
colors. And so we hunted down coordinating stones that we
planned to use as a garden path. Our plans certainly got bigger
when we caught sight of all those landscaping supplies. They
inspired us to take good care of the earth, of our plants
and of our lawn.
It's amazing how small things can do great things. Our neighbor
saw us with our landscape supplies. He offered to help with
the project. And then another neighbor saw us working together
and got intrigued. When he found out that we are on a landscape
project, he decided to pitch in, as well. The three of us,
plus my wife and kids, made the work so much easier and faster.
After getting all the supplies from the car and finally settling
them into our lawn, we began working on the landscape design.
I removed the old plastic edging and replaced it with landscaping
blocks. Some of my neighbors had been busy installing the
coordinating stones for our new garden path.
Now that we have landscaping blocks, we tried planting perennials
yet again. Lo and behold! It blossomed. I cannot even begin
to imagine how much improvement simple landscaping supplies
can do for our garden.
About The Author
Luke Cameron is owner of Home Development Today. - an online
magazine offering news, tips and articles on home and garden
topics. His website can be found at: http://www.homedevelopmenttoday.com
and http://www.homesviews.com.
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