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If your house foundation is not exposed, you do not need plant materials
right up against it. Your house will look larger if a shrub or ground cover is
planted in only one or two places between the corner and the front door.
Dried, crushed shells from shrimp, crabs, and lobsters can be sprinkled on
the soil to enrich it with calcium. A fertilizer made from crab shell wastes
is already on the market.
Plan to attend the garden and landscape meetings and clinics arranged by
the Extension agents in your county or city. The latest and best gardening
information will be presented.
For easier lawn maintenance, eliminate the hard to mow spaces. Eliminate
acute angles in beds and borders. Combine single trees or shrubs into a large
planting connected with ground covers. Put bird baths in flower beds or
surround them with ground covers.
Avoid heavy traffic on dormant lawns. Dry grass is easily broken and the
crown of the plant may be severely damaged or killed.
Be sure charcoal chunks are removed before wood ashes are applied to
lawns.
Do-it-yourself landscaping projects are very popular these days and
provide savings in more ways than most people realize. They enhance property
value and can reduce the cost of heating and cooling bills. Doing it yourself
saves the actual out-of-pocket expense of contracting and provides indirect
savings on taxes. Finally, home landscaping is great preventative therapy and
improves one's mental health.
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